Tranquility du Jour

Transitions with Elizabeth Duvivier. In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, Elizabeth and I discuss her handing over the reigns of Squam after 10 years, the challenges of letting go, and the importance of knowing when it's time to move on.

Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #413: Transitions with Elizabeth Duvivier

Upcoming Events

Yoga, Mindfulness + Creativity in Costa Rica: February 17-24, 2018 {2 spots left}

Pigs & Pugs Project Film Screening of The Last Pig: March 1

Yoga + Art in West Virginia: June 1-3, 2018

Penning in Paris: July 23-27, 2018 {3 spots left}

Featured Guest: Elizabeth Duvivier

ELIZABETH DUVIVIER began teaching at the Lycee Lavoisier in Paris when she was 19. That was also the year she learned that she loved endives with beets, was allergic to ouzo and how to scale the wall of her apartment building in high heels. Over the years, she has taught French to high schoolers, Creative Writing to college students and how to live a mythic life to people from around the world.

Admittedly, the strongest call in her life has been to help others reconnect with their creativity but after building and running Squam Art Workshops for ten years, she is now keen to spend sacred time writing and messing about with mixed-media. Her stated intention is to achieve this with a complete absence of an agenda, itinerary, playbook, libretto or anything that might resemble a plan.

She finds nothing incongruous about her love for the writing of Mary Oliver and Tom Robbins; Eknath Easwaren and Asterix comics; Edith Wharton and Scarlett Thomas; John O'Donohue and anyone who can make her laugh.

And, she is confident that it is only a matter of time before Durga returns to set the world to right.

Savvy Sources

Find Elizabeth

• Website
• Instagram

Mentioned in the Podcast

• First interview of Elizabeth on Tranquility du Jour #215
• My interview on Elizabeth's Morning on the Dock podcast
• Squam website
• Elizabeth's posts about the transition: 1) water + imagination = poetry magic light and 2) a most wonderful time of the year
• My post about last year's big transition
• Vaclav Havel quote we discussed:

Doesn't the fact that one has managed to create something— though it may seem to have had no other impact—mean something in itself? Does not that alone say something and promise something? Does it not thus expand the range of what can be done, and of how far one may go?

Every work of the spirit is a small reenactment of the miracle of Being, a small recreation of the world—and is not this essential and unique transcendence of its material existence enough to guarantee it a lasting place in the history of spirit and lasting participation in the "spirit" of the order of the spirit— that special attempt on the part of Being at its own great re-creation?

To sum up: I'm convinced that each spiritual act is an integral part of the order of the spirit, that the order of the spirit is present in each act just as the entire river is present in an eddy, and that every such act irrevocably alters the order of the spirit, just as every eddy, though it may last no more than a minute, has irrevocably changed the river.

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In today's first podcast of 2018, I share insights from our time in Paris, an introduction to our new rescue Gizmo, a glimpse into the Year of Tranquility, and tips on bringing creative dreams to life.

Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #412: 2018

Upcoming Events

Year of Tranquility: Launches January 14

Yoga, Mindfulness + Creativity in Costa Rica: February 17-24

Yoga + Art in West Virginia: June 1-3

Penning in Paris: July 23-27

Savvy Sources

Mentioned in the Podcast

• Year of Tranquility
• Make Your Creative Dreams Real by SARK
• Belle at the Louvre

Social Media

• Eye candy on Instagram
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Meditation Retreat with Jennifer Howd. In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, Jennifer and I discuss silent meditation retreats—how to set up a home meditation retreat, what to bring to a group retreat, and why retreats serve as a "metaphysical tune-up."

Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #411: Meditation Retreat

Upcoming Events

Yoga + Mindfulness Mini Retreat in DC: December 31, 2017

Yoga, Mindfulness + Creativity in Costa Rica: February 17-24, 2018

Yoga + Art in West Virginia: June 1-3, 2018

Penning in Paris: July 23-27, 2018

Featured Guest: Jennifer Howd

Hi! My name is Jennifer. I'm an Author, a Developmental Editor, and a UCLA-Certified Mindfulness Facilitator.

