The Unruffled Podcast

Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are excited to welcome back their friend Erin Shaw Street. This is Erin’s third appearance on the show but so much has changed since her last interview that they wanted to catch up with her work, specifically around Tell Better Stories, the Instagram account she launched in 2018 to challenge media’s messages about alcohol while advocating for those in recovery. They talk about taking social media breaks, they talk about giving yourself room to evolve, and they talk about the prioritization of needs for a robust recovery. This is such an important conversation and Erin is a woman who walks her talk. To learn more about Erin and her work, visit http://www.erinshawstreet.com/ or follow her on Instagram @erinshawstreet and @tellbetterstoriesmedia.

This week, the ladies share three items from their Unruffled Toolboxes:

Erin Shaw Street (1) Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn;

Sondra Primeaux (2) Consistent Daily Meditation; and 

Tammi Salas (3) The Artist’s Way Morning Pages.

This week on the podcast, Tammi talks about an issue in a relationship where she thought she was being manipulated. She and Sondra work it out by talking about things like boundaries and agency that steer them clear of drama and keep them in the solution. 

This week Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolboxes: Sondra: (1) Making time for friends: (2) Morning routine; and (3) Making time for 8 hours of sleep. Tammi: (1) Finger-pointing; (2) Deleting texts; and (3) Morning pages.

Asking for help is so hard and on today’s podcast, Tammi and Sondra are talking about it. They talk about pre-sobriety and how resistance to appeal for help always turned into victimhood and martyrdom. They talk about asking for help before the expectations turn into resentments. And then they ask for help with the podcast! There are many ways to support the show, and they all help a ton. If you want to support their Patreon fundraising campaign, you can do so at www.patreon.com/theunruffledpodcast. Tammi and Sondra want to thank all of their listeners for all of the many ways they are supporting the podcast already, so thank you!

Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are excited to welcome back Caitlin. If you don’t know Caitlin from her previous interview (Episode 22), then you will know her by her music, as it is the intro and outro music of the show. Caitlin has grown exponentially since her last appearance, both in her recovery and creatively. They talk about her newly formed record label and her first solo EP, Freaks & Misfits, a release of three techno ballads that explore longing, hurt and love through the lens of a misfit. They also talk about painting and the prolific amount of work that Caitlin has produced in the last two years, they talk about the influence that kundalini has had on Caitlin and her whole well-being, and they talk about her three year sober anniversary. Caitlin is embodied proof of the hard and beautiful work of recovery. You can learn more about Caitlin with links to purchase her new EP at https://caitlinhere.com/ and you can hear clips of her techno ballads on Instagram @caitlinhere. 

This week Caitlin shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Kundalini yoga; (2) 100% Responsibility; and (3) Morning pages.

Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are ready to celebrate! They each assess their creative projects and programs that they attended to over the summer and they talk about what’s to come. They talk about birthdays and offerings and trips and rest, acknowledging and celebrating their accomplishments along the way. It’s a full-circle podcast to wrap up the four part summer catch-up and to welcome the transition to fall.

Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra talk about summer shifts, specifically shifts in spaces. They talk about shifting studios and shifting homes and what it means when you take up space. It’s an invocation of a new story and they hope it invokes your own.

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra share some summer fun. From vacations and weekend get-aways to what they’re watching and reading, they share how they’re entertaining themselves this summer. They hope you’re entertained as well.

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra share some revelations they’ve experienced so far this Summer 2019. From lessons in letting go in working Step 3 of the Twelve Steps to observations on meditation, they offer a quick check-in through the lens of their summer respite.

Continuing with the summer guest co-host series, Tammi gets to spend some time talking to Jolene Park. You may know Jolene from her previous interview (Ep. 49). She works as a functional nutritionist and health coach through her company, Healthy Discoveries, and also co-hosts the podcast, EDIT: Editing Our Drinking & Our Lives and leads the Nourish Your Cravings Community, an online community where former “gray area drinkers” thrive.

They touch on the labels that can often be assigned to us when we remove alcohol from our lives and they also take a deep dive into the four phases of our monthly energy cycles, feminine wisdom and how these are key next steps in alcohol-free living. There is so much here and Jolene really knows her stuff. You’ll definitely want to take notes. If you want more of Jolene’s work, she can be found at http://www.healthydiscoveries.com or on Instagram @healthy_discoveries.

This week Jolene shares three items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Lymphatic Draining w/ Dry Skin Brushing + Rebounding; (2) Walking in Nature; and (3) Energy Clearing Practices.

Continuing with the summer guest co-host series, Sondra was happy to have her friend Paul Silva to co-host with today. Paul is a former chef turned life-coach who draws from his personal and professional life transitions to help guide others through their own. Paul’s a writer, having written on his widely popular blog, Message In A Bottle, since 2012 and published his book, Longing For The Spirit: Messages of Faith and Hope from Beyond the Bottle, in 2017. He also hosts his own podcasts, Buzzkill and his newly launched podcast, Longing For The Spirit. They speculate why there are fewer men active in on-line recovery spaces, they talk about being sober in the hospitality industry and they talk about “sober-curiosity” as a lifestyle trend. To learn more about Paul and his work, visit him at https://www.paulsilvacoaching.com/ or you can catch up with him on Instagram @paulsilvacoaching.

This week Paul shares three items from his Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Morning Routines, Including The Ten Item Gratitude List; (2) Ten Minute Morning Pages; (3) A Walk Outside.