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The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

358: Anna Murphy Talks About Finding Your Way to the Best You Yet as Each Year Passes in her New Book, Destination Fabulous

The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

Shannon Ables

Education, Self-improvement, Britain, Contentment, Podcast, Society & Culture, Simplicity, France, Style, Lifestyle

4.7 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

The book I wanted and needed to read.

Repeatedly, indirectly and directly women and the entire society at large are told that aging is bad, and it is especially an unwelcoming reality for women, but is this true? Fashion Director for The Times London since 2015 Anna Murphy recently turned 50, and in her new book (being released on May 30th in the states; in the UK it was released in March) Destination Fabulous: Finding your way to the best you yet, disagrees wholeheartedly with this false truth that women have begrudgingly or willingly accepted and explains exactly how each year, each decade can usher in more fulfillment, more life satisfaction and thus more contentment.

She joined me from London last week before heading down to Mexico to take in Dior's Cruise presentation, and we had a lovely conversation about everything from the benefits of doing the hard work of getting to know yourself, how your style can bust clichés, the benefits of being age agnostic, how living our best life does physically affect our skin and visage, as well as the false promises made my anti-aging procedures, plus so much more.

We begin our conversation with why she is the happiest she has ever been, and with that, I will encourage you to tune in to our conversation. I do hope you enjoy.

Links Mentioned in the episode

Follow Anna Murphy's work on the following channels:

~Pick up Destination Fabulous: Finding your way to the best you yet by Anna Murphy (2023)

Anna Murphy's book was the inspiration for a Monday Motivational post shared earlier this month.

The Key to a Beautiful and Fulfilling Life: Invest in Your Interior Self and the Exterior Begins to Shine Naturally

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thesimplyluxuriouslife.com | The Simply Luxurious Life

Images courtesy of the author and The Times, London

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podcast episode as well as much more weekly content to elevate your everyday and deepen

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your contentment from a Monday motivational post, recipes, videos of the

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cooking show series, style and decor inspiration inspiration French and British inspired content and

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reader's favorite regular weekly post this and that which is posted each

0:49.2

Friday morning now to today's episode. Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.

1:16.3

I'm your host, Shannon Ables.

1:18.8

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

1:25.1

cafe ole, thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the

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the 358th episode of the Simple Sophisticate and yes we are in the middle of the simply

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luxurious lives fifth annual British week,

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which is why I am so happy to be able to bring you

1:59.8

today's episode.

2:02.1

It is a conversation with someone who not only is she British, which is part of the reason I wanted to bring her on during this time. She is also someone who knows the fashion industry inside and out. She is someone who's been there, done that that and sees what actually makes for a fulfilling life. She has

2:28.5

written a new book and we're going to talk about that today.

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And I'm excited to say that there are no ad breaks

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in the middle of our conversation.

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We just talk right through,

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and I encourage you to settle in doing something relaxing or doing something where you can just totally tune in,

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