I see your potential (even when you can't). I believe in you (even when you don't). I'm insatiably curious, and I like to ask questions—especially the big ones. Sunshine makes me happy. So does my family. I'm both a cat person AND a dog person. Hot pink is (obviously) my favorite color. I enjoy: writing, acting, drawing, making music, meditating, collaborating (and eating dark chocolate). And I spend a lot of time contemplating unquestioned answers.

Savvy Sources

Find Jennifer

• jenniferhowd.com
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Sit, walk, don't talk
• Huffington Post
• Ways to work with Jennifer
• Jennifer on NPR

Mentioned in the Podcast

• First interview on Tranquility du Jour #317
• Facebook Live video
• Longwood Gardens

Social Media

• Eye candy on Instagram
• Pin along with me on Pinterest
• Let's connect on Facebook
• Follow moi on Twitter
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Tranquility Tips + Tools

• Shop slow locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TranquiliT
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Hemingway with Nicholas Reynolds. In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, Nick and I discuss his recent book Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy, his longtime love of Hemingway, the writing process, and yoga.

Upcoming Events

Yoga + Mindfulness Mini Retreat in DC: December 31, 2017

Yoga, Mindfulness + Creativity in Costa Rica: February 17-24, 2018

Yoga + Art in West Virginia: June 1-3, 2018

Penning in Paris: July 23-27, 2018

Featured Guest: Nicholas Richards

NICHOLAS REYNOLDS has worked in the fields of modern military history and intelligence off and on for 40 years, with some unusual detours. Freshly minted PhD from Oxford University in hand, he joined the Marine Corps in the 1970s, serving as an infantry officer and then as an historian. As a colonel in the reserves, he eventually became officer in charge of field history, deploying historians around the world to capture history as it was being made. When not on duty with USMC, he served as a CIA officer, most recently as the historian for the CIA Museum. He has also tried his hand at farming, writing a novel, and mountain climbing. One of his proudest moments was making it to the glaciated peak of Mt Baker at the age of 64. He currently teaches as an adjunct professor for Johns Hopkins University and, with his wife, Becky, cares for rescue pugs.

Savvy Sources

Find Nicholas

• Book
• The Hemingway Society Conference in Paris {July 2018}

Mentioned in the Podcast

• Z: The Beginning of Everything TV Show
• Z: The Beginning of Everything TV Show Cancelled
• Z: A Novel about Zelda Fitzgerald
• Facebook Live Video
• 8 Tracks Playlist

Social Media

• Eye candy on Instagram
• Pin along with me on Pinterest
• Let's connect on Facebook
• Follow moi on Twitter
• Watch via YouTube

Tranquility Tips + Tools

• Shop slow locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TranquiliT
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Hemingway with Nicholas Reynolds. In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, Nick and I discuss his recent book Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy, his longtime love of Hemingway, the writing process, and yoga.

Upcoming Events

Yoga + Mindfulness Mini Retreat in DC: December 31, 2017

Yoga, Mindfulness + Creativity in Costa Rica: February 17-24, 2018

Yoga + Art in West Virginia: June 1-3, 2018

Penning in Paris: July 23-27, 2018

Featured Guest: Nicholas Richards

NICHOLAS REYNOLDS has worked in the fields of modern military history and intelligence off and on for 40 years, with some unusual detours. Freshly minted PhD from Oxford University in hand, he joined the Marine Corps in the 1970s, serving as an infantry officer and then as an historian. As a colonel in the reserves, he eventually became officer in charge of field history, deploying historians around the world to capture history as it was being made. When not on duty with USMC, he served as a CIA officer, most recently as the historian for the CIA Museum. He has also tried his hand at farming, writing a novel, and mountain climbing. One of his proudest moments was making it to the glaciated peak of Mt Baker at the age of 64. He currently teaches as an adjunct professor for Johns Hopkins University and, with his wife, Becky, cares for rescue pugs.

