Joshua Fields Millburn and
Ryan Nicodemus, known to their audience as The Minimalists, help more than 20 million people live meaningful lives with less through their website, books, podcast, and films. They have been featured in
The New York Times,
The New Yorker,
The Wall Street Journal, and
Time magazine, and they have spoken at Harvard, Apple, and Google. The Minimalists Podcast is often the #1 health podcast on Apple Podcasts, and their documentaries,
Minimalism and
Less is Now, were released by Netflix. Both raised in Dayton, Ohio, they currently live in Los Angeles.
Joshua Fields Millburn is a bestselling author, writing instructor, and international speaker. He is best known as one half of TheMinimalists.com, where he and Ryan Nicodemus write about living a meaningful life with less stuff. His books include
Everything That Remains: A Memoir;
Essential: Essays by The Minimalists;
Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life; and
As a Decade Fades: A Novel. He has been featured in the
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time, Forbes, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, Toronto Star, Globe&Mail, Vancouver Sun, Village Voice, L.A. Weekly, and many other outlets.
Ryan Nicodemus, better known as one half of The Minimalists, writes about living a meaningful life for more than 2 million readers at TheMinimalists.com.
Nicodemus left his six-figure corporate career at age 30 and went on to become a well-known author and speaker. He has been featured on CBS This Morning, ABC, NBC, FOX, NPR, CBC Radio, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, Elle Canada, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Austin American-Statesman, Seattle Times, Toronto Star, Globe&Mail, Vancouver Sun, National Post, LA Weekly, Zen Habits, and various other outlets.
Born in 1981, Nicodemus lives in Missoula, Montana, by way of Dayton, Ohio.