Need some recommendations for reading for pleasure! Too many non-fiction books on my bookshelves. Our culture encourages us to always strive to “improve “ ourselves which also can lead to anxiety and a feeling that there’s something wrong with us as we are.
Ohmygosh I could not agree more! 🙌The self-improvement culture can be very unhealthy when taken to an extreme and our culture tends to glorify it. I have my favorite fiction reads on my website! helenawoods.com/favorites I adore anything and everything by Colm Tóibín, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Patti Smith. The Signature of All Things is my favorite fiction book of all time. Elizabeth Gilbert's short stories are incredible and so underrated. Check out Pilgrims and Stern Men. Time Traveling Wife is also great - could reread it a hundred times and it never gets old. Audrey Niffenegger's tone and writing style is so cozy and comforting!
@@helenawoods omg.I'm currently reading The Signature of All Things and I love it so much! It's already one of my favorite books. Do you have a Goodreads page?
"Without Boredom, creativity has no space to drop in" ~ So much perfection in those words~ 💫Thanks so much for being the beautiful you that you are Helena ~💞🤗💞
I'm a Senior & Disabled. I've been depressed over my situation. Thank you for reminding me of The Simple Pleasures in life and finding Joy. You are an inspiration. Thank you for your contribution. Much love and happiness to you🥰
1:18. *1. Connect with nature* 2:13 *2. Getting off social media* 3:12 *3. Set aside time to just live* 4:44 *4. Stop caring* 5:43 *5. Be discerning* 6:50 *6. Non-attachment* 7:37 *7. Balance: slow living vs productivity* 9:19 *8. Habit tracking* 10:25 *9. Don’t turn your want-to’s into have-to’s* 10:44 *10. Don’t take life/people (too) serious* 10:57 *11. Approach life as an experiment* So many golden nuggets in here! I've recently decided to adopt the slow living lifestyle as well, and what you share inspires me. I'm experimenting with taking more time to do mundane things, like doing the dishes or cooking. Also started taking morning walks first thing in the morning, which I really enjoy! Still a beginner on this path. I have a tendency to want to push the limit, be efficient, speed things up. But I'm now experimenting with doing the opposite: do less, do it more slowly, but do it well.
I find it lovely that, at a young age, you've learned that truly appreciating life is what matters. So many only discover this truth when they realize that they've grown old (too quickly) and time is fleeting.
I need to put down my phone more often and just chill out and relax. Slow living. Romanticising my life. Love this. Research about french living it’s amazing.
No facebook no Twitter no Instagram and I will be seriously cutting back on Yt! I do enjoy channels like this and those I can pursue learning from. Life is too precious to be spent looking down at screens and comparing oneself to those who carefully edit out what they choose in order to present an ideal. Ty for helping me to think clearer and to choose what will bring peace and more JOY!
It is so difficult to find people who understand my being. I feel you understand the things I love and appreciate. Peace is so important to my well-being. I can be out in nature all day while others are complaining about it. There is so many Wonderful things to see, hear, feel and learn.
*"without boredom, creativity has no space to drop in"* YES! I've had this exact thought so many times. Beautiful video and wise thoughts, this resonated with me so much. I watched your video on reducing social media from a wee while back, and I found it so helpful. Even this last week or two I've noticed such a wonderful improvement in my mental health and increased abundance in my creativity since cutting down on social media. On a side note, I'd love to see a video on your creative process, how you get inspiration, and how you capture such beautiful videography shots. Big hugs from Scotland 🤗🌿
Hi Kat!! 🥰Ah YES! I would love to make a video on creativity and inspiration! Such a big part of my life, I can't believe I haven't thought to make one on this yet! Thanks for that fabulous idea! And ohmygosh yes. Getting off social media has done WONDERS for my mental health and creativity. It feels so empowering to get off. My day-to-day life is calmer, more ease-filled and connected. I want to make a video on this too because there's so much I could go in detail with lol. Ah beautiful Scotland!!! 😍😍😍 Sending you such a big hug right back lovely! 💕
I have just begun my exploration of slow living. This video is so helpful in understanding the essential steps to develop a mindset to' being' rather and 'doing'. I think the introduction of the fact that you still need to work is valuable, too many of the videos I have seen do not mention that 'bills have to be paid'. Personally I too have found dumping social media has been one of the best things I have done.
I also find so much peace in nature and it grounds me. Beginning of the month on the warmest weekend so far this year I took a short bath in the really cold river danube here in germany and it was great! It made me so present and I felt alive and free. I live in a city but the river here is so strong, calm and ancient. I love your videos, they bring me alot of inspiration and are sometimes so beautiful that it's touching! Love from germany to you all!