Savvy Sources

Find Nicholas

• Book
• The Hemingway Society Conference in Paris {July 2018}

Mentioned in the Podcast

• Z: The Beginning of Everything TV Show
• Z: The Beginning of Everything TV Show Cancelled
• Z: A Novel about Zelda Fitzgerald
• Facebook Live Video
• 8 Tracks Playlist

Social Media

• Eye candy on Instagram
• Pin along with me on Pinterest
• Let's connect on Facebook
• Follow moi on Twitter
• Watch via YouTube

Tranquility Tips + Tools

• Shop slow locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TranquiliT
• Browse my 5 Books
• New to Tranquility du Jour? Peruse the FAQs
• Tranquility-filled E-courses
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Orangutan Outreach with Richard Zimmerman. In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, we discuss our love of red apes, what it's like to spend time with orangutans, and what we can do to help save the orangutans. This episode coincides with Orangutan Caring Week.

Upcoming Events Thanksgiving Charity Class in DC: November 23 Yoga + Mindfulness Mini Retreat in DC: December 31, 2017 Yoga, Mindfulness + Creativity in Costa Rica: February 17-24, 2018 Yoga + Art in West Virginia: June 1-3, 2018 Penning in Paris: July 23-27, 2018 Featured Guest: Richard Zimmerman Richard Zimmerman founded Orangutan Outreach in 2007. The organization's goals are to bring attention to the crisis facing orangutans in the wild due to deforestation and the expansion of palm oil plantations into previously undisturbed areas of forest, and to raise funds for orangutan conservation projects in Borneo and Sumatra. Orangutan Outreach collaborates with many partners including the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), International Animal rescue (IAR), the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP), the Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP) and the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC). Orangutan Outreach has been able to successfully build a global grassroots network and help foster awareness of the plight of orangutans among people from every walk of life. This awareness has led to a steady growth in charitable donations and virtual orangutan adoptions. By offering people everywhere the chance to get involved and do their part to help protect orangutans, Orangutan Outreach has brought renewed hope that together we can save the red apes. Savvy Sources Find Orangutan Outreach

• Facebook
• Pinterest
• YouTube
• Instagram
• Twitter

Mentioned in Podcast

• Orangutan Island
• Baby Redd at the National Zoo
• Adopt an orangutan

Social Media

• Eye candy on Instagram
• Pin along with me on Pinterest
• Let's connect on Facebook
• Follow moi on Twitter
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Tranquility Tips + Tools

• Shop slow locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TranquiliT
• Browse my 5 Books
• New to Tranquility du Jour? Peruse the FAQs
• Tranquility-filled E-courses
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Big Love with Scott Stabile. In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, we discuss living with a wide-open heart, lessons learned from hosting the Happiness Challenge, and a few mishaps along the way. Prepare to laugh, nod in agreement, and be inspired.

Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #408: Big Love

Upcoming Events

Writing Lab at Tranquil Space: November 10

TranquiliT Trunk Show at Tranquil Space: November 11 (1o-1)

Yoga + Mindfulness Mini Retreat in DC: December 31

Yoga, Mindfulness + Creativity in Costa Rica: February 17-24, 2018

Yoga + Art in West Virginia: June 1-3, 2018

Featured Guest: Scott Stabile

Scott Stabile is the author of Big Love. His inspirational posts and videos have attracted a huge and devoted social media following, including over 350K Facebook fans and counting. A regular contributor to the Huffington Post, he lives in Michigan and conducts personal empowerment workshops around the world. Visit him online at www.scottstabile.com.

Savvy Sources

Find Scott

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ScottFrankStabile/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/ScottStabile
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/scottstabile/
• YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyBKwP7LeU-dVgRfTrA0PRw

Social Media

• Eye candy on Instagram
• Pin along with me on Pinterest
• Let's connect on Facebook
• Follow moi on Twitter
• Watch via YouTube

Tranquility Tips + Tools

• Shop slow locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TranquiliT
• Browse my 5 Books
• New to Tranquility du Jour? Peruse the FAQs
• Tranquility-filled E-courses
• Download the Tranquility du Jour Podcast App: iPhone and Android
• Sign up for Love Notes and access Tranquil Treasures
• Read about my passion for animals

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The Writing Process with Kim Manganelli. In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, we chat about her journey to becoming a lit professor, her work with the Amherst Writers & Artists method, the creation of Wisteria (formerly Wildflower) writing workshops, plus writing struggles and advice.

Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #407: The Writing Process

Upcoming Events

Daybook + Playbook Pre-sale: through October 20

Shape Soirée Talk in Richmond: October 20

Writing in the Woods in West Virginia: October 27-29 {1 spot left}

Yoga + Mindfulness Mini Retreat in DC: December 31

Yoga, Mindfulness + Creativity in Costa Rica: February 17-24

Yoga + Art in West Virginia: May, 2018 TBA

Featured Guest: Kim Manganelli

Kim Manganelli is an Associate Professor of nineteenth-century literature at Clemson University and a novelist in progress. She is a Certified Leader of the Amherst Writers and Artists method whose Wisteria Writing Workshops give writers of all levels of education and experience a safe and playful space to get their words out of their heads and onto the page. She currently lives in Greenville, SC but is always dreaming of Paris. Visit her online at wisteriawriters.com.

Savvy Sources Find Kim

• Wisteria Writers
• Instagram

Mentioned in the Podcast

• Writing Alone and With Others
• Amherst Writers & Artists

Social Media

• Eye candy on Instagram
• Pin along with me on Pinterest
• Let's connect on Facebook
• Follow moi on Twitter
• Watch via YouTube

Tranquility Tips + Tools

• Shop slow locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TranquiliT
• Browse my 5 Books
• New to Tranquility du Jour? Peruse the FAQs
• Tranquility-filled E-courses
• Download the Tranquility du Jour Podcast App: iPhone and Android
• Sign up for Love Notes and access Tranquil Treasures
• Read about my passion for animals

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The Story Behind Shape Soiree with Kelly Kostecki and AnnMarie Grohs. In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, we chat about their inspiration to pull together a 3-day event in Richmond to shape lives, the importance of self-care, helpful tips and resources for finding balance.

Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #406: The Story Behind Shape Soiree

Featured Guest: Kelly Kosteki + AnnMarie Grohs

Born and raised in the Heartland, Kelly grew up an Indiana Hoosier with a love for all things sports, travel, and school. The thrill of adventure and lure of new cultures soon led Kelly away from her Midwestern roots to soak up the sun and Southern hospitality of the South Carolina Low Country. It was there, while competing as an Athlete at the College of Charleston that her drive for peak physical performance led to injury and she first found herself on a yoga mat. Admittedly, at first, yoga was simply a way to ease and loosen her overworked and burned out muscles. However, soon she was overtaken by the stillness awakened in her mind and the spiritual connection encountered by her heart, which ultimately hooked her for life.

Since those early years Kelly has kept her passion for the practice as a focal point in her life, allowing it to shape the very essence of who she is, what she loves, and how she gives back to her community. Her continued deep devotion and belief in the transformational power yoga provides, eventually led Kelly to receive her 500 hour RYT from Tranquil Space in Washington, DC, the home of all things goddess and glitter. She then went onto open her own yoga studio, Om On Yoga, in Richmond, VA in 2010. Through this venture, Kelly is deeply honored to share her experience and provide a nurturing space that offers a warm and inviting community to those who yearn for the beauty of yoga in their lives. Kelly is also the creator of Shop Om On, a hip online boutique offering consciously curated fashion and goods for the active and holistic lifestyle.

​When she's not on her mat, a Raspberry colored Manduka to be exact, Kelly can be found globetrotting to far off and sometimes exotic but mostly laid back destinations, burrowing deep in a good book, relishing in the quiet solace of the outdoors, or savoring the pure goodness of a great acoustic guitarist. Richmond, Virginia is where Kelly calls home. She lives there with her incredible husband, and fellow yogi, Ken, and her sassy Schnauzer, Miss Gracie Mae.

AnnMaire Grohs ran her first 10k in college. And she came in dead last – behind a team of 8 people carrying a Santa sleigh.

AnnMarie

Ever since then, AnnMarie has challenged herself to do better - to do more – always striving for one goal: wellness. And to never again be bested by a gaggle of people carrying a large prop.

AnnMaire's journey to wellness has taken her many places – to Chicago where she learned to appreciate the outdoors when she could; to D.C. where she learned the limits of – and ways – to challenge her body; and to Richmond where she learned the effect that food could have on her overall.

