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

I'm your host, Shannon Ables.

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

cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. The Welcome to Monday everyone, everyone. Hopefully you are enjoying a wonderful long

weekend for many of you guys in the States. I know not everyone has that

opportunity and certainly if you don't leave the United States is probably not

the case. Otherwise this is Monday and it's going to be a great week. Why?

You're here you're trying to learn and

you're trying to figure out how to live your best life I'm assuming that's why most

people are turning into the simple sophisticated.

And on that theme is today's episode titled,

Why Not Become Self Actualized.

We're going to get into the psychology

of what living one's best life really is, finding or

discovering one's true potential.

And today's post, self actualization is what we're going to dive into a post I should say episode right?

And it all began a couple months ago when I heard the quote at the end of a film I highly recommend you watch called a five-star life.

It is a film in Italian so if you don't know Italian which which I do not know Italian, you need to read the subtitles, but it's worth it. It's absolutely worth it.

Let me read to you the quote, and then we'll dive into this idea of what self actualization is, what the

benefits are, and how to then become or to realize or determine I should say if you are self actualized and I have a feeling many of you already are

and since it's a dynamic way of being it's something we can always fine tune and improve. So here's the

quote that got me started. Quote did it meet your expectations, even if you have felt at times uncomfortable or lonely?

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