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The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

Written by: Shannon Ables
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 The simple sophisticate is someone who prefers quality over quantity, sensible living over mindless consumption, personal style instead of trendy fashions, has an insatiable curiosity for life's endless questions and a desire to live a truly fulfilling life rather than being led around by the nose. Inspired by her lifestyle blog The Simply Luxurious Life, Shannon Ables (the original Simple Sophisticate) shares with listeners tips on how to live a refined life on an everyday income, a life of true contentment. Founded on the principle of the art of living a life of quality over quantity, episodes explore topics ranging from creating an everyday life you love living, strengthening mindfulness practices, preparing seasonally delicious meals, building a capsule wardrobe, traveling the world (Francophiles and Anglophiles tune in as France as well as the Britain are favorite destinations), and living life to the fullest without breaking the bank because living well is really quite simple. *illustration by artist Sarah Löcker exclusively commissioned for the show2024 Self-Help Social Sciences Success
Episodes
  • No. 2: Un Moment de Méditation — How to Heal

    No. 2: Un Moment de Méditation — How to Heal
    Jan 11 2026

    Find the text for this mini-episode on The Simply Luxurious Life blog - https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/moment2

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    9 mins
  • 417: How Our Relationship with Ourselves Sets the Tone for the Health of All Relationships

    417: How Our Relationship with Ourselves Sets the Tone for the Health of All Relationships
    Jan 7 2026

    "The relationship we have with ourselves is the most important relationship we will ever have, and we will have to continuously work on that relationship to break through the barriers that prevent us from true emotional intimacy with another person." —Jillian Turecki

    With a new year's beginning, the idea of love may be dancing about on our intentions list. But in order to successfully experience real love, we need to build a foundation to be able to identify it, choose it, and then nurture it. Jillian Turecki's successful podcast Jillian On Love shares advice on how to build healthy and fulfilling relationships, and in January of last year, her book It Begins With You was released quickly becoming a New York Times Bestseller. Along with her IG account, she continues to share tips and insights based on her relationship coaching sessions with clients and her own relationship experience.

    In today's episode, I'll be share nine insights I walked away with, rest assured, not the nine overarching points mentioned in her subtitle, that provide specific reminders of how we play a role in being able to successfully find the love (hint, hint, it involves being loving to ourselves) we want to experience in our life.

    Let's get started.

    Find the Show Notes for this episode on The SImply Luxurious Life blog - https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/podcast417

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    43 mins
  • No. 1 Un Moment de Méditation — Courage and the Mind

    No. 1 Un Moment de Méditation — Courage and the Mind
    Jan 4 2026

    Welcome to the first mini-episode of TSLL's new limited series, Un Moment de Méditation/Moment of Meditation.

    Find the complete text on The Simply Luxurious Life blog - https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/moment1

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    9 mins
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