This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Emily Cornell. Emily is an ex-advertising exec and now expat, living with her husband in Brussels where she is learning to claim “sober” and “writer” as part of her public identity, sharing her story for the first time. They talk about how living abroad has forced her to get creative not just in support of her recovery but with her recovery modalities as well and how things like the Recovery Gals Art Exchange, virtual coffee dates and the Write Doe Bay writing retreat have all boosted her commitment to sobriety. If you want to read Emily’s musings on her everyday expat experience, you can find her words at https://www.unexpectedexpat.com/ or you can follow her on Instagram @ECCornell. 

This week Emily shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Morning pages; (2) Exercise with other people; and (3) Google Hangouts.

Episode 109 - Emily Cornell

The Unruffled Podcast is a weekly show hosted by Sondra Primeaux and Tammi Salas that explores all topics relating to creativity in recovery. When an addiction is removed, there is a void that is left and this show digs into all of the ways to fill that void. The Unruffled is passionate about creating and making and how those pursuits fuel recovery, specifically from alcohol. Come with them as they unruffle the old stories and write new ones, to not just exist but thrive.

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We are back for a check-in with each other! Our last recording was in August 2021. This is Us NOW in 2022.

Episode 208 - This is Us (Vol 6)

After 4+ years, over 200 episodes and 1M downloads, Tammi and Sondra are ready to take an indefinite break from recording the podcast. The pandemic of 2020-21 has invited so many emotions: grief, resilience, liminality. But it has also invited us to question how we do everything. Tammi and Sondra have decided to accept this invitation as a chance to work on individual new projects that could only happen if the decks were cleared. They aren’t shutting anything down, there is a beautiful archive that they hope you will continue to enjoy. And they aren’t saying they won’t pop back in sometime in the future, so that is why, as it’s said, goodbye for now.

Episode 207 - Goodbye For Now, Unruffleds

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra talk about Summer: Summer plans, Summer travel, and most importantly, Summer sobriety.
 
This week, Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolbox:
Sondra: (1) Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty; (2) HBOmax series Hacks; and (3) New Creative Ideas.
Tammi: (1) It’s Not Your Money by Tosha Silver; (2) Red Lipstick; and (3) Podcasts!

Episode 206 - Days Of Summer

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Anthony Eder. Anthony loves music, knitting and connecting with people in recovery, all from the beautiful mountains of Southern California. He also hosts one of the queer-focused meetings at The Luckiest Club, an online sobriety support community. You can find Anthony on Instagram @mwendo.soul. 

This week, Anthony shares three items from his Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Author, Adrian Michael; (2) “When in doubt, dance it out!”; and (3) Knitting.

Episode 205 - Anthony Eder

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra talk about some big and fast approaching milestones. Milestones, whether they are graduations, sober anniversaries or birthdays, are always part joy and part grief. This episode is about the navigation of emotions, emotions made available as a byproduct of recovery.
 
This week, Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolbox:
Sondra: (1) Writing (2) Fiction; and (3) Good TV.
 
Tammi: (1) Creating my audio-newsletter The Weekly WRAP; (2) The Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit; and (3) Facebook Marketplace.

Episode 109 - Emily Cornell

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