Podcast appearances and mentions of Rita S Wilkins

Guest Speaker-Rita Wilkins, The Downsizing Designer, shares how she's living her best life by design with 95% left stuff. Be inspired and learn how to get more money, freedom and time in Midlife with the Downsizing Designer.www.RitaWilkins.com302-354-0972RitaWilkins@RitaWilkins.comLinkedIn.com/in/RitaWilkinsInteriorDesignFacebook.com/RitaSWilkinsTheDownsizingDesignerBUY MY BOOK “Downsize Your Life, Upgrade Your Lifestyle” www.Amazon.com/gp/product/1733433805Now Streaming on Apple Podcast, Subscribe and ListenFollow us on Facebook at Teatimers Midlife CommunityIntro and Outro Music by artist A-Y Check out A-Y on #SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/ayrayraSupport the show (https://www.patron.com/podcast-teatimemidlifeedition)

What really matters to you? We can get so bogged down in our routines and in the stuff we have, that we can lose sight of the answer to this question. After a trip to Senegal, Downsizing Designer, Rita S. Wilkins, realized that her stuff was holding her back from being truly happy.  So she downsized and is now happier than ever before. She works with clients to help them downsize and redesign their lives to focus on what really matters to them so that they can experience the happiness the have been seeking.

In Part One of my interview with Rita Wilkins, the “Downsizing Designer,” we learned how a trip to Africa shook up Rita’s world and led her to a new lifestyle paradigm, one where she shed 95% of her stuff in exchange for more time, money, and freedom in a much smaller apartment in Philadelphia. We talked a fair bit about how such shake-ups can come at a cost to relationships, and that’s where we pick up in this Part Two of our talk. But in keeping with my penchant for random thought, Rita and I go from there to a freewheeling conversation about stuff, how a bunt cake pan and 40 foot aluminum ladder can lead to communism, the story of the 16 pairs of scissors, and how the shared economy resulted from a mindset shift our children learned from observing Boomer unhappiness with materialism. Oh, and be sure to stay to the end when Rita and I kick around the idea of a dating website just for people who have moved past that unhappiness and into a “less stuff, more fun” mindset. So please join me for Part Two of my two part interview with Rita S. Wilkins, the “downsizing designer" and author of the book “Downsize Your Life, Upgrade Your Lifestyle: Secrets to More Time, Money, and Freedom.”

Somewhere along the long road to the present moment, probably during the vain efforts to save my first marriage, I was told “the issue is never the issue.” Now, being both a male and a former engineer, that caused a bit of a mind cramp for me. I mean, how can the issue not be the issue? But it’s true. Often the truth of a matter is hidden behind clutter, both the physical and the metaphysical kind. And so it is with the stuff you own. I mean all that crap you’ve got stuffed away in your house, garage, car trunk and rented storage space. Yeah. That stuff. This show is kind about that, but then...it’s not. What it’s really about is your your freedom, your money, and your life. What is the passion you have that is deep inside you, the “why that makes you cry?” What is the dream you have that no one knows but you? That’s what we’re really going to talk about. My guest is Rita Wilkins, also known as the “Downsizing Designer”, a moniker she embraced after downsizing from her 5,000 sq. ft. home in the country to her 867 sq. ft. home in downtown Philly. Rita's downsizing journey was inspired by a trip to Africa, where people had little but were amazingly happy. Rita returned to the US with a new set of eyes, and a new lifestyle paradigm. She gave away 95% of her “stuff” to people who needed or wanted it, and is now living on 5% of what she once owned. And you know? She's never been happier. I know. I did the same thing, box by box, book by precious book, so that today, I own almost nothing except my guitars. And I’ve never been happier. But this kind of radical change comes at a cost, one I know about personally, and it's the cost of possibly losing a beloved partner, wife, or husband who is on a different path to bliss, one where stuff plays an important role. So what to do? The issue is never the issue, as it’s been said, so listen in as Rita and I unravel the mysteries of love, marriage, stuff, and how to find your unique path to bliss, the one that is calling you from the depths of your soul. My time with Rita was so rich and fulfilling that I split it into two parts, and you are going to want to listen to both. So please join me in part one of my two part interview with Rita S. Wilkins, the “downsizing designer" and author of the book “Downsize Your Life, Upgrade Your Lifestyle: Secrets to More Time, Money, and Freedom.”

As a leading Interior Design and Lifestyle Design Expert, for over 35 years, Rita S. Wilkins “The Downsizing Designer” is committed to inspiring and empowering people to LIVE THE LIFE THEY LOVE… BY DESIGN! Realizing the profound impact of her own Downsizing Journey, she was inspired to share her story on the TEDx stage: Downsize Your Life: Why Less is More. Also, to be released this Fall 2018 Rita’s highly anticipated book: Downsize Your Life, Upgrade Your Lifestyle: Secrets to Have More Time, Money, and Freedom. Rita has developed a Signature Series of events to include a 6-Week Online Course, 2-Day Workshops or 3-Day Resort Retreats to assist baby boomers in designing the life they dream of. Tue 7/31 at 10:00amPT/1:00pmET or anytime in the archives.   #WoMRadio is committed to raising awareness about bullying and we are sharing David Carraturo's heartfelt PSA in honor of his daughter, Julianna who tragically committed suicide this year. Join the facebook community.   Thanks to our sponsors Safety Bags, Inc., StadiumBags.com and Traci’s Healthy Habits.  Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google+.  Email traci.womradio@gmail.com for information on how to become a guest or sponsor!