6. Moving forward from eco-anxiety and learning to live in the grey with Maggie Kao

In this episode of Mother Daughter EarthCast, Marianna and Gina
have a candid conversation with Maggie Kao about sustainable
living and how it isn’t a one size fits all solution. Maggie
shares how she went from living in eco-anxiety and self-judgement
to self-acceptance and recognizing that no one is perfect. 





Maggie talks about her realization that having a black and white
mentality when it comes to an eco-lifestyle wasn’t a sustainable
way to live and certainly wasn't the type of lifestyle she wanted
to lead. She describes her journey from thinking of herself as a
failure if she didn't do things "perfectly" to understanding that
as we learn, grow and change, our lifestyle and eco journey
change with us.





Maggie now thinks of things as a system when making choices and
decisions, and she talks about the importance for her to support
companies and small businesses that are doing the right thing.
She also talks about her unique "Meet Me in the Middle" travel
experience and blog where she and her boyfriend traveled their
separate ways around the world along different routes to
eventually meet in the middle and how empowering it is to travel
alone.





One of the lessons she learned from traveling: when you approach
conversations with other people about sustainability from a
standpoint of curiosity, people are much more receptive and even
willing to consider different ways of living. It's not our job to
push our values on other people.





Links to Maggie's online articles and social media platforms


- Maggie’s article on Moving Forward From Eco-Anxiety:
https://medium.com/@maggie.bee/moving-forward-from-eco-anxiety-ca92c7e6fcdb


- Maggie’s profile on Medium: https://medium.com/@maggie.bee


- Instagram: @maggies.thoughts


- Mom’s favorite reindeer photo:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Ze_y5F9ha/ 





In Maggie's bonus episode, she shares awesome tips on how she
travels around the world with sustainability in mind and how much
more deeply she has been able to experience different places and
cultures this way.





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