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August 9, 2018 by Shannon Ables

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TSLL Latest Book:

The Road to Le Papillon: Daily Meditations on True Contentment
494 pages
$27.95-$36
Hardback, Paperback, eBook, Audible
Released March 22, 2022

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    The confusion experienced during the language lear The confusion experienced during the language learning process may seem at times to be unworthy of the stress, frustration and heightened doubt, but in reality, all of that struggle gives us much.

Did you know that learning a new language beyond your mother tongue while having many benefits for our health, quality of life and confidence, it also benefits others we may never meet. Tune in to the new episode of @thesimplesophisticatepodcast now available, episode #412 🎙️The Human Connection — 10 Benefits of Proficiency in a New Language

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    Autumn in the garden means these beauties steal th Autumn in the garden means these beauties steal the show. New on the blog, October's gardening post full of all of the tasks taking place during this bustling time of the new gardening year (yep! The gardening year begins in Autumn!). As well, discover oodles of photos captured at @lepapillongarden .

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    You know those roadblocks you have been running up You know those roadblocks you have been running up against? The ones that you think block the path that is supposed to be yours? Maybe your response has been to try to push harder, to try to control what is not yours to control, to thrash, or any other number of emotionally exhaustive ways to breakthrough. Even if we break through, the True Self's did try and warn us, we just refused to listen. Unnecessary pain lies on that road we thought had to be ours. The roadblocks are there to help you ponder and tweak or entirely change or daringly believe that your life is capable of far more than your limited thinking in this moment can trust to be true. 

The roadblocks are your True Self's gentle and then more jarring way (if we ignore the first helpful signs) of telling us our path is different, and we just have to be brave enough to trust it. This is one of many ways our True Self's communicates. 

New on the blog to begin a new week in Monday's Motivational post 🦋 Decoding the Inner Compass: How Our True Self Communicates
    Found another delicious French butter!! And this o Found another delicious French butter!! And this one is from Brittany (Bretagne!) 

These seemingly simple details in our cooking add that flavor that elevates deliciously, thus eliminating the need for excess ingredients or fancy tricks in the kitchen. Just one of the many ways to add flavor that are taught in TSLL's Intro to French Cooking: Everyday Deliciousness cooking class! 

Learn more about the class in the link via the profile.

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