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The Good Karma Diet with Victoria Moran. Learn what the good karma diet is, how it impacts our bodies and minds and affects the aging process, and how to eat plant-based even if you live far from Whole Foods.

Featured Guest:

Victoria Moran has been a Main Street Vegan® for 31 years and is an obesity survivor, maintaining a 60+-pound weight loss for all this time. She’s the bestselling author of twelve books, including Creating a Charmed Life (in 30 languages around the world) and the plant-based weight loss classic, The Love-Powered Diet, and the iconic Main Street Vegan. Her latest book is The Good Karma Diet: Eat Gently, Feel Amazing, Age in Slow Motion. Her college thesis became Compassion the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism, originally published in 1985 and the first work on vegan philosophy and practice to come from a major publisher. Victoria is also an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition, host of the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast, awarded Outstanding Vegan Media Outlet 2015, and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches.

Victoria appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show and she’s one of the celebrity coaches for PCRM’s 21-Day Vegan Kickstart. Her articles have appeared in Yoga Journal, Mothering, Natural Health, Woman’s Day, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, VegNews, and Vegetarian Times. Her work has been noted in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, Self, Elle, Glamour, Allure, and O, the Oprah Magazine. She was named Vegan of the Year 2012, sharing that honor with male counterpart Michael Greger, MD, and she speaks extensively for vegetarian/vegan festivals, health events, women’s conferences, associations, corporations, and religious groups

Moran lives with her husband, writer and musician, William Melton, in a LEED-certified green condominium in New York City’s thriving Harlem neighborhood. They’re co-writers of the feature film in pre-production, Miss Liberty, and co-humans to a rescue-dog, Forbes.

Savvy Sources:

• Website: mainstreetvegan.net
• Facebook: facebook.com/mainstreetvegan
• Twitter: @victoria_moran
• Instagram: instagram.com/mainstreetvegan
• Podcast: Main Street Vegan
• Books: The Good Karma Diet and more
• First interview with Victoria on Tranquility du Jour {#240}
• Main Street Vegan Academy {I participated in August 2013}
• Join my complimentary 52 Weeks of Tranquility Program
• Tranquilosophy Fall Seasonal Podcast mp3
• Fall's online book club pick: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
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Upcoming Events:

• Mini Retreat in DC: December 31

2016

• Art + Asana in Costa Rica: February 13-20
• 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in DC: Starts February 26
• Art + Yoga in West Virginia: May 13-15
• Penning in Paris: June 6-10
• Art + Asana in Tuscany: Fall TBA
• Writing in the Woods: October TBA

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Wild Women, Wild Voices with Judy Reeves. Learn how to deal with your critic, write about your shadow side, and tap into your senses with writing.

Enjoy this Washington Post article I mention about the turkey feed I went to over the weekend.

Featured Guest:

Judy Reeves is a writer, teacher, and writing practice provocateur who has written four books on writing. Her work has appeared in magazines, journals, and anthologies and on the spoken word compilation First Friday: Year 3. She has edited several books and chapbooks, including Brown Bag Anthology, a collection of writings from the first five years of her writing practice groups at The Writing Center, a nonprofit literary arts organization, which she cofounded.

In addition to leading writing practice groups, which she has done for over seventeen years, Judy holds private workshops, teaches at University of California San Diego Extension; San Diego Writers, Ink; and writing conferences internationally. She is a regular speaker at the Southern California Writers Conferences, where she is especially known for her lively, late-night Rogues read-and-critique workshops. In 2004, she cofounded San Diego Writers, Ink, with a committed group of volunteers, and served as its executive director.

Born in the Midwest, Judy has traveled throughout the world. She is forever grateful to her father for bringing their family to San Diego, where she currently lives.

Savvy Sources:

• Website: judyreeveswriter.com/
• Facebook: facebook.com/judyreeveswriter
• Twitter: twitter.com/judyreeveswrite
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• Tranquilosophy Fall Seasonal Podcast mp3
• Fall's online book club pick: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
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• Podcast app: Tranquility du Jour iPhone and Android

Upcoming Events:

• Mini Retreat in DC: December 31

2016

• Art + Asana in Costa Rica: February 13-20
• 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in DC: Starts February 26
• Art + Yoga in West Virginia: May 13-15
• Penning in Paris: June 6-10
• Art + Asana in Tuscany: Fall TBA
• Writing in the Woods: October TBA

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Overwhelmed with Brigid Schulte. Learn her secrets to making work, love, and play work, tips to move toward time serenity, and the importance of unplugging.