It all ultimately drove her to open Boho Cycle studio, a Richmond, Va.-based indoor cycling studio focusing on fitness, nutrition, and health.

Today, AnnMarie continues to explore her commitment to wellness, keenly aware that wellness isn't a fraction of life: it's the whole of it.

"The most important thing is fun," she says. "You've got to have fun - and know what does your body good: whether that's a run, a salad, yoga, reading a book, or knowing what clothes look good on your body."

And AnnMarie continues her wellness journey. She still partakes of all the foods she loves – in moderation – and is aware that she's constantly evolving. What worked for her 10 years ago may not work for her today – or 10 years from now. But she's committed to sharing that journey and knowledge. And she hasn't been beaten by a team of people carrying Santa's sleigh again. Yet.

Upcoming Events

Daybook + Playbook Pre-sale: through October 20

Shape Soirée Talk in Richmond: October 20

Writing in the Woods in West Virginia: October 27-29 {2 spots left}

Yoga + Mindfulness Mini Retreat in DC: December 31

Yoga, Mindfulness + Creativity in Costa Rica: February 17-24

Yoga + Art in West Virginia: May, 2018 TBA

Savvy Sources Find Kelly + AnnMarie

• Shape Soiree
• Om on Yoga
• Boho Cycle Studio

Mentioned in the Podcast

• Miracle Morning
• 168 hours {interviewed here #199, #263, #306, #343}
• Slow Down + Shed blog post

Social Media

• Eye candy on Instagram
• Pin along with me on Pinterest
• Let's connect on Facebook
• Follow moi on Twitter
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Tranquility Tips + Tools

• Shop slow locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TranquiliT
• Browse my 5 Books
• New to Tranquility du Jour? Peruse the FAQs
• Tranquility-filled E-courses
• Download the Tranquility du Jour Podcast App: iPhone and Android
• Sign up for Love Notes and access Tranquil Treasures
• Read about my passion for animals

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Creating with Purpose and Saving the Elephants with Diana Argueta. In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, Diana and I discuss her move to Nepal, work for the elephants, and activism through art. Learn how you, too, can help captive elephants in Asia and beyond.

Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #405: Creating with Purpose and Saving the Elephants

Upcoming Events

Shape Soirée Talk in Richmond: October 20

Writing in the Woods in West Virginia: October 27-29 {3 spots left}

Yoga + Mindfulness Mini Retreat in DC: December 31

Yoga, Mindfulness + Creativity in Costa Rica: February 17-24

Yoga + Art in West Virginia: May, 2018 TBA

Featured Guest: Diana Argueta Sinclair

Born in 1979, Diana grew up in Guatemala City, Guatemala. She obtained a BA in Political Science from Universidad Rafael Landivar and a Master's Degree in International Politics and Law from Universidad Francisco Marroquin.

Diana worked for multinational companies and international cooperation agencies until 2012 when she married a career diplomat and moved to Nepal. As a teenager, she dreamed of joining an organization that saved wildlife. That longing became real when she started volunteering for Nepali non-governmental organizations that help endangered wildlife and protect nature.

With a passion for travelling and photography, Diana has visited over 30 countries throughout her life. After surviving the Nepal earthquake of April 2015, an unexpected change took place and Diana found solace in creativity and art. She now dedicates her time to her small business project and animal welfare activism while sipping tea and listening to her favorite podcasts.

You can check out her creative work on Instagram at Elephant Soul Crafts.

Savvy Sources Find Diana

• Instagram
• Etsy {Save 10% with code TRANQUILI10}
• Pinterest

Social Media

• Eye candy on Instagram
• Pin along with me on Pinterest
• Let's connect on Facebook
• Follow moi on Twitter
• Watch via YouTube

Tranquility Tips + Tools

• Shop slow locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TranquiliT
• Browse my 5 Books
• New to Tranquility du Jour? Peruse the FAQs
• Tranquility-filled E-courses
• Download the Tranquility du Jour Podcast App: iPhone and Android
• Sign up for Love Notes and access Tranquil Treasures
• Read about my passion for animals

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• New to podcasting? Get more info at Podcast 411.
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