I’ve been quietly watching most of your videos now for about 5 months. I don’t have anything profound to say, I just want to thank you for sharing your wisdom. You’ve put a voice to what I have felt for much of my almost half century of life. Thank you!
Helena, thank you so much for your beautiful videos! They speak to my heart and my soul more than you can know. You certainly have found your calling. You help to bring us back to that quiet place within that some of us have lost or ignored for way too long. Thank you for all that you do and may God bless you always!
Hannah , I found you by chance , ans can’t be happier ! I’m much older than you , but admire how wise you are . I admire what you have found in your 20’s I’m realizing in my 40’s. I guess better now than never !😍 please continue your journey and send us the beautiful episodes. 🥰🥰❤️❤️
Heart of Kentucky. Simple Joys. When I use to sew quilt art by hand, hours and hours a day, new music compositions would pop into my head, even though I wasn't thinking one thought. I would have to get up to go to one of my instruments, to play it. I also had much poetry, and ponderings to write down, that also popped into my head, and they ended up in my homemade books. They say, women can multitask. At the same time, I see what you are talking about, to focus on one thing at a time. I'll listen to this video, over and over. Katie.
You inspired me to finally start my own TH-cam channel the other day, I credited you in my first video about when you said in a video that you decided you wanted to do TH-cam videos so you made one in a day and posted it. I love your content so much and I just wanted to say a big thank you all the way from Australia.. your content is so valuable to me xxx
Oh wow!! This brings such a BIG smile to my face! Literally beaming.😍 I'll check out your channel now! I read somewhere that literally just starting a youtube channel is the hardest challenge to overcome! Huge congrats on beginning your journey!! Enjoy the ride! 🥰☀️💕
You have learned more in your young life than most of us who have strived for and didn't even know it. I'm 54 and have longed for a simpler life. I've lived tiny 3 times and now I have a house that's just too much. It's not my forever home, but something that comes when you must care for the ones who cared for you when they were young. I hope to buy a travel trailer and explore the US, and I also want to experience narrowboats on the canals in the UK for some months. Then....Italy and who knows! You're an inspiration! I am happy for you!
Hey there! Sorry for my English! I just wanted to thank you, this video encourages me. Every day i dream about getting up, opening my windows and have that beautiful landscape to contemplate. Thanks for sharing.
Seeing the notifications of your videos on my phone is one of the simple joys in my life 😇 You inspire me to express more of myself and showing my love to nature fearlessly, because I always thought I'm just a weird girl who loves hugging trees!😆🌳 You taught me that it's OK to be me :) Thank you 💜💜 Much love sweetheart 😍💋
Hi, I love your videos so much. They are like visual meditations for minimalists, so soothing and spiritually nourishing. Thank you for your channel. ❤
My child, you are wise beyond your years! I stumbled upon this site. Enthralled and hungry for more. You echo my own heart's wishes. Continued blessings!
I just discovered your channel, at a time when I am really struggling in my life. You are wise beyond your years - and you fill my heart with peace and hope. Thank you for helping me 💛
You are so right about social media. It is divisive and destructive. I also deleted all my content. I feel so much better. I hope others find a way of this jungle of misinformation.
Heart of Kentucky. Happy Sunday Simple Joys. It's Spring here. I need to walk a lot. My main focus at this time, is exercise. I will walk at Trace Creek, just to walk, then, I will go to the University, just to be in nature, where I will go to all the beautiful spots, and sit awhile. You have really inspired me, to get out and walk. Katie.
@@helenawoods It’s a really good style! ...Incidentally, I’m 53, and currently looking after a cattle farm in the Scottish Highlands as a live-in volunteer. (I used to be a journalist and university lecturer, then an education advisor... so this is a totally different way of life for me. And one that really enables me to take pleasure in the simple joys!) The farmer, who is 66, is in the process of moving to France from the U.K. and has been over in France since the end of last year. He has a lot of stressful bureaucracy to deal with at the moment, trying to meet certain requirements in order to become resident in France and get permission to set up in business over there, made manifestly more complicated because of Brexit and lockdown. I emailed him one of your videos a few weeks ago, and he replied that the message really resonated, and that he was making sure he focused on the simple joys of the blossom on the apple tree in the garden, and the beauty of the old wooden beams he was using to renovate an outbuilding etc., in order to ensure that he is making the most of life whilst he is alone, in lockdown, waiting for the wheels of French bureaucracy to turn. I just wanted to tell you this so that you can see how your message, so beautifully communicated via your sumptuous videos, resonates with people of all ages, all over the world. Thank you for all the effort you put into creating the content you are uploading for viewers. It is really appreciated.
