117: How to Be Chic with Fiona Ferris
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2016
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Joining me on the podcast today is author and blogger from New Zealand Fiona Ferris. Inspired by her blog How to Be Chic, her new book, which was just released this past June, Thirty Days of Chic offers detailed, simple, yet thoughtful ways to cultivate a more contented life. Inspired by the French culture, Fiona discusses not only her book, but new plans for her own life, how she came to find peace being herself, being an introvert and a wonderful story about Coco Chanel.
In this week's Petit Plaisir, Julia Child's cooking show, The French Chef is discussed and recommended.
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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. Well, welcome. Welcome to the 117th episode of the Simple Sophisticate. On today's episode, I am looking forward |
| 0:51.8 | to introducing you to an author and blogger who has a predilection |
| 0:56.9 | for the culture of France and incorporating what we love about that culture into our everyday lives. |
| 1:04.2 | And because we are talking about the French culture, we are beginning today and throughout this |
| 1:11.1 | entire week, the first or inaugural French week here on the simple |
| 1:16.7 | sophisticated and the simply luxurious life blog and this episode of the podcast airing |
| 1:21.9 | Monday the 22nd is kicking it all off. So if you |
| 1:25.8 | two are interested or smitten by the French culture and consider yourself a |
| 1:30.0 | francophile or are curious about being a francophile, you'll definitely want to not only |
| 1:34.7 | tune in today, but stop by the blog throughout the week, The Simply LuxuriousLife.com. |
| 1:40.3 | Today's interview is with author and blogger Fiona Ferris. |
| 1:44.0 | Her blog How to Be Sheik and her recently released book |
| 1:48.0 | was originally scheduled to be a patie pleasure. |
| 1:51.0 | And so during the interview you're going to hear me mention that it is the |
| 1:55.5 | petit plezier. Well, we started talking and it was far more than a petit plezier. It was a full episode and I did not want to edit anything |
| 2:06.4 | out. You are going to absolutely enjoy getting to know Fianna Ferris. Not only will we talk about her book, you'll get some glimpses as to what it contains, but |
| 2:15.8 | we're going to talk about living in luxury in a simple fashion. We're going to talk about |
| 2:21.3 | being an introvert. We're going to talk about being an introvert. We're going to talk about |
| 2:24.4 | Cocoa Chanel. She has a fascinating story about Coco Chanel that left me speechless. So you're definitely going to want to tune in to this episode. We will also be |
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