# small scale life (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover small scale life. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Slow Down Season](https://smallscalelife.fireside.fm/255) _2025-12-08 · realsmallscalelife@gmail.com (Tom) · Small Scale Life Podcast_ In today’s episode, The Slow Down Season, we explore how nature invites us to pause, reset, and realign our lives as we enter the quieter, colder months. This is the perfect episode for anyone feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, or craving a more intentional, peaceful pace. In this episode, you’ll learn: • Why slowing down is essential for emotional and physical health • How nature’s rhythms can… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b0fd18a6-4edd-4b76-b0fd-8c7916d10787/64ba0d3f-9a0e-4d94-a662-89b86da4da46.mp3) ## [Gathering Around the Hearth: The Gratitude We Grow](https://smallscalelife.fireside.fm/254) _2025-11-30 · realsmallscalelife@gmail.com (Tom) · Small Scale Life Podcast_ In this special Thanksgiving episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, we gather around the hearth — the ancient symbol of warmth, nourishment, and connection — to explore gratitude, community, and the lessons we learn from the changing seasons. Whether your “hearth” is a wood stove, kitchen table, fire pit, or simply a calm moment at the end of a long day, this episode is about returning to what… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b0fd18a6-4edd-4b76-b0fd-8c7916d10787/f70a4688-adbd-4cff-a88c-bcf932dee0b7.mp3) ## [Lessons Learned from the Harvest](https://smallscalelife.fireside.fm/253) _2025-11-24 · realsmallscalelife@gmail.com (Tom) · Small Scale Life Podcast_ In today's Small Scale Life Live Stream and Podcast, I am going to discuss the Lessons from the Harvest for the 2025 Garden Season. Like the famous novel by Charles Dickens: "It was the best of times and it was the worst of times." Ok, that was pretty dramatic. We had a really great season for some vegetables, ginger and herbs,. At the same time, we had a tough time with other favorites like… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b0fd18a6-4edd-4b76-b0fd-8c7916d10787/07c25fd5-4c0d-4171-a846-abe41444a258.mp3) ## [Letting Go and Beginning Again](https://smallscalelife.fireside.fm/252) _2025-11-13 · realsmallscalelife@gmail.com (Tom) · Small Scale Life Podcast_ Welcome to the first episode of the New and Improved Small Scale Life Podcast. In this episode, I'll talk about some of the things I am letting go and discussing what is coming next on the Small Scale Life Podcast. As we navigate some new waters, we'lll have to watch out for the rocks, branches, sandbars and deadheads...the water isn't always smooth in this Small Scale Life. We will explore these… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b0fd18a6-4edd-4b76-b0fd-8c7916d10787/cf3e3609-5447-45d8-8f7b-397f4086ef30.mp3) ## [The Great Wheel Turns Forward](https://smallscalelife.fireside.fm/251) _2025-11-05 · realsmallscalelife@gmail.com (Tom) · Small Scale Life Podcast_ Tommy Cakes returns to restart the Small Scale Life Podcast! Tommy discusses what they have been up to since March: Starting a new business called Tommy Cakes (Bird) Seed LLC Gardening, Improving the shoreline, Feeding the birds, Taking some shorter trips Connecting with neighbors and, Dealing with the Government Shutdown. The government shutdown is concerning. 42 million Americans might lose… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b0fd18a6-4edd-4b76-b0fd-8c7916d10787/88ab9ce9-e8bd-4f7a-a025-1fec37ba5499.mp3) ## [The Fast Lane: Mastering Speed in Business and Life](https://smallscalelife.fireside.fm/250) _2025-03-05 · realsmallscalelife@gmail.com (Tom) · Small Scale Life Podcast_ In this 250th Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, Adam and I talk about Mastering Speed in Business and Life. Speed....it can help and it can hinder. Act too quickly, and you can make costly mistakes. Act too slowly, and you can miss opportunities. The reality is that we live in a fast-paced world and have a ton of things going on in our lives. There is little time to stop and take a breath,… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b0fd18a6-4edd-4b76-b0fd-8c7916d10787/b663d41a-192c-4a3f-8cbb-82354888e536.mp3) ## [How to Thrive in Slow Business Cycles](https://smallscalelife.fireside.fm/249) _2025-03-05 · realsmallscalelife@gmail.com (Tom) · Small Scale Life Podcast_ In this 249th Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, Adam and I will be talking about “How to Thrive in Slow Business Cycles.” This applies to more than business as well. Our lives are connected cycles of high activity, stress and constant action with cycles of lower activity, quiet, learning and rest. It is true: we need those lower activity cycles to rest and recharge. At the same time, we can… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b0fd18a6-4edd-4b76-b0fd-8c7916d10787/f473467a-5c6b-4fdb-a39c-bc0cec22d53b.mp3) ## [The Power of No](https://smallscalelife.fireside.fm/248) _2025-03-05 · realsmallscalelife@gmail.com (Tom) · Small Scale Life Podcast_ In this 248th Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, Adam and Tom are talking about the power of "no." "No" is the most powerful and shortest sentence in the English language. Sometimes we need to just say this powerful and short sentence to friends, family, acquaintances, coworkers, bosses, customers, etc. Adam and I are going to talk about setting boundaries and using the word no in business.… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b0fd18a6-4edd-4b76-b0fd-8c7916d10787/02385a48-9fce-4281-9457-16a843e9a86d.mp3) ## [The No-Spend Challenge: Can You Survive 28 Days?](https://smallscalelife.fireside.fm/247) _2025-02-04 · realsmallscalelife@gmail.com (Tom) · Small Scale Life Podcast_ In this 247th Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, Tom and Adam discuss origins, tips and guidelines for the February No-Spend Challenge (or Frugal February Challenge) on Small Scale Life. Can you survive the No-Spend Challenge for 28 days? Unfortunately, this is the season....to pay the piper. December is usually expensive and gets us in trouble. The holidays bring us expenses with presents,… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b0fd18a6-4edd-4b76-b0fd-8c7916d10787/e2d1036e-6878-4610-ae67-ec39c8b4f31a.mp3) ## [Open directory of blogs for agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7gt5t1huKovk) _2025-02-04 · **Sponsored**_ Submit URLs or OPML; receive feed pages with summaries, plus JSON/OPML/plain text ## [24-Hour Fast Results and Tommy Cakes Suet Update](https://smallscalelife.fireside.fm/245) _2025-02-02 · realsmallscalelife@gmail.com (Tom) · Small Scale Life Podcast_ In this 245th Episode of the Small Scale Life Podcast, Tom discusses the 24-Hour Fast Results and provides a Tommy Cakes Suet Update. Tom will also show off some of the feathered and furry friends visiting the feeders at The Landing this week including Sam the Squirrel, the Blue Jay Cabal, Elvis the Cardinal and Wanda and Woody (male and female pileated woodpeckers). Julie has been a world… [Listen](https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b0fd18a6-4edd-4b76-b0fd-8c7916d10787/f315ca01-5499-4008-8a2f-6272bcf623c7.mp3)