Such gentle wisdom in your content and imagery. What the world is so hungry for, yet largely so ignorant of. Thank you for your contribution to what our individual course correction can yield as peace and calm in our daily approach to truly living life. 🙏🏻
My only resolution for this year is to slow down and start living more intentionally, and now your channel is in my recommendation feed. This was such a beautiful video, you have a new subscriber 💛
Truly needed this I’m new at this and I need and crave peace and slow living like I never have I’m so tired of feeling afraid And worried about abandonedment
Thank you! That was simply so sweet! I have to tell you...I loved seeing you touch the mess, tree and flowers. I have to tell you that last s um Merry when the world was standing still...I would get up at sunrise and walk 2 miles and go to the river. It was absolutely BEAUTIFUL. I would often do that too. It showed me a brand new different world in wee hours of a new dawn and you are right...somehow, some way..we become transformed. 😊🌞
Helena , I'm touched . Thank you for posting this . I really find the importance in life. I lived life to the fullest everyday . I'm fully content daily. I did not realized that it was a slow living I lived all these years. I thought I was weird .. :) TQ 🌹♥️
Heart of Kentucky. Happy Saturday Simple Joys. I really got a lot from your new video. While you spoke about not multitasking, When I us to see quilt are by hand
Your videos are so beautiful. You can really see the thought you put into them and I believe they have the desired effect. I was simultaneously relaxed, inspired, and moved to tears. Life has felt so busy since my second child was born. Oftentimes, I feel lost and overwhelmed. I've noticed that when I slow down, I feel calmer and more present...I'm the mom that I want to be. I let go of my slow pace a few months ago, thank you for the reminding me of who I want to be and how I can get there.
Thanks for sharing this. I love this video! I think most people need to stop scheduling fun or a vacation. In the U.S. most people don't use any vacation days and it is So Essential to have and take that time because it will make a person more productive. People Need to laugh more and stress less.
I am so happy to find there are people who approach life the way I do. I came to that a bit later in my life, great young people are able to find it sooner.
Well, my dear , I stumbled upon your posts on youtube and am glad I did! I am amazed and inspired by someone who is so wise and in touch with her life. I wish I had aquired your wisdom much earlier in my life, however I have no regrets, since I do not tend to dwell on my past life, just look forward to each day. Thank you for sharing!
Love it 💖✨ I love your old vlogs so much ✨💖🤗 Thank you so much for making them. The social media part is so great, And of course everything else too. I decided early this morning to spend much less time in front of the computer and therefore automatically spend less time on social media. From tomorrow only a maximum of 2 hours per day. With few exceptions. 😁
I love your videos and attitude to life. I have to' live slow' as I have a health condition which means I have very little energy. Your video is so helpful for me. You have a very 'Buddhist' attitude to life. I also love where you live. It's so beautiful. Thank you.
Bless you, I understand how you feel having a health condition myself, I hope you feel better and your energy levels increase..yet you're still so lucky.. I don't have the luxury of slow living despite having a family of autistic brothers and dad and an ill mother...
@@MAhmed-zs2vp I was in a similar situation. What helped me heal, both my condition and the suffering of life circumstances, was deceptively simple: letting go of resisting what is already here. There's a book by David Hawkins, "Letting Go", that may really change you for the best. Give it a try. I believe it can really help you, as it did me. Best of luck and I hope you find peace.
*LOVE* Buddhism! It's the religion I connect most with and a lot of what I believe is based in Buddhist teachings. 😊 Gosh I'm sorry to hear about your health condition, Lizzie. I'm glad to hear the video is helpful. I will start writing a video for the future on simple little ways we can live slowly and joyfully with low energy. That's a great topic for a video and I think it may help a lot of people who are also experiencing it. I'm sending you a warm hug 💕🥰
This video is pure gold. You could easily build your life around it. And, if you suffer from anxiety/depression, this is the door to the cure. Best, Lore🍃🌿🌱
Thanks for this video! It helps with my student life where I have a lot to balance! It’s good to feel how my energy is and know when to be productive and when to relax and renew my energy ❤️😊
I can't remember when was the last time I was bored. Actually shocking to think one's life is all about multi tasking and priority lists! Intentional living brings definitely more balance. Thanks for sharing. You are a very wise young woman!
Hi I love your videos they are calming and inspirational too. I've been very mindful of what I have been doing today noticing the breaths I take the quietness. I thank you for that too. Have a lovely week.
