The Unruffled Podcast

Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome their friend, Anna Bielby. The girls met Anna in August at the She Recovers conference in Los Angeles, and they’re here to tell you, Anna radiates light. It wasn’t always Anna’s story though, and she takes you through some dark places but that ultimately saved her because they led her to recovery. Now Anna “lives big”, which includes exploring nature whenever she can, being a thriving member of her community and being the best Mom and wife she can be. She’s also taking her love of the natural world to a deeper level by learning to become a certified crystal healer. You can catch up with Anna and see that radiant smile for yourself over on Instagram @annabeesomebody.

This week Anna shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Walking + podcasts; (2) All the woo; and (3) Fellowship.

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra catch up about a topic that isn’t often explored until after it’s happened: Relapse, specifically life’s events that can lead to a possible relapse. They talk about the meaning of the word and how it can be broadened to encompass emotional relapse and lack of spiritual maintenance, and how those factors can be just the things that could lead a person to a lapse in alcohol abstinence. They both include very personal accounts and real-time solutions that helped them get through crisis before any real destruction of progress, and their hope is that they convey these lessons in a way that can be helpful to anyone listening to this conversation.

This week Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolboxes: Sondra: (1) Meetings + meet-ups; (2) Service opportunities; and (3) Breathwork + cold showers. Tammi: (1) Social media break; (2) ‘Back to basics’ mentality; and (3) Daily log journaling.

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Adriana Marchione. Adriana Marchione MA, REAT, RSMT, Director has been involved in the arts for over 25 years, from filmmaker to Argentine tango dancer to expressive arts therapist. She’s also been in recovery for as long. If there is a recurring theme in this conversation, it is how art can save us, and Adriana generously shares many times how she has recovered through her art. Her latest project, a documentary film (currently in post-production) called The Creative High, shares how others use creativity to recover and you can find out more about that at https://www.thecreativehigh.com/. If you are curious about all of Adriana’s vast creative endeavors, visit https://www.adrianamarchione.com/.

This week Adriana shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Fears list; (2) Making art privately; and (3) Dance + Movement.

In today’s episode, Tammi and Sondra are happy to share a conversation with their friend J. Davis Harte. Davis has an interesting career as a design ecologist, specifically an environmental designer, researcher and educator. She is also in her 42nd year living with Type 1 diabetes and along with her journey to sobriety, Davis shares her thoughts around addiction and those living with a chronic, invisible illness. When she has spare time, she has many creative pursuits that fill it, including writing poetry and the ladies were delighted for her to share one of her poems on the podcast. To learn more about Davis and her work, visit https://www.davisparadigmspaces.com/ or you can find her on Instagram @morethan_everbefore.

This week Davis shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Morning routine; (2) The senses; and (3) The botanical world.

Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Rynda Laurel. Rynda has a most impressive resume, with years of work in the music industry and the innovative digital marketing space, but her most noteworthy accomplishment is her 26 years of sobriety. Currently, you can find Rynda in the supplement industry as she’s creating easy to use and effective supplements, VRYeveryday. They talk about the hole in the conversation as it relates to the biochemical needs of those in recovery and Rynda covers so much ground in this conversation, including how she healed her own clinical depression. To learn more about Rynda and her expansive career, you can visit http://www.rynda.me/ or to learn more about the VRYeveryday supplement offerings, go to https://vryeveryday.com/. You can also find Rynda on Instagram @rynda or @vryeveryday. Our listeners can use the discount code UNRUFFLED to get 10% off all supplement orders, too.

This week Rynda shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Hourglass concept; (2) Balance; and (3) Food + Mood.

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are excited to share a conversation with Shari Hampton. You may know Shari from the Instagram and podcast world as Served Up Sober. If you do, then you already know how wise, insightful and funny Shari is and if you don’t, go follow her now. She has a fascinating story of how she came to sobriety and is a true testament to try, fail, try again. Shari is starting Sober AF meetups (in hopes to soon be a non-profit) in the San Diego area, so if you are anywhere close, count yourself lucky because as Shari says, “vulnerable is the new arrogant”. You can find out more about Shari and her meetups at http://www.servedupsober.com/, follow her on IG @servedupsober, or she also hosts a podcast of the same name.

This week Shari shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Supplements; (2) Body work; and (3) The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson.

In this episode, Tammi and Sondra talk to Brooke Morton with Sober Outside. Brooke has spent over a decade as a travel writer and adventurer and after she got into recovery, she combined her passions to create an adventure travel company for the sober community in March 2018, thus Sober Outside. If you are a lover of travel (or if you just want to hear a beautiful account of recovery), you will find so much inspiration in Brooke’s story. To learn more about Brooke and her current travel offerings, you find her at  http://soberoutside.com/ or follow her on Instagram at @sober_outside.

This week Brooke shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Water; (2) Down time, getting quiet, going outside in nature; and (3) Insatiable podcast.

In this week’s episode, Tammi and Sondra check-in on four subjects: sobriety, health, family and creativity. They talk about monotony and exhaustion, exercise and seasonal blues, life in and out of their control, and creative ideas, big and small. They hope you join them for the last check-in of 2018.

This week Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolboxes:

Sondra: (1) Hand stitching; (2) All the books; and (3) Glorious sleep.

Tammi: (1) Teas; (2) Ep. 7 of the Never Not Grateful pod w/ Megan Peters; and (3) Kim Krans, Founder of The Wild Unknown Tarot Deck + Community.

On this week’s podcast, Tammi and Sondra are so excited to bring you a conversation with Holly Whitaker. If you don’t already know Holly, she in the founder and CEO of Tempest, Inc. (formerly Hip Sobriety, Inc.) and the newly launched media site, The Temper, and is currently one of the smartest voices in modern recovery. They talk about how she took her sobriety school from just a handful of students to the progressive company it is now, they talk about the decline of the beloved Home Podcast and how she personally channeled former accounting skills into her abounding and prolific creative output today. Holly is a visionary and her future looks bright. You can still find Holly’s blog at http://www.hipsobriety.com/ and her newly launched baby at  https://www.jointempest.com/ and https://www.thetemper.com/ or find Holly on Instagram @holly and @thetemper.

This week Holly shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Lavender essential oil; (2) Breathing; and (3) Tea bags.

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are happy to bring you a conversation with Patty Muenks. Patty has a beautiful and fulfilling life as a ceramics artist and shared business owner with her beloved husband, but this wasn’t always Patty’s life. She takes us through her drinking story, painting a true picture of what it was like in hopes that you may find some connection in her experience. Her story has a beautiful ending or rather, a beginning. You can learn more about Patty and see her amazing work at https://squareup.com/market/heartheartstudios/ or follow her on Instagram @pattyspiral or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/heARTheARTstudios/?ref=br_rs.

This week Patty shares items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Chamomile tea + hot baths; (2) Self-care; (3) A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle; and (4) Mindfulness.