Shannon Ables's video: 330: 25 Ideas for Enjoying British Culture in Your Everyday Life

Note to Listeners: This episode has a handful of deleted short sections in the first half of the episode which are not intentional. This issue has been fixed on the blog or wherever else you enjoy listening to podcasts. However, this episode is not updated on YouTube. The British culture is varied and vast and while one person's affection for the culture may include punk rock along with their love for the Beatles, another's affinities may gravitate toward the gardening and afternoon tea. While my predilections lean more toward the latter, whenever a culture speaks to us that is not the one in which we grew up in or were raised entirely, we owe it to ourselves to continue to explore because our intuition is speaking. As many readers of TSLL and listeners of the podcast know, TSLL derives much of its content from two cultures, the French and the British, specifically the ways of life that invite us to slow down, savor and invest in quality moments and approaches rather than quantity and superficial living to gain approval. Instead the only approval we seek is from within. In episode I shared 20 ways for welcoming the French culture into your everyday life, and so it is well overdue that I should share a similar list for welcoming the British culture into your everyday life. After having now visited London on three separate occasions and the English countryside on two separate occasions, I enjoyed compiling this list as my life in Bend is a marriage of both my love of the French and British culture, incorporating from both the everyday rituals I love, savoring approaches, tastes, décor and ways of life that reminds me of two cultures that tickle my curiosity and nurture my true self most sincerely. Inspired by my most recent visit, but also drawing upon all of my experiences and fortunate opportunities to explore Britain, let's take a look at how we can welcome different ideas into our everyday life the British culture. ~The Simple Sophisticate, episode Read the Show Notes - https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/podcast330 The Simple Sophisticate is someone who prefers quality over quantity, sensible living over mindless consumption, personal style instead of trendy fashions, has an insatiable curiosity for life’s endless questions and a desire to live a truly fulfilling life rather than being led around by the nose. Inspired by her lifestyle blog The Simply Luxurious Life, Shannon Ables (the original Simple Sophisticate) shares with listeners tips on how to live a refined life on an everyday income. From achieving your goals, preparing a memorable meal, creating a capsule wardrobe, traveling the world (Francophiles and Anglophiles tune in as France and Britain is a favorite destination), and living life to the fullest without breaking the bank, living well is really quite simple. ~View The Simply Luxurious Kitchen, the cooking show, and the entire first, second and third season. Season 4 premiered on September 11, 2021 - https://www.thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/category/vodcast/ ~View all of the French-Inspired podcast episodes - https://www.thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/tag/french-inspired/ View all episodes of the podcast here - https://www.thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/category/podcast/ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts - https://tinyurl.com/y7p9alrs