Good afternoon, Helena! How are you? I'm questioning my career and am making plans to step away from it. It's all-consuming, thankless and therefore toxic. There is more to life than working yourself into the ground. Have a great weekend. x
Thank you. I really enjoy listening to you. I decided to delete some social media and back off checking what I do still have. I find that watching TH-cam on simple living, minimalism, and various self improvement and dyi’s makes me feel so much better about life and eases my anxiety and depression. So, thank you again. You have been a Godsend. God Bless. ❤️
This video is so beautiful and the message really resonates with me! I am going to save this one to come back to! ❤ I have especially been feeling called to spend less time on social media (including TH-cam) and more time just living my life. I think time moves so fast now because it is so easy to lose hours scrolling online. Ah I love this video so much Helena! Your videos really lift up my energy! 💛💛💛
Beautiful video Helena! I loved everything you said and "let the heart guide you" the most ❤ it was so joyful to look at these two scenes with your neighbour's cats. They're such a cuties xxx
Hey Helena, We connected on Instagram last month, I love listening to your videos, I learned so much! And I find myself hugging trees now LOL! I love the living the slow life, there is no rush for anything altho Im working on patience not 100% there yet, This content is so useful keep creating these videos!
I don't know if it would something you would be interested in doing, but your voice is perfect for meditations and hypnosis. It is so calming and relaxing. I could listen to you for hours
Aw thank you! I'm currently editing 14 meditations for my shop now! Been working on them for the last 6 months and they will be available on my website in a week! 🤗
Wow this is really well done! Amazing quality footage and very well edited. You look like a very talented film maker. :). Love the sharp saturated colours and your camera angles. Greetings from germany
Just thank you, thank you so much..,Today was such a down day here in Ireland for me..Lockdown is never ending and I was feeling suffocated with the despair of never getting back to having freedom...Your video lifted my spirits and also made me delete toxic Twitter...💚🍀
Hi Katie! 🤗 so so sweet and generous of you, thank you very much! I’m seeing my mother in a few days actually and I’m so excited to be reunited with her 💕🥰
You are in the right place to live slow..I love Europe you know here in USA is not such thing I try, for instance, I was off yesterday and I sleep the whole day...
Need some recommendations for reading for pleasure! Too many non-fiction books on my bookshelves. Our culture encourages us to always strive to “improve “ ourselves which also can lead to anxiety and a feeling that there’s something wrong with us as we are.
It depends what you like, a good old fashioned murder mystery or a Stevenson novel always takes me places :-)
Ohmygosh I could not agree more! 🙌The self-improvement culture can be very unhealthy when taken to an extreme and our culture tends to glorify it. I have my favorite fiction reads on my website! helenawoods.com/favorites I adore anything and everything by Colm Tóibín, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Patti Smith. The Signature of All Things is my favorite fiction book of all time. Elizabeth Gilbert's short stories are incredible and so underrated. Check out Pilgrims and Stern Men. Time Traveling Wife is also great - could reread it a hundred times and it never gets old. Audrey Niffenegger's tone and writing style is so cozy and comforting!
@@helenawoods omg.I'm currently reading The Signature of All Things and I love it so much! It's already one of my favorite books. Do you have a Goodreads page?
I recommend A Prayer for Owen Meaney, the Narnia Series, the His Dark Materials thrilogy and any book by Dan Brown 🌻📖
Jane Harper writes amazing crime novels, see The Dry for instance, they made it into a movie recently.
"Without Boredom, creativity has no space to drop in" ~ So much perfection in those words~ 💫Thanks so much for being the beautiful you that you are Helena ~💞🤗💞
I'm a Senior & Disabled. I've been depressed over my situation. Thank you for reminding me of The Simple Pleasures in life and finding Joy. You are an inspiration. Thank you for your contribution. Much love and happiness to you🥰
1:18. *1. Connect with nature*
2:13 *2. Getting off social media*
3:12 *3. Set aside time to just live*
4:44 *4. Stop caring*
5:43 *5. Be discerning*
6:50 *6. Non-attachment*
7:37 *7. Balance: slow living vs productivity*
9:19 *8. Habit tracking*
10:25 *9. Don’t turn your want-to’s into have-to’s*
10:44 *10. Don’t take life/people (too) serious*
10:57 *11. Approach life as an experiment*
So many golden nuggets in here! I've recently decided to adopt the slow living lifestyle as well, and what you share inspires me.
I'm experimenting with taking more time to do mundane things, like doing the dishes or cooking. Also started taking morning walks first thing in the morning, which I really enjoy!
Still a beginner on this path. I have a tendency to want to push the limit, be efficient, speed things up. But I'm now experimenting with doing the opposite: do less, do it more slowly, but do it well.
It took me a while but i did al that .:)
I find it lovely that, at a young age, you've learned that truly appreciating life is what matters. So many only discover this truth when they realize that they've grown old (too quickly) and time is fleeting.
I need to put down my phone more often and just chill out and relax. Slow living. Romanticising my life. Love this. Research about french living it’s amazing.
