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The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

Shannon Ables
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
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  • The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

    No. 35 — The Power of Seeing the Everyday 'Little' Moments: Un Moment de Méditation

    30/08/2026 | 7 mins.
    Find the text for this mini-episode on The Simply Luxurious Life - https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/moment35
  • The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

    No. 34 — The Tool that Makes the Shift: Un Moment de Méditation

    24/08/2026 | 9 mins.
    Find the text for this mini-episode on The Simply Luxurious Life - https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/moment34
  • The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

    No. 33 — An Ease We Give Ourselves: Un Moment de Méditation

    16/08/2026 | 7 mins.
    Find the text for this mini-episode on The Simply Luxurious Life - https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/moment33
  • The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

    432: What We Gain When We Travel and Why Contentment Ensures the Experience is Rich with Gifts

    12/08/2026 | 30 mins.
    A change of climate, a change of culture, a change in time zone. All of these and more are concrete changes we encounter when we choose to travel far from our home and daily life. Granted a time zone change may not be part of each occasion, but still, when the sun rises and sets most likely will be.
    Change is what we witness when we choose to travel. And by choosing to embark on an adventure, an exploration that involves changes, knowing our daily routine will temporarily be different and knowing the environment we step into will be different, we are exercising a powerful muscle that is part of living a life of contentment — accepting and seeing the gift of change.
    In today's episode, I will be sharing many of the gifts that travel gives us, moreso from the well-being and life enriching perspective, rather than speaking to any particular destination. It can be easy to forget these gifts when we settle back into our daily rhythm. And the courage and choice to invest in travel can sometimes wane the further removed we are from the first-person experience of travel.
    Let's take a look at eight wonderful gifts that travel gives us and how when we pack the consciousness along with all of the other gifts that living a life of contentment gives us, we deepen the experience all the more.
    View the Show Notes for this episode on The Simply Luxurious Life blog - https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/podcast432
  • The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

    No. 32 — Catching Creativity: Un Moment de Méditation

    09/08/2026 | 6 mins.
    Find the text for this mini-episode on The Simply Luxurious Life - https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/moment32
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About The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
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 show
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