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. Good money. Good Monday morning and welcome to the 91st episode of the simple

Sophisticate. Before I dive in today I want to apologize I have a little bit of a head cold so it's a little more nasally than normal

But I am feeling for the most part 90% and I've been wanting to share with you some thoughts about a book

that I mentioned in this last week's this and that that has really struck a chord

with me in a very powerful way. So today's episode is all about the power of

solitude and we're going to dive deep into that with regards to happiness, with

regards to whether you're an introvert or an extrovert, why it is necessary.

Because it really has nothing to do with your personality.

And what I mean by that, it's what we gain by taking time to ourselves.

But before I get into that, let me just give you an idea of what today's

pleasure is. It is a new podcast.

Well it's not a new podcast. it's a new podcast that I have begun

listening to and I don't know why I haven't listened to it sooner. Some of you may

already have, but if you haven't, I cannot wait to share it with you. I think you're going to love it, especially if you're a francophile.

Okay, let's get into today's episode.

I want to start with the transcendentalist Henry David Throw. He spent as many of you know two years in a cabin, a very small tiny cabin, no larger than maybe 40 square feet. On the shores or just off of the shores of Walden

Pond in the beautiful little town in Massachusetts Concord. Keep him in

mind. Now also keep in mind a more modern writer. Elizabeth Gilbert.

Her best-selling book that sold over 10 million copies Eat Pray, had her on a journey through Italy, through India, and Indonesia.

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