No facebook no Twitter no Instagram and I will be seriously cutting back on Yt! I do enjoy channels like this and those I can pursue learning from. Life is too precious to be spent looking down at screens and comparing oneself to those who carefully edit out what they choose in order to present an ideal. Ty for helping me to think clearer and to choose what will bring peace and more JOY!
When I meet People and they ask Me what I “Do” I say I’m Happily Retired .
It usually makes them Smile 😊
It is so difficult to find people who understand my being. I feel you understand the things I love and appreciate. Peace is so important to my well-being. I can be out in nature all day while others are complaining about it. There is so many Wonderful things to see, hear, feel and learn.
I could watch this over and over and not get tired of it 🌲 🌳🍃 🍂🌸 🌼
*"without boredom, creativity has no space to drop in"* YES! I've had this exact thought so many times. Beautiful video and wise thoughts, this resonated with me so much. I watched your video on reducing social media from a wee while back, and I found it so helpful. Even this last week or two I've noticed such a wonderful improvement in my mental health and increased abundance in my creativity since cutting down on social media. On a side note, I'd love to see a video on your creative process, how you get inspiration, and how you capture such beautiful videography shots. Big hugs from Scotland 🤗🌿
Hi Kat!! 🥰Ah YES! I would love to make a video on creativity and inspiration! Such a big part of my life, I can't believe I haven't thought to make one on this yet! Thanks for that fabulous idea! And ohmygosh yes. Getting off social media has done WONDERS for my mental health and creativity. It feels so empowering to get off. My day-to-day life is calmer, more ease-filled and connected. I want to make a video on this too because there's so much I could go in detail with lol. Ah beautiful Scotland!!! 😍😍😍 Sending you such a big hug right back lovely! 💕
I have just begun my exploration of slow living. This video is so helpful in understanding the essential steps to develop a mindset to' being' rather and 'doing'. I think the introduction of the fact that you still need to work is valuable, too many of the videos I have seen do not mention that 'bills have to be paid'. Personally I too have found dumping social media has been one of the best things I have done.
I also find so much peace in nature and it grounds me. Beginning of the month on the warmest weekend so far this year I took a short bath in the really cold river danube here in germany and it was great! It made me so present and I felt alive and free. I live in a city but the river here is so strong, calm and ancient. I love your videos, they bring me alot of inspiration and are sometimes so beautiful that it's touching! Love from germany to you all!
lovely comment ! - -
Yours are the only “slow living” videos I’ve seen on TH-cam that are actually inspiring. ❤❤❤
I'm just beginning my journey and I have so much to learn. Finding peace and harmony is not always easy x
I’ve been quietly watching most of your videos now for about 5 months. I don’t have anything profound to say, I just want to thank you for sharing your wisdom. You’ve put a voice to what I have felt for much of my almost half century of life. Thank you!
Hi Jodee!! :) Thank you dearest! 💕🥰 Your words brought a smile to my face this evening, thank you for sharing your light with me.
Helena, thank you so much for your beautiful videos! They speak to my heart and my soul more than you can know. You certainly have found your calling. You help to bring us back to that quiet place within that some of us have lost or ignored for way too long. Thank you for all that you do and may God bless you always!
You hear every single beat in nature👌 amazing♥️
Nature is music to our ears! :) Thank you Yassine
Hannah , I found you by chance , ans can’t be happier ! I’m much older than you , but admire how wise you are . I admire what you have found in your 20’s I’m realizing in my 40’s. I guess better now than never !😍 please continue your journey and send us the beautiful episodes. 🥰🥰❤️❤️
Heart of Kentucky. Simple Joys. When I use to sew quilt art by hand, hours and hours a day, new music compositions would pop into my head, even though I wasn't thinking one thought. I would have to get up to go to one of my instruments, to play it. I also had much poetry, and ponderings to write down, that also popped into my head, and they ended up in my homemade books. They say, women can multitask. At the same time, I see what you are talking about, to focus on one thing at a time. I'll listen to this video, over and over. Katie.
aw thank you Katie!! 🥰 how beautiful!!
I am so glad a found this channel. You are doing incredible work young lady. You have a very unique voice and a powerful message.
Thank you Jason! 🥰
Simple living is so therapeutic! ❤️ I love your videos, very relaxing and inspiring! 🌷
Thank you lovely!!
Me too. Love it so much. Thank you simple joy
You inspired me to finally start my own TH-cam channel the other day, I credited you in my first video about when you said in a video that you decided you wanted to do TH-cam videos so you made one in a day and posted it.
