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  1. 418: Neighboring — How to Do It and Why It Will Enhance the Quality of Your Everydays

    "There's a sense of comfort and safety that can come with knowing [our neighbors] — and building a safe and caring community is a valuable way to stay connected to the place you live." —Diana Opong and Janet W. Lee, in their article "How to

  2. No. 3: Un Moment de Méditation — An Ease in Everyday Life

    Find the text for this mini-episode on The Simply Luxurious Life blog - https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/moment3

  3. No. 2: Un Moment de Méditation — How to Heal

    Find the text for this mini-episode on The Simply Luxurious Life blog - https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/moment2

  4. 417: How Our Relationship with Ourselves Sets the Tone for the Health of All Relationships

    "The relationship we have with ourselves is the most important relationship we will ever have, and we will have to continuously work on that relationship to break through the barriers that prevent us from true emotional intimacy with anothe

  5. No. 1 Un Moment de Méditation — Courage and the Mind

    Welcome to the first mini-episode of TSLL's new limited series, Un Moment de Méditation/Moment of Meditation. Find the complete text on The Simply Luxurious Life blog - https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/moment1

  6. Introduction to New Mini Series - Un Moment de Méditation/Meditation Moments

    A new limited series begins in 2026, offering guided meditation to help listeners deepen their mindfulness practice. Learn more by listening to this trailer. Un Moment de Méditation is a weekly limited series that will run for one year, sha

  7. 416: How to Find Peace — The Joy and Necessity of Solitude

    "The moment being alone stops bothering you, your whole life levels up." —Uriel Maksumov With the holidays upon us, I have come to discover an unexpected gift of enjoying my own company during this time of year - the realization of what I m

  8. 415: The Life Nourishing Benefits of Welcoming Art into Our Sanctuary (and how to curate your own collection)

    "Art is a language without words." —Kate Bryan, author of How to Art: Bringing a Fancy Subject Down to Earth (https://amzn.to/4plLbY3) Why art? Why bring it into our lives? Why spend our hard-earned money on it? We often hear about the skyr

  9. 414: The Art of Trusting Yourself (And Why It's the Key to a Joyful Life Journey)

    "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 cons

  10. 413: 13 Ways to Finesse the Art of Spending Money

    "The best use of money is a tool to leverage who you are, but never to define who you are."—Morgan Housel, author of The Art of Spending Money If you ever want to know what a culture values, what a country values, look at their tax laws. I

  11. 412: The Human Connection — 10 Benefits of Proficiency in a New Language

    "You live a new life for every language you speak. If you know only one language, you live only once." ―Czech proverb Did you know that 92% of students in Europe learn another language in school, and nearly a quarter of Canadians can hold a

  12. 411: How to Deepen Your 'Joyspan' which will Lengthen Your Lifespan and Elevate the Quality of Your Entire Life

    "Joy is the experience of contentment, gratitude, and meaning, regardless of our external circumstance. Joy is not simply feeling happy. Joy encompasses quality of life and the ability to contribute to the world with a sense of meaning and

  13. 410: What True Compassion Is and How to Employ It By Default, part Cinq/Five of "What Lies at the Heart of Living Simply Luxuriously"

    "Just as we are wired to be in connection with each other, we are wired with an impulse to help, with an instinct for compassion." —Deb Dana, author of Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory Empathy in action.

  14. 409: How to Make Living Itself An Art, Part Deux (Who is TSLL Written For?)

    To look up the definition of art through an academic lens is to discover there is no one agreed upon definition of art, and to my eye that is what makes it all the more beautiful to cultivate in the way we live each of our lives if we are t

  15. 408: How 3-Years of French Language Classes Elevated My Experience While Visiting France

    The journey of learning anything new, putting in the hours, the practice, and progressing in a controlled environment eventually must make its way into the real-world to ensure any confidence we have gained is sound. Over the past three yea

  16. 407: The Joys of Living Alone —By Choice or Circumstance

    "'I think that's just how life panned out. I had children and it was difficult to have a relationship with a man who was not the father. And I started thinking, OK, I'll take care of the children and then when they're grown up, I'll be avai

  17. 406: How The Essence of French Cooking Elevates the Everyday and is Simple to Learn (even if you don't like cooking!)

