414: The Art of Trusting Yourself (And Why It's the Key to a Joyful Life Journey)
The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style
Shannon Ables
4.7 • 944 Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
"The more you practice reflection and appreciation, the more you build a reservoir of evidence that you can draw from in difficult times. You start ot see patterns. You start to recognize that while life has its ups and downs, you have consistently found a way to navigate them. You start to trust yourself more deeply. And that trust—that bone-deep knowing that you can handle whatever comes—is the foundation of true inner peace." —Daniel Chidiac, author of Stop Letting Everything Affect You
What if I told you that your inner compass knows the way to your most fulfilling way of living is as certain as the sun rising tomorrow? Your immediate reaction to that truth reveals the strength of your self-trust muscle.
Since we will each never be able to live without unknowns, what we have to bring along with us on our life journey as companions are tools, each of which we must choose to learn, that will help us constructively navigate whatever may cross our path.
For example, suppose we're taking a road trip that leads over a mountain pass during winter. In that case, we will want to ensure the vehicle's tires are suitable for the conditions we may encounter, that the car's supplies are stocked for safety should we need them, and that the shoes we are wearing are sufficient should we need to step outside, among other things. You get the idea. We may never use all of them, but we will need to utilize some of them as preventative measures for success: a full tank of gas/a full electric charge, all-wheel drive, headlights, and windshield wipers.
We are the ones who choose the skills we carry with us on our journey. And if we choose to journey toward cultivating contentment so that we can enjoy the everydays and discover what ignites us, while also contributing to the world, self-trust is a must-have skill.
Today, we're going to explore how to tap into this perhaps unawakened skill, understand how it communicates with us, and how to strengthen it. Let's get started.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the simple sophisticate, where in 2014, this podcast premiered, and now in its 12th season, |
| 0:10.0 | the show continues to focus on the same principles it was founded upon, the art of living a life of quality over quantity. |
| 0:18.0 | Topics range from creating an everyday life you love living, strengthening mindfulness |
| 0:22.9 | practices, building a capsule wardrobe, preparing seasonally delicious meals, traveling and exploring |
| 0:29.2 | France and Britain, and living life to the fullest as you courageously honor your true self, |
| 0:34.8 | because living well really is quite simple once we know the skills of |
| 0:39.3 | cultivating contentment. I'm your host, Shannon Ables, and whether you're listening while |
| 0:44.7 | you're on your commute, exercising, working in the garden or art studio, in route or returning from |
| 0:50.4 | that dream destination, or sitting down and savoring a hot cuppa or a cafe au lae thank you for tuning |
| 0:57.3 | in let's get started welcome to the four hundred and fourteenth episode of the simple sophisticia podcast |
| 1:04.1 | and in our episode today it is a topic that will apply to your entire life journey. It is something that whether you are trying to make a big |
| 1:17.4 | decision, trying to simply just have an amazing day, or with the upcoming holidays, decide what to do |
| 1:25.4 | during the holidays, who to spend it with, how to engage with people, |
| 1:29.3 | people you will have no choice to engage with, people you can't wait to engage with. And |
| 1:34.4 | it really is this fundamental skill that we will sometimes doubt if we haven't been encouraged |
| 1:43.1 | to nourish it. It has always been a gift |
| 1:47.1 | all of us have within us because it is your inner compass. What am I talking about? I'm talking |
| 1:51.9 | about trusting yourself. So today we're going to focus on the art of trusting ourselves and why |
| 1:58.3 | it is the key to a joyful life journey. |
| 2:03.0 | And we'll break down specific things to do. |
| 2:07.7 | In fact, nine of them as to how to build the self-trust muscle, how to strengthen it, |
| 2:16.1 | and how to maintain it. And thus, trust, or |
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