I love your content so much and I just wanted to say a big thank you all the way from Australia.. your content is so valuable to me xxx
Oh wow!! This brings such a BIG smile to my face! Literally beaming.😍 I'll check out your channel now! I read somewhere that literally just starting a youtube channel is the hardest challenge to overcome! Huge congrats on beginning your journey!! Enjoy the ride! 🥰☀️💕
This is one of my Favorites!!! I love nature so much. Thank you for your words.
So beautiful that everything is getting green in your place already 💚 I also love watching the garden through the window for hours - so healing ✨
So glad you enjoyed it, Alina! 🥰💕
You have learned more in your young life than most of us who have strived for and didn't even know it. I'm 54 and have longed for a simpler life. I've lived tiny 3 times and now I have a house that's just too much. It's not my forever home, but something that comes when you must care for the ones who cared for you when they were young. I hope to buy a travel trailer and explore the US, and I also want to experience narrowboats on the canals in the UK for some months. Then....Italy and who knows! You're an inspiration! I am happy for you!
Hey there! Sorry for my English! I just wanted to thank you, this video encourages me. Every day i dream about getting up, opening my windows and have that beautiful landscape to contemplate. Thanks for sharing.
This is giving me a dose of inspiration everyday....really therapeutic...Thanks. Lot
Seeing the notifications of your videos on my phone is one of the simple joys in my life 😇
You inspire me to express more of myself and showing my love to nature fearlessly, because I always thought I'm just a weird girl who loves hugging trees!😆🌳
You taught me that it's OK to be me :)
Thank you 💜💜
Much love sweetheart 😍💋
Aw I'm sending you such a big hug Hasti!!! 💕💕🥰😍
Absolutely pinterest video. The scenarios are just dreamy like the creeck' stone where you sit on, oh! It is so refreshing😊
Hi, I love your videos so much. They are like visual meditations for minimalists, so soothing and spiritually nourishing. Thank you for your channel. ❤
My child, you are wise beyond your years!
I stumbled upon this site. Enthralled and hungry for more. You echo my own heart's wishes.
Continued blessings!
I just discovered your channel, at a time when I am really struggling in my life. You are wise beyond your years - and you fill my heart with peace and hope. Thank you for helping me 💛
sending you such a warm hug! 🤗
You are so right about social media. It is divisive and destructive. I also deleted all my content. I feel so much better. I hope others find a way of this jungle of misinformation.
Heart of Kentucky. Happy Sunday Simple Joys. It's Spring here. I need to walk a lot. My main focus at this time, is exercise. I will walk at Trace Creek, just to walk, then, I will go to the University, just to be in nature, where I will go to all the beautiful spots, and sit awhile. You have really inspired me, to get out and walk. Katie.
...."The quiet gift of boredom." What a wonderful expression!
Your videos are getting better and better. Really good content and editing, with an important message.
Thank you!! Playing with a new style 🥰
@@helenawoods It’s a really good style! ...Incidentally, I’m 53, and currently looking after a cattle farm in the Scottish Highlands as a live-in volunteer. (I used to be a journalist and university lecturer, then an education advisor... so this is a totally different way of life for me. And one that really enables me to take pleasure in the simple joys!) The farmer, who is 66, is in the process of moving to France from the U.K. and has been over in France since the end of last year. He has a lot of stressful bureaucracy to deal with at the moment, trying to meet certain requirements in order to become resident in France and get permission to set up in business over there, made manifestly more complicated because of Brexit and lockdown. I emailed him one of your videos a few weeks ago, and he replied that the message really resonated, and that he was making sure he focused on the simple joys of the blossom on the apple tree in the garden, and the beauty of the old wooden beams he was using to renovate an outbuilding etc., in order to ensure that he is making the most of life whilst he is alone, in lockdown, waiting for the wheels of French bureaucracy to turn. I just wanted to tell you this so that you can see how your message, so beautifully communicated via your sumptuous videos, resonates with people of all ages, all over the world. Thank you for all the effort you put into creating the content you are uploading for viewers. It is really appreciated.
Such gentle wisdom in your content and imagery. What the world is so hungry for, yet largely so ignorant of.
Thank you for your contribution to what our individual course correction can yield as peace and calm in our daily approach to truly living life. 🙏🏻
Practically in tears. Thank you. Thank you.
My only resolution for this year is to slow down and start living more intentionally, and now your channel is in my recommendation feed.
