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Enough Is the New Abundant with Amy Worthy

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Conversations about rich lives. Topics include personal and business finance, emotional and physical health, relationships, healthy boundaries, and more! <a href="https://amyworthy.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">amyworthy.substack.com</a>

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May 1, 2026

PODCAST EPISODE: The Alabama cousins discuss Heated Rivalry

Alabama cousins Amy and Austin discuss the hit HBO series Heated Rivalry. Why are so many women obsessed with this show? Why were we reluctant to watch? What's love got to do with it?Listen as Amy and Austin explore themes in the series, sex education in Alabama, the significance of Walmart, and more... Content Disclaimer: Sexual content in the series is discussed Get full access to Enough Is the New Abundant at <a href="https://amyworthy.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">amyworthy.substack.com/subscribe</a>

November 21, 2025

'Tis the season for...spending?

TRANSCRIPT:It’s the most wonderful time of year! We’re smack in the middle of the Holy Trinity of Holidays, and we’re not stressed at all, right?Every family and culture have their own time-honored traditions–those rituals and decorations we bring out of storage once a year to share with our family and friends.Many of these are comforting, familiar, nurturing…like gathering around a table and sharing what we’re thankful for, or driving around with hot chocolate and looking at holiday lights.Some traditions, however, may feel less nurturing and more like obligation. And many of us have the credit card bills to prove it.The stressful and expensive flights to visit family, the long road trips in holiday traffic, the thousands of dollars spent on gifts–how much of this is about joyful giving, and how much is about obligation and expectation?Only you can decide that, of course. All of this is dependent on so many factors–your personal values, your commitments, and societal norms, just to name a few.When it comes to gift giving, I’ll say this…I’ve noticed what happens with my own kid on holidays when she gets a lot of gifts. The way her eyes light up when she walks down the stairs and sees a pile of presents–it’s magical to me, and I feel so much gratitude that I can do more for her than I ever could have imagined as a child.The squeals of excitement over the first gift are pure joy. And the second gift, pretty damn excited there too. Gradually, though, as the gift opening goes on...the excitement and gratitude turn to irritability and impatience.And hey, it’s not her fault. She is grateful, but she’s also overstimulated and overwhelmed. There’s an undercurrent of expectation around how she expresses her gratitude. Something that starts as joyful and exciting can start to feel like a lot of pressure.As I was thinking about this topic, I found a study from The University of Toledo that looked at the influence of the number of toys in the environment on toddlers’ play.Each toddler visited a playroom that had four toys or sixteen toys. When only four toys were present, the toddlers had 50% less toy-play switches, 108% longer play duration per toy, and 63% more varied play styles.Translation: with fewer toys present, the children were less distracted and engaged in more meaningful creative play for a longer amount of time. Turns out, more isn’t always better.There’s an established economic principle that dates back to 18th-century agriculture–the Law of Diminishing Returns.In basic terms, as you continue to add more of something, the additional benefit (or “return”) you get from each new thing eventually begins to decrease. At some point, it could even go negative, and more starts to feel worse.Like cake, for example. That first slice…amazing. It’s so good you decide to eat a second slice. Still good, but not nearly as satisfying as the first one. By the third or fourth, you’re not just less satisfied…you’re starting to feel sick.We’re chasing the feeling we got with the first slice of cake, but we’re never going to get that feeling back.Another example: Once your basic needs are met, more money means less of an increase in your happiness (Kahneman & Deaton, 2010). The biggest bang for your buck, so to speak, is the ability to meet basic needs and a few extras. Beyond that, it starts to make less and less of a difference.We also know that more choices mean more anxiety and regret (Barry Schwartz, The Paradox of Choice). I don’t know about you, but my grocery shopping experience would be much easier if I only had four choices of cereal versus sixty. The toddlers in that study were on to something.Gratitude and joy need room to breathe. Savoring the first slice of cake, the first gift, a moment of genuine connection…that’s where true abundance lives.This holiday season, my intention is to slow down rather than speed up. To simplify what’s usually so distracting and overwhelming. To remember that more doesn’t equal better.In my next letter, I’ll talk about ways to manage stress and simplify during this time. And I’d love it if you’d leave your ideas in the comments.How do you minimize stress during busy times? How have you simplified what often seems so complicated? What boundaries do you have that allow you to enjoy this time of year?Wishing you moments of quiet and peace,Amy Get full access to Enough Is the New Abundant at <a href="https://amyworthy.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">amyworthy.substack.com/subscribe</a>

