102: Let's Talk About Beauty

The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

Shannon Ables

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2016

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Inspired by blogger, author, photographer and illustrator Garance Doré book Love, Life, Style, the topic of beauty and how to truly feel beautiful is discussed in today's episode.

In this week's Petit Plaisir, a home decor item that will add that extra something or be a perfect house warming gift.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.
0:16.2	I'm your host, Shannon Ables, and whether you're listening on your commute, exercising,
0:21.6	working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a
0:25.1	cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 102nd episode of the Simple Sophisticate. Today we are going to
0:48.8	talk about beauty and it all began with my reading of Grunst-Torres book Love, Style, and Life.
0:59.0	If you haven't had a chance to read this book by the illustrator, author, blogger, street style photographer,
1:06.4	Grands Story, you will want to pick it up. I really did whip through this book as soon as it arrived on Tuesday. I think I had it done in two days and those are two work days which is saying a lot because usually I go to bed I'm so exhausted I can maybe read for 15 minutes and then I'm out.
1:23.0	But she writes with such a passion and balances confidence with self-deprecation so well, she just seems very comfortable with her life, and that is what drew me in.
1:37.6	She is truly passionate about her life, and this is a woman who has created a living on something that is
1:44.5	aesthetically pleasing to our eye but this is the thing it initially catches our
1:48.2	eye her illustrations her her her blog her photography but then she offers substance.
1:55.0	And this book is full of an introduction to who she is and how she became the person she is showing us today and while it's inspiring it's also a reminder that we all
2:09.0	have our own path and we really need to trust it. One of the quotes that she shared is what inspired
2:16.8	today's episode. Let's talk about beauty and I'm going to get into that here in
2:21.2	just a second but before I do let me tell you a little bit
2:23.7	about this week's putte, place air.
2:25.8	It is something for your home that will add a little something
2:31.3	extra to complete the mood or the ambience that you're trying to
2:37.8	cultivate maybe at the end of the day, maybe in the weekend. I am thoroughly enjoying it and I think you will too. So to stay tuned at the end of
2:47.1	today's episode and I'll share everything there is to know about this particular year.
2:52.0	All right back to today's episode. about this particular place year.
2:53.0	All right, back to today's episode.
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