    "Food need not be extravagant, complicated, or mysterious to be good. Quite the contrary." —Patricia Wells in her Introduction to Robert Olney's Simple French Food cookbook Whether you love cooking, loathe cooking or fall anywhere in betwee

  18. 405: How to Be Loving to Ourselves which Allows Us to Heal

    "Love has the shape and feel of water. It is simultaneously flexible and powerful. It can adapt and roar; it can also be silently nourishing." –Yung Pueblo, How to Love Better (https://amzn.to/3FCjWa4) We know we need to heal when we slip i

  19. 404: 11 Classic British Wardrobe Details for Effortless Style

    As we are in the middle of TSLL's 7th Annual British Week, I wanted to share with you 11 classic contemporary British wardrobe details for achieving effortless style. Each item and outfit shared below is not dependent on trends of the seaso

  20. 403: 10 Ways Integrating Buddhist Psychology into Your Everyday Life Cultivates Contentment

    "Buddhism is not a belief system. It's not about accepting certain tenets or believing a set of claims or principles. In fact, it's quite the opposite. It's about examining the world clearly and carefully, about testing everything and every

  21. 402: How to Keep Ourselves Healthy - Mind and Body - for the Rest of Our Lives (specifically for perimenopausal and beyond, but for all ages too)

    "With the right training, nutrition, lifestyle strategies, and the power of the mind, women in their fifties and beyond can still [accomplish amazing feats] . . . women prove every day that our best years can be ahead of us no matter how ol

  22. 401: What France Continues to Teach Me About Living Well

    "France is Europe's most diverse, tasty, and exciting country to explore. It's a cultural bouillabaisse that surprises travelers with its varied, complex flavors." —Rick Steves The rain in Bretagne/Brittany. The dry hot heat in Provence. Th

  23. 400: What I've Learned in French Class, So Far . . . : Part Neuf

    When beginning this journey back in September 2022, I never imagined I would feel comfortable speaking French without thinking too far ahead of myself nor caring if I spoke incorrectly (which is still quite often), but two and a half years

  24. 399: Eight Things I've Learned in my 46th Year

    There is an awareness available to anyone who steps fully into their forties. It often happens a couple of years after turning the big 4 - 0, but it's there, waiting for each of us to realize we are half-way through (if we are so fortunate

  25. 398: The Simple Two Word Phrase that will Transform Your Life in Extraordinary Ways, as taught by Mel Robbins (and it's not on the cover of her new book)

    "Taking back your power means reclaiming responsibility for your life. It means demanding more of yourself because time is ticking, and you've wasted enough of it worrying about things that don't matter. It means being laser focused on the

  26. 397: The Serenity of Savoring Being Single and the Abundance of Love that is Present

    With Valentine's Day right around the corner, an annual holiday to celebrate love, those we love in all its different relationship forms, it can be helpful to be reminded that love doesn't have a hierarchy. One type of relationship be it a

  27. 396: Why Living a Simple Life Involves Courage and 6 Ways We Can Harness Our Bravery to Do So

    "The confidence to dare to be simple." —Monty Don To be simple is to knowingly let go of what is not necessary and wisely keep, nourish and invest in what is. Gardens in many ways are a wonderful analogy for living well because they take ti

  28. 395: 12 Balanced Living Ideas for a Great New Year

    Maintaining our balance whether we are holding a tree pose in yoga or riding a bicycle requires dynamic engagement. While the tree pose in yoga may look static, nope, it is actually dynamic as various muscles are engaged. Similarly and more

  29. 394: Setting the Foundation for An Extraordinary New Year and Beyond

    "We can attain almost anything we want—but not instantly. If we're methodical, if we're persistent, and if we take small, deliberate steps, we can arrive there. The going may be slow at first, but the advantage of those actions, compounded

  30. 393: How to Change Your Mind (literally), So You Can Change Your Life

    "Some of [our] beliefs, habits and behaviours are acquired by chance, and some we have designed for ourselves. But the beauty of the human mind is that no matter how these beliefs were shaped, they can be changed." —Nicole Vignola, author o

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