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. Oh welcome to the 98th episode of the simple

Sophisticate. Good morning and welcome to April. We've been in it for a while

but my goodness it has been a beautiful month here in Bend.

And as I tape this, Norman is in the room with me, so if you hear a little bit of snoring,

he is immersed in blissful slumber.

We went on a wonderful morning walk this morning.

And I can't express enough. How lovely it was. It was quiet, the sun was shining, the boys were

happy, few people on the trail, and as some of you who followed me on Instagram, no, Norman was happy and now he's exhausted.

So anyway, I'll be sharing one more picture of that walk later today so be sure and maybe by the time

you're listening to this it's already up so be sure to check out the simply

luxurious life on Instagram. But about today's episode we are going to be talking about

speech and it's all about how we speak just as much as what we choose to say.

So today's episode is titled The Power of the Spoken Word.

And I'll be sharing nine ways you can improve your speaking prowess.

As well this week's particular is a book that well I knew I'd like it I have

fallen in love with it it is my reading before bed material because as much as I

thought it was going to be a cookbook, it's not, it's so much more.

And so many of readers and followers have shared what they love about this book.

And so I just wanted to open the doors to anyone who doesn't know about it.

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