This was such a beautiful video, you have a new subscriber 💛
Truly needed this I’m new at this and I need and crave peace and slow living like I never have I’m so tired of feeling afraid
And worried about abandonedment
Thank you! That was simply so sweet! I have to tell you...I loved seeing you touch the mess, tree and flowers. I have to tell you that last s um Merry when the world was standing still...I would get up at sunrise and walk 2 miles and go to the river. It was absolutely BEAUTIFUL. I would often do that too. It showed me a brand new different world in wee hours of a new dawn and you are right...somehow, some way..we become transformed. 😊🌞
Helena , I'm touched . Thank you for posting this . I really find the importance in life. I lived life to the fullest everyday . I'm fully content daily. I did not realized that it was a slow living I lived all these years. I thought I was weird .. :) TQ 🌹♥️
I always feel happier and uplifted after watching your videos 😊 Love this style of a mixture of chattiness and scenes from your day to day life.
Oh great! It's a new style I'm experimenting and playing with!
Heart of Kentucky. Happy Saturday Simple Joys. I really got a lot from your new video. While you spoke about not multitasking, When I us to see quilt are by hand
Your videos are so beautiful. You can really see the thought you put into them and I believe they have the desired effect. I was simultaneously relaxed, inspired, and moved to tears. Life has felt so busy since my second child was born. Oftentimes, I feel lost and overwhelmed. I've noticed that when I slow down, I feel calmer and more present...I'm the mom that I want to be. I let go of my slow pace a few months ago, thank you for the reminding me of who I want to be and how I can get there.
I'm so grateful to you for your channel, i love it❤️🏞️
Thanks for sharing this. I love this video! I think most people need to stop scheduling fun or a vacation. In the U.S. most people don't use any vacation days and it is So Essential to have and take that time because it will make a person more productive. People Need to laugh more and stress less.
totally!!
The joy of observing🌈
I am so happy to find there are people who approach life the way I do. I came to that a bit later in my life, great young people are able to find it sooner.
Well, my dear , I stumbled upon your posts on youtube and am glad I did! I am amazed and inspired by someone who is so wise and in touch with her life. I wish I had aquired your wisdom much earlier in my life, however I have no regrets, since I do not tend to dwell on my past life, just look forward to each day. Thank you for sharing!
I'm a new fan!! So meaningful!!
The image quality and the color grading at 1:07 are AMAZING.
Beautiful video.
Love it 💖✨ I love your old vlogs so much ✨💖🤗 Thank you so much for making them.
The social media part is so great, And of course everything else too. I decided early this morning to spend much less time in front of the computer and therefore automatically spend less time on social media. From tomorrow only a maximum of 2 hours per day. With few exceptions. 😁
I am glad people are posting videos like this, because this is my dream. I still struggle to keep up
I love your videos and attitude to life. I have to' live slow' as I have a health condition which means I have very little energy. Your video is so helpful for me. You have a very 'Buddhist' attitude to life. I also love where you live. It's so beautiful. Thank you.
Bless you, I understand how you feel having a health condition myself, I hope you feel better and your energy levels increase..yet you're still so lucky.. I don't have the luxury of slow living despite having a family of autistic brothers and dad and an ill mother...
@@MAhmed-zs2vp That must be really difficult for you. I am lucky in that I am now retired so can take life at a much slower pace. Take care.
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I was in a similar situation. What helped me heal, both my condition and the suffering of life circumstances, was deceptively simple: letting go of resisting what is already here.
There's a book by David Hawkins, "Letting Go", that may really change you for the best. Give it a try. I believe it can really help you, as it did me.
Best of luck and I hope you find peace.
*LOVE* Buddhism! It's the religion I connect most with and a lot of what I believe is based in Buddhist teachings. 😊 Gosh I'm sorry to hear about your health condition, Lizzie. I'm glad to hear the video is helpful. I will start writing a video for the future on simple little ways we can live slowly and joyfully with low energy. That's a great topic for a video and I think it may help a lot of people who are also experiencing it. I'm sending you a warm hug 💕🥰
@@lizzieh5284 Bless.. thank you.
This video is pure gold. You could easily build your life around it. And, if you suffer from anxiety/depression, this is the door to the cure. Best, Lore🍃🌿🌱
you are so right..
Thank you so much for this video! I have not been my best self emotionally, physically and emotionally this week sending virtual hugs and love
I love how you shared your values on slow living, and youtr voice is soo good i feel like I am flying and being transitioned to your life bit by bit.
Thanks for this video! It helps with my student life where I have a lot to balance! It’s good to feel how my energy is and know when to be productive and when to relax and renew my energy ❤️😊
I can't remember when was the last time I was bored. Actually shocking to think one's life is all about multi tasking and priority lists!
Intentional living brings definitely more balance.
Thanks for sharing. You are a very wise young woman!
Beautifully done! And yeeeees to grounding - especially physical grounding. It is so powerful 💚
Hi I love your videos they are calming and inspirational too. I've been very mindful of what I have been doing today noticing the breaths I take the quietness. I thank you for that too. Have a lovely week.
Very pure ideas. I love the happiness that radiates from your videos. An important message. Keep going!
You have inspired me. Thank you for your video. i shall watch it again and again and share it with others.
makes me missed walk on nature barefoot..under the rain..sitting on the grass,breathe the pure air..
thank you Helena🙏❤️
Good afternoon, Helena! How are you? I'm questioning my career and am making plans to step away from it. It's all-consuming, thankless and therefore toxic. There is more to life than working yourself into the ground. Have a great weekend. x
Hi there!
So well done!!!...thank you SO much
Thank you. I really enjoy listening to you. I decided to delete some social media and back off checking what I do still have. I find that watching TH-cam on simple living, minimalism, and various self improvement and dyi’s makes me feel so much better about life and eases my anxiety and depression. So, thank you again. You have been a Godsend. God Bless. ❤️
This video is so beautiful and the message really resonates with me! I am going to save this one to come back to! ❤ I have especially been feeling called to spend less time on social media (including TH-cam) and more time just living my life. I think time moves so fast now because it is so easy to lose hours scrolling online. Ah I love this video so much Helena! Your videos really lift up my energy! 💛💛💛
your videos have helped me so much ❤
Beautiful video Helena! I loved everything you said and "let the heart guide you" the most ❤ it was so joyful to look at these two scenes with your neighbour's cats. They're such a cuties xxx
Aw thank you Emmy!! 🥰🥰
I resonate with your thoughts. Live slowly.
Hey Helena, We connected on Instagram last month, I love listening to your videos, I learned so much! And I find myself hugging trees now LOL!
I love the living the slow life, there is no rush for anything altho Im working on patience not 100% there yet, This content is so useful keep creating these videos!
This was such a beautiful video. Thank you!
You’re saving my life ♥️ thank you!
You and Jonna Jinton are everything
What a wonderful video! Everything was so well said!😊❤️
So great to hear you resonate with it Annette!
I don't know if it would something you would be interested in doing, but your voice is perfect for meditations and hypnosis. It is so calming and relaxing. I could listen to you for hours
Aw thank you! I'm currently editing 14 meditations for my shop now! Been working on them for the last 6 months and they will be available on my website in a week! 🤗
@@helenawoods thats wonderful. I think that they will be amazing. Look forward to listening xx
Thank youuu, your video makes me feel so calm💛
Such a wonderful video! Thank you for sharing.
What a Beautiful video, with a simply Beautiful message. Thank You! xx
Thank You - You are simply brilliant ☺️
Amazing video with such beautiful and wise meaning. It helps a lot, thank you!
So beautifully made! ♥️
You know what Simple Joy , your videos ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY accompany me for cooking in the kitchen..😅😅😅😅and i am so happy for it , 😇😇😇
Poignant and insightful as to balance! Thank you!
Awww loving these video vibes. Your a gorgeous human. Making content is always fun and your content is bliss. 🌟
Oh finally the video I was waiting for so long... Thanks alot
Yes, I thought of you and your comment when I started writing this! I hope you enjoy! :)
@@helenawoods thanks a lot
@@helenawoods such observations is really special for we viewers... Loved it.... ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow this is really well done! Amazing quality footage and very well edited. You look like a very talented film maker. :). Love the sharp saturated colours and your camera angles. Greetings from germany
Just thank you, thank you so much..,Today was such a down day here in Ireland for me..Lockdown is never ending and I was feeling suffocated with the despair of never getting back to having freedom...Your video lifted my spirits and also made me delete toxic Twitter...💚🍀
Oh gosh I'm so sorry to hear this Linda! I'm glad to hear the video uplifted you :) I'm sending you a warm hug through my keyboard!!
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Heart of Kentucky. Hi Simple Joys. It's around 3 am. I prayed for you and your husband, and your mother. Katie.
Hi Katie! 🤗 so so sweet and generous of you, thank you very much! I’m seeing my mother in a few days actually and I’m so excited to be reunited with her 💕🥰
You are in the right place to live slow..I love Europe you know here in USA is not such thing I try, for instance, I was off yesterday and I sleep the whole day...
Omg im so glad I found the this channel! 💖🥰
Such calming therapeutic vlog. Big fan🦋🌸
Feeling a bit jealous for the amazing wild nature around you! Thank you for sharing this beauty with us!
The vibe of slow living that I always grateful for is here. Thank you, Helena
Aw thank you Verena! I'm glad you like it
Things to ponder for sure.
Thank you for sharing.and opening my.mind to the reality.slow living is a form of healing for me.hoping for more inspiring videos from you.
Beautiful!! Both images and words, I will keep it as a reminder 💚