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The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

106: 10 Tools Fulfilled People Utilize in Their Lives to Squash Negativity

The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

Shannon Ables

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.7944 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Discover 10 tools that will help you squash the regular negative thoughts that pop up from time to time no matter how wonderful our lives may be going. Moments of self-doubt, uncertainty, these tools will help you combat the negativity immediately so that no unnecessary time or energy is wasted and you can continue to move forward positively.

In this week's Petit Plaisir, a 2014 French film, Sex, Love & Therapy starring Sophie Marceau and Patrick Bruel. A delightful romantic comedy.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.

0:16.3

I'm your host, Shannon Ables.

0:18.8

And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a

0:25.0

cafe ole, thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 106th episode of the simple Sophisticate.

0:49.0

Today we're going to talk about how to squash that negativity that sometimes pops up in our heads

0:56.2

for no other reason then it just does.

0:59.1

I'm really excited to dive into this one and share with you some tools that I use and that I know other people use as well and that have

1:06.1

been fantastically effective. But before I get to today's topic and dive right into those. You may hear some background noise.

1:16.1

Joining me today in the office is Norman and he is exhausted as we all are in my household. This weekend has been a beautiful one here in Bend and

1:27.6

the sun has been out and the heat has been high. Needless to say, we've been out enjoying it and today's walk this morning, even though

1:36.0

we tried to go very early, oh my goodness, when we came back, we were just tuckered.

1:41.7

And so we flipped on the French open we watched Andy Murray and Novak

1:46.8

Jokovich and I will admit that I think I fell asleep during it because I was just so dang tired.

1:52.1

Anyway, Norman is continuing to indulge in his

1:54.9

napping and so you may hear a bit of snoring, bless his heart. But also I want to

2:00.3

give you a hint as to what today's putety Pleasier is. It is a fantastic romantic comedy,

2:07.0

a French film in fact, of my francophile lovers, you're, that's repetitive, but my francophiles you're going to enjoy this

2:15.0

film I just came across it and absolutely adored it and I think you will as well

2:20.0

so be sure to stay tuned for the end of today's episode where I dive more into what that film is all about.

2:26.3

But now today's topic titled Ten Tools Fulfilled People Utilize in their Lives to squash negativity. We're going to squash it.

2:36.6

I'd like to begin with a quote from a book that I have had on my desktop for quite a while and have read it and reread it

2:46.2

certain parts more than once and it has been very enlightening and helpful and inspiring

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