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Hi.

How do you feel about podcasts that are … personal?

Because this one gets personal.

It’s also about our stuff.

What?!

Yeah, the stuff you we buy or find or accept as a gift or inherit and it all builds up and up and up over time. Until one day we realize we’re in charge of managing it all.

Why do people do that?

Okay. I could stop right there. That would make for a pretty good podcast.

But that’s not as deep as we could go. Here’s a way more interesting question:

Might our belongings be a distraction that hides things we’d rather not see?

And then, what do people actually discover when they finally do let go?

My name is Kira Higgs. I’m a strategist, structural consultant, meditator and cyclist. I started a personal project a couple of years ago that I labelled, The Void Project.

The little tasks I laid out for myself produced insights galore — about our stuff and about how what we keep in our midst can enhance, or detract from, our lives.

It wasn’t solely about clearing physical things to make more space in my home and office.  It was to leverage the movement of books, papers, tchotchkes, email — all that and more — to stir up concepts that lie below the surface of my conscious awareness.

Now, as a podcast, The Void Project shares stories about real journeys of discovery without glossing over the bumpy bits.

I talk with people who pared down. They share their experiences, the lessons they learned, and some of the wonders that resulted.

Ten lives. Ten conversations. Ten people who did it for themselves or for others.

Let’s do this. Let’s get personal.

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empty by Tea K Pea
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