Morning with Madi

In this episode, I am joined by DeVaughn, my new friend. DeVaughn has a podcast called the Savage Tranquility Podcast. In our conversation, we discuss DeVaughn's mindset and way of being, 'Savage Tranquility.' We talk about balance, gratitude, ways we experience joy, fitness, and more. (00:00) Intro(00:29) Background(01:47) What does the best you can be mean to you?(04:59) What does your ideal day look like?(07:06) How trees are symbolic in our lives, adversity & letting go(09:57) Pillars of Savage Tranquility (20:17) Gratitude walks, benefits of gratitude(25:02) Special shoutout to Jacob(26:09) Reasons for starting 'Morning with Madi'(27:39) Start and future of 'Savage Tranquility'(29:26) 'Glimmers' experienced recently (33:01) Bamboo tree in relation to our goals, consistency, persistence(38:57) Commitment to fitness, 5plus3 challenge, influencesQ&A (42:50) What are you excited for this year?(46:28) What do you love about yourself? (48:42) What is your favorite memory?(50:36) What brings you joy in a child-like way?(53:17) OutroThe Savage Tranquility Podcast:- Spotify

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Welcome to Morning with Madi. In this episode, I am joined by Agnes Hjalmarsson from Sweden. I came across Agnes’ artwork last week on Instagram and was amazed at how her work resonated with me. The video that caught my eye, and many others, shows Agnes’ depictions of people who frequented the grocery store Agnes used to work at. Many others and myself were impressed with Agnes’ ability to capture each person’s humanity and essence. In our conversation, Agnes shares how she started working with different media, her creative process, and the influences of her lived experience in her work. 

Keep in touch with Agnes:

IG ⁠@agneshjalart⁠

TikTok ⁠@agneshjalart⁠Website ⁠www.agneshjalart.com⁠Email ⁠[email protected]⁠

(00:00) Intro, Sweden

(01:53) Use of media from a young age

(03:00) Influence of artists, life experiences

(05:31) Stammis project

(11:24) Creative process

(13:25) Imprint of work

(14:04) Other interests

Q&A for both:

(15:21) What are you excited for this year?

(17:04) Favorite trend

(19:26) Self-care routines

(21:20) Best advice

I find that as an adult, I have desperately tried to grasp for security in a very rigid way - searching for a sense of permanency in my surroundings. I have found myself prone to prioritizing a seemingly perfect, and very aesthetic home. Yet, I have found that during the period of my 20’s, it is less productive to place importance on ensuring permanency, when things are continually changing. 

What I can work on is my mindset, my internal sense of security within myself. I would like to focus on how my thoughts are building my life internally. I hope to lessen, externally, making my life fit a box in which I have prescribed. Most coveted in my book right now, is a sense of self that is centered, and at peace - especially when everything such as my surroundings will always change.

In this episode, I talk about the process of losing my mom, commonly referred to as Margaret, or 'Peggy'. She is remembered fondly.

I invite you to join me in reflecting on the previous week and the week ahead. Regarding the previous week: • How did you feel about this previous week? • What can you celebrate? • What boundaries could you revisit/edit? • What can you leave behind and move on from?

Regarding the upcoming week: • What are your intentions for this week? • What would you like this upcoming week to feel like? • What is the energy we want to feel at the end of the week? • Do you have an affirmation or mantra you would like to focus on?Morning with Madi:YouTube: ⁠@MorningwithMadi⁠IG: ⁠@morningwithmadi⁠