October 20, 2025

The Sound of Silence

On my recent visit to Mepkin Abbey, I realized–in a way I hadn’t the last time I went– there’s no such thing as silence.I call it a “silent retreat” when I go there, but what I mean is I turn off as much noise as I can–I don’t talk, no one talks to me, I don’t listen to music or watch shows. I stay off the internet. I use my phone to check texts from home once or twice a day, and I’ll carry it with me a couple times on the trip to take some pictures. That’s usually the extent of my connection to the outside world.There are layers of sound in the world around us. If you stood on a busy street in New York City, you’d be surrounded by so much noise–car horns, music, the wail of sirens, shouting.But that’s only the first layer. As you start to peel back layers of sound, you start to notice what’s underneath. Perhaps you walk into your apartment, and now the street noises are muffled. As long as you don’t immediately turn on the TV or play music, you might notice the hum of the refrigerator, the popping and cracking of your aging building, the voices in the apartment next door.Leave the city and you might finally notice nature, hear the sound of your own heartbeat, feel your breath entering and leaving your body.For most of us, it’s outside, away from people and computers and phones, where we can experience a level of quiet that resets the nervous system, that allows us to breathe more easily.Since there’s no such thing as true silence, we can look for quieter places that give us greater access to the levels beneath the surface.If we do this long enough, we experience less stress and anxiety, more connection and creativity, moments of profound joy and peace, and lowered blood pressure and heart rate.So why do we so often avoid the quiet? Even on a walk in the woods, most of us have our phones with us. We tell ourselves it’s for safety, yet we check our texts for no reason. We tell ourselves we crave time in nature, yet we listen to a podcast or music while we hike.At Mepkin, I experience a kind of detox. The first day or so, I find myself reaching for my phone automatically, talking out loud to myself in my room, pacing restlessly. I feel lazy, unproductive, jittery. I get that weird skin-crawly feeling. Sometimes I even have these feelings of impending doom, like something terrible is about to happen.I suppose that’s what I’m avoiding, with all that noise and distraction.Gradually I settle in, and I start to relax into the monk’s rhythm. Their days follow the Liturgy of the Hours, so there are set markers of time, these rituals and prayers that give their lives structure, comfort and mindful intent.I find myself measuring the time with church bells and meals (which are eaten in silence). Wake, breakfast, walk, reading and writing, lunch, walk, reading and writing, dinner, walk, reading and writing, shower, sleep.I joke that my love language is never having to decide what or where to eat. At Mepkin, the meals are prepared for visitors by the monks, and the main meal is midday. Mornings and evenings are more simple fare–bread and cheese, salad, soup, boiled eggs, yogurt. The diet is nutritious and mostly vegetarian.I start to enjoy the constant access to my own mind and body, unfiltered and unaffected by the outside world. I get reacquainted with myself. I find myself feeling so small and unimportant, at the same time that I feel deeply loved and valued. It’s a paradox that always shows up for me in the quiet.When I returned home from this visit, I spent some time considering how to bring more of the monastic life into my chaotic, noisy “real” life. It felt impossible in the past, but that was just my black and white thinking. I had made Mepkin the place I go to be alone, be quiet, and feel peace–and my story was that I had to bide my time until I could get back there and experience it again.Why am I so drawn to Mepkin? What are the conditions, the atmosphere, that make it so much easier to access the layers beneath the surface? How can I create moments and an environment in my daily life that allow me access to the Mepkin experience?Here’s what I’ve come to so far:* Ritual (The Liturgy of the Hours)I can create my own rituals to start and end my day. It could be adding reading, or writing, to my morning coffee time. It will probably involve me getting up earlier (sigh). I could find healthy ways to close out the day, let it go and release.* Minimalism (only what is necessary and beautiful)I live with humans who like to accumulate stuff. We will never (sadly) be minimalists. My goal is to find the corners of our home that I can claim for me. I’m also embracing a basket system–having baskets in the rooms so that I can toss clutter in them and at least get it in a pile. Less clutter = more energy.* Simple meals (healthy, delicious and easy)My partner does most of the cooking, for which I’m eternally grateful. However, we get really off track if we don’t check in on Sundays about meals for the week. Really committing to our Sunday family meeting will help so much.* Quiet (most spaces are silent spaces)Get outside and often. Less technology. Ask for more quiet time at home.* Beauty (formal gardens and beautifully manicured grounds)Spend more time in our yard, making it a place I want to be. Seek out beauty, it’s all around.* Structure (The Liturgy of the Hours)Have boundaries around my time. Schedule in workouts and writing time. Let “sameness” in my schedule free up space in my head for more important things.Does any of this resonate with you? Leave a comment below, I’d love to know your thoughts.Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to organize my pantry…Love and Mepkin vibes,Amy Get full access to Enough Is the New Abundant at <a href="https://amyworthy.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">amyworthy.substack.com/subscribe</a>

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