359: Author and Philosopher Alexandra Stoddard on Living Well, Sharing Her Wisdom of 81 years

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

🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Author and philosopher of contemporary living, Alexandra Stoddard has published 28 books since she began in 1974. Continuing to be a source of wisdom, inspiration and sharing through how she lives that curiosity and forever being a student of life elevates our lives regardless of age, she joins me in a special episode to talk about her life's work.

Our conversation of more than 75 minutes covers a wide breadth of content that she has written about over the years, and it's all grounded in how to live well, cultivating happiness and contentment, mindfully living in the present moment and how that daily practice changes for the better so much about all that we cannot control in daily life.

From discussing the importance of rituals, to living a life grounded in paying attention to what our senses observe as well as how one can have a happy death as she speaks fondly of her late husband to whom they shared a loving marriage for over 40 years, we talk about many of the topics that are fundamental components to living a simply luxurious life, a life of true contentment. I do hope you tune in and hear the enthusiasm and genuine love of life Alexandra Stoddard embodies and no doubt will inspire in listeners to do the same in their own lives.

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0:16.5	quality over quantity. Visit the blog, The Simply Luxurious life at our simplified u TSL.co or The Simply Luxurious Life.com to find the show notes for each podcast episode as well as much more weekly content to elevate your everyday and deepen
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0:39.7	cooking show series, style and the core inspiration inspiration French and British inspired content and
0:44.8	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.
1:16.2	I'm your host, Shannon Ables.
1:18.7	And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a
1:25.0	cafe au lé. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the 359th episode of the simple
1:47.7	Sophisticate. Today's episode welcomes a very special guest to the show. I want to first extend a
1:57.4	thank you to a listener and longtime reader of the blog on this podcast Pamela who reached out to me earlier this year and
2:08.4	suggested you know you might want to reach out to our guest today.
2:14.0	I know she still has interviews, I know she still speaks in lectures.
2:18.0	She would be a good fit for your podcast.
2:21.0	You talk and you write about the same topics. And so it began with this email.
2:27.9	An email that I have received actually many times before from other listeners and readers but because my life with regards to
2:36.7	two years ago and beyond was so full and so busy I wasn't able to explore the possibility of this opportunity and so I appreciate Pamela you reaching out and suggesting that I invite Alexandra Stoddard onto the simple
2:53.4	sophisticated because that is who our guest is today.
2:57.6	For those of you who have read all some, re-read all some of her now 28 books that she began writing in 1974, you know exactly who I am talking about.
3:13.0	If you hear that name and you don't know who Alexander Stoddard did,
3:17.2	that is okay.
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