When she’s not writing, traveling or exploring new ways to live simply luxuriously, she teaches high school English and social sciences where she lives in Oregon with her two spaniels. Listeners can also tune in to her weekly podcast The Simple Sophisticate each Monday morning.
Tranquility du Jour #340: Simply Luxurious Life
Tranquility du Jour
Kimberly Wilson
4.6 • 554 Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2015
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Bonjour. Welcome to the 340th edition of Tranquility du Jour with Shannon Ables. Be inspired by the simply luxurious life—a dash of style, minimalism, and mindfulness.
Featured Guest: Shannon Ables is the founder and editor of the internationally enjoyed lifestyle blog The Simply Luxurious Life which inspired her first book Choosing The Simply Luxurious Life: A Modern Woman’s Guide. As a contributor to House Beautiful, JNSQ, Laura U Mag and Docica, Shannon has also worked with Buick to launch their first compact luxury vehicle – Encore in keeping with the spirit of all things simply luxurious.
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| 0:00.0 | Tranquility DeJure, June 22, 2015. |
| 0:08.9 | Bonjour, this is Kimberly Wilson, and welcome to the 340th edition of Tranquility |
| 0:15.8 | to Jure. |
| 0:17.0 | Today's show is returning guest Shannon Ables, talking all about her new and delightful book, |
| 0:23.8 | Choosing the Simply Luxurious Life, A Modern Woman's Guide. |
| 0:28.6 | So be inspired by this simply luxurious life. |
| 0:31.5 | We talk about it being a dash of style, minimalism, blended with mindfulness. |
| 0:37.8 | So I'm fresh back from leading the Penning in Paris retreat, which was such a delight |
| 0:42.8 | to the ladies who joined me. |
| 0:44.7 | Thank you so much. |
| 0:45.8 | I absolutely loved being in your presence. |
| 0:48.4 | Been back about a week now, and I think I'm back in East Coast time, finally. |
| 0:57.4 | Also, I wanted to let you know that I will be announcing the 2016 date shortly and I'll have a private list for people who are interested |
| 1:03.4 | so that you guys have 48 hours to sign up before I open it up to the public. So if you're |
| 1:08.7 | interested in being on this list, and it'll be June |
| 1:11.4 | 2016, then let me know, Kimberly at Kimberlywilson.com, and I'll be sure to add you. And again, |
| 1:17.9 | you'll have first dibs on a spot in the retreat. So it's just an absolute delight to teach |
| 1:25.1 | writing in the City of Light. Such a beautiful, beautiful setting |
| 1:28.9 | to really tap into your creativity. So again, a big thank you to the lovely ladies who joined, |
| 1:35.0 | and those of you joined virtually by kind of falling along with all of our photos and |
| 1:39.4 | inspiration. So thank you, thank you, thank you. So our featured guest, Shannon Abel, |
| 1:45.7 | she's the founder and editor of the internationally enjoyed lifestyle blog, The Simply Luxurious |
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