189: Jamie Cat Callan's Parisian Charm School - Love, Life & Savoring it All
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2018
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
~The Simple Sophisticate, episode #189
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"French women will tell you that when you know who you are, you are able to become more yourself, and then you naturally and easily become more confident. When you know who you are, you are more 'contained' because you are confident, and as a result, you become more mysterious." —Jamie Cat Callan from her new book Parisian Charm School
Author and Francophile Jamie Cat Callan joins me on the first episode of 2018. The author of Bonjour, Happiness, French Women Don't Sleep Alone and Ooh La la!: French Women's Secret to Feeling Beautiful Every Day, Jamie's new book offers a curriculum on cultivating a life of engaging with the world, not only with a lover or a partner, but with your neighbors, friends and the community that surrounds you. Full of detailed anecdotes inspired by the intimate conversations with French men and women as well as expats living in France, Jamie shares with readers how each of our love stories is unique, and the key is to discover the joy in the everyday. She joined me from her farm in the Hudson Valley where she calls home with her husband and shares her own love story during our conversation and how she trusted her path discovering it was exactly and more than she could have hoped for. The book Parisian Charm School: French Secrets for Cultivating Love, Joy and That Certain je ne sais Quoi will be released tomorrow, January 2nd. Visit Jamie's blog to discover her book tour schedule, and follow along on her journey via Instagram as she shares what delights her while living on a farm (view a few pics below) as well as images from her travels to France.
~Jamie's Instagram is full of images of her farm (the garlic braiding she mentioned is shown below), travels and her animals. Follow her @jamiecatcallan
~Enter the giveaway to win a Finex cast iron skillet. ~Read TSLL's first post of 2018 to kick off the new year. ~SIMILAR POSTS/EPISODES YOU MIGHT ENJOY:
~French Everyday Living with Author & Blogger Sharon Santoni, episode #168
~Understanding the French Culture: My Interview with Géraldine Lepere of Comme une Française, episode #169
~14 Ways to Eat Like the French — Savor Good Food, Don't Fear It, episode #175
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 2018 and |
| 0:45.0 | 2018 and welcome to 189th episode of the Simple Sophisticate |
| 0:50.0 | podcast. I'm excited to start this new year off with the guest I have on the episode to date. |
| 0:55.7 | Jamie Katt Callan has just released a new book. Well, it will be released tomorrow, but we have |
| 1:01.6 | her sitting down having a chat from one coast to the next. |
| 1:05.6 | She's on the East Coast. I'm on the West Coast. And we're talking about her new book, |
| 1:09.2 | Parisian Charm School, French Secrets for Cult love, joy, and that certain Jeunisequois. |
| 1:16.4 | We're going to talk a little bit about our love stories or I call them love journeys, and |
| 1:22.2 | she's going to share a little bit about the art of |
| 1:24.2 | the flirt how to have a dinner party so that you want to have more of them more |
| 1:28.8 | often throughout the year how to keep your marriages interesting, |
| 1:33.7 | and how to pay attention to your life, |
| 1:36.6 | to let it reveal itself to you in a way |
| 1:39.8 | that is simpler than you might imagine. Now before I get into the interview be sure to stay |
| 1:44.8 | tuned because at the end of today's episode I'm going to share with you an opportunity to win a |
| 1:49.1 | fantastic giveaway. All right let's get to my interview with Jamie Cat Callen. |
| 1:55.0 | Stopping by the podcast today to kick off the new year is the author who brought us |
| 2:00.0 | bonjur happiness, French women don't sleep alone, and now her new book, Parisian Charm School, French |
| 2:05.6 | secrets for cultivating love, joy, and that certain Jeunicequois. |
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