126: A Powerful Couple: Boundaries & Vulnerability
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2016
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
One of the most important skills we can learn and implement into our lives on a regular basis is understanding that in order to have healthy relationships, a content life and a sense of freedom is to learn how to set clear boundaries in order to be able to open ourselves up so that others can truly know who we are and what we can offer to the world.
In today's episode discover the benefits of establishing boundaries, come to understand if you need to re-enforce the boundaries you have attempted and learn where in your life you may want to incorporate boundaries.
This week's Petit Plaisir is a Francophile book that will offer inspiration for your home, your style and your everyday life. The recently released book by Sarah Lavoine, Chez Moi: Decorating Your Home and Living like a Parisienne.
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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. Welcome to the 126th episode of the simple sophisticated. Today marks a big day on the blog and thus the podcast as many of you may have known or have been hearing about on the blog. |
| 1:01.0 | I am so excited to announce that when you go to the show notes from now on |
| 1:05.2 | you will be seeing what we've been working on for the past five to six months |
| 1:10.3 | an entirely new redesigned blog website, destination for all things simply luxurious. |
| 1:19.2 | And I cannot wait for you to see it. Needless to say, today's podcast is something that I, the |
| 1:28.4 | topic I should say is something that I completely changed my life, has made it so much more content and brought me so much peace. |
| 1:46.7 | And it's a simple concept, but it's a difficult habit to put into practice if one hasn't been doing it already. |
| 1:56.9 | So let's get today's topic and at the end of that conversation I'll share a little bit more |
| 2:01.4 | about the new blog design and don't worry I have a |
| 2:05.8 | patie placeier I think you're gonna love especially my francophiles but |
| 2:11.0 | definitely anyone who is all about creating a beautiful but definitely So let's get into today's topic. We're talking about a very powerful couple and that |
| 2:27.5 | couple involves two entities. One are the boundaries we set in our lives and thus the ability for us to be vulnerable. |
| 2:38.1 | So the power couple consists of boundaries and vulnerability. |
| 2:42.2 | I want to begin with a quote from Henry Cloud. He states, |
| 2:47.0 | boundaries define us. They define what is me and what is not me. A boundary shows me where I end and someone else begins, |
| 2:57.0 | leading me to a sense of ownership. Knowing what I am to own and take responsibility for gives me freedom. |
| 3:07.5 | The last part of that quote really struck me because we truly are liberating ourselves when we learn how to set healthy boundaries. |
| 3:16.3 | We liberate ourselves from keeping everything inside so therefore we then can be vulnerable. |
| 3:22.1 | And I thought that was an apt quote to begin today's episode. |
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