The Unruffled Podcast

Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Carol Ann Sicbaldi. Carol is a guide of bespoke Italian tours through her company, Carol’s Moveable Feast. Having lived in Italy for over twenty years, she specializes in tailoring tours to the region, focusing on local authentic foods, farmers and artisans. After giving up alcohol herself, she’ll soon be launching a series of alcohol-free trips under the name, Nutré. Carol was helping to curate Tammi and Sondra’s FLO Retreat that was postponed due to the pandemic, and they cannot wait for the day they get to reconvene. To learn more about Carol and her Italian tours, visit https://carolsmoveablefeast.com/ or follow her on Instagram @carols_moveable_feast.

This week, Carol shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Connection + movement in nature; (2) 21-day abundance meditation by Deepak Chopra; and (3) Journaling.

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra have a concentrated conversation on what creative life currently looks like. Tammi talks about feeling a creative surge through painting and her online offerings, while Sondra’s creativity looks more like steady making and learning. As they explore their Summer’s work, creativity and recovery are emphatically connected.

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

Sondra: (1) Year long guided group study through “My Grandmother’s Hands”; (2) Personal research project; and (3) Playing with new branded marketing in Canva.

Tammi: (1) Idea Binder Concept; (2) Flashe Vinyl Paint by Lefranc & Bourgeois; and (3) IGTV.

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra catch up on four topics: Recovery, Health, Creativity and Family. They talk about making during shelter-at-home, they talk about evolving family dynamics, and they talk about going back to recovery basics. It’s always fun to catch up!

 

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

Sondra: (1) Books; (2) Swimming; (3) The 16 Steps by Dr. Charlotte Kasl.

Tammi: (1) 12-Step Meetings; (2) Daily Gratitude Lists; and (3) My logbook.

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra talk about anti-racism. They talk about the decision to skip the release of a podcast during the Black Lives Matter protests for the first time in three years to take time to get quiet, listen and learn. They share about their own blind spots and shame around race but they also share what they are doing about it, including resources and actions they are taking. They have more questions than answers but are ready to open up a dialogue. 

 

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

Sondra: (1) Anti-racism listening: Resmaa Menakem on On Being, Ibram X. Kendi on Unlocking Us, Austin Channing Brown on The Good Life Project; (2) Anti-racism reading: Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi, White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo, The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor, My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem; (3) Anti-racism learning: The Great Unlearn by Rachel Cargle, Roll Call by Austin Channing Brown.


Tammi: (1) Anti-racism learning: Rachel Rodgers, Esq.; (2) Anti-racism reading: Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad; and (3) Anti-racism watching: Dear White People series on Netflix.

This month on the podcast, Sondra is going solo with an author series. This week, she is thrilled to share a conversation with authors Jardine Libaire and Amanda Eyre Ward and their book, The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free. They talk about what it means to be a sober lush, they talk about the magic of living on the edge, and they talk about collaborative, creative alchemy. Sondra claims The Sober Lush as the new Unruffled manifesto. To learn more about Jardine, follow her on Instagram @jardinelibaireprojects and visit www.jardinelibaire.com. To learn more about Amanda, follow her on Instagram and Twitter @amandaeyreward and visit www.amandaward.com. You can also follow the life of The Sober Lush on Instagram @thesoberlush and purchase the book wherever fine books are sold. 

 

This week Amanda and Jardine share three items from their Unruffled Toolboxes: 

Amanda: (1) Adult snow day; (2) The Vanish; (3) Listen up.

Jardine: (1) Divine transgressions; (2) Staying Alive poetry anthology; (3) Honey,  incense and flowers.

This month on the podcast, Sondra is going solo with an author series. This week, she’s excited to share a conversation with Emily Lynn Paulson. Emily is a writer, speaker, recovery coach, mom of five and author of Highlight Real: Finding Honesty and Recovery Behind the Filtered Life. They talk about dishonesty, when it starts and where it can take us and how getting sober is a lesson in learning to trust ourselves again. To learn more about Emily, how to work with her and buy her book, visit https://www.highlightreallife.com/. You can also follow her on Instagram @highlightrealrecovery.

This week, Emily shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) journal; (2) being of service; (3) meditation.

This month on the podcast, Sondra is going solo with an author series. This week, she is excited to share a conversation with Jocellyn Harvey. Jocellyn’s life changed in 2016 when she gave up alcohol and as a life-long sharer, she immediately began talking about her recovery online. Her topics of interest grew organically and out of that, she was inspired to write a decluttering guide for sober women called Recovering the Home. She shares her four-step process the reader can take into every room of her house, guiding her to her own inherent discernment while taking out the overwhelm. Jocellyn has mastered the space between introspection and action and is offering listeners 15% off of Recovering the Home by entering UNRUFFLED15 at checkout. Go to www.recoveringthehome.com, and follow her on Instagram @sharingmysobriety for her recovery-focused posts. To learn more about Jocellyn’s newest offering, go to www.soulandmindset.com  and on Instagram  @soul_and_mindset. 

This week, Jocellyn shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Time-management; (2) Walks; (3) Being flexible.

This month on the podcast, Sondra is going solo with an author series. This week, she’s thrilled to share a conversation with writer Emily Arnason Casey about her book, Made Holy: Essays. They talk about the nuanced definition of alcoholism as a disease, they talk about the courage to write honestly, and they talk about the pull of nostalgia. Emily’s careful telling of family, landscape, love, addiction and loss will leave you ruminating for a long time. To learn more about Emily, read current work and buy her book, go to https://emilyarnasoncasey.com/. You can also follow her on Twitter @emilyarna and Instagram @emily_arna.

This week, Emily shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Gratitude list with a partner; (2) A good sweat; (3) “you can’t afford to pick that up today”.

This month on the podcast, Sondra is going solo with an author series. First up, she’s excited to introduce Spike Gillespie and Steve Eckelman and their collaborative book, Sleeping Bees: Why Doing Nothing Matters. After hearing the other’s recovery story in Austin, Texas, the writers’ idea to work together bloomed and this book is one of many projects to be born from their creative partnership. As the world experiences a hard stop due to a global pandemic, the timing couldn’t be more perfect to explore the value and change the narrative around doing nothing. To learn more about Spike and Steve and purchase their book, go to https://www.sleepingbees.com/ or follow the book’s adventure on Instagram @55waffles. You can also follow Steve @riversteveckelman and Spike @spike.gillespie on Instagram and subscribe to Spike’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/spikegillespie.

This week Steve and Spike share three items from their Unruffled Toolboxes:

Steve: (1) Prayer: I’m here; (2) Ground exercise: Sit with open hands, breathe, bite tongue; and (3) Smartphone.

Spike: (1) Keeping a routine; (2) HALT; and (3) Pausing and receiving feedback.

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra catch up on what life is like sheltering at home. They talk about making changes, big and small, with the message that home is a feeling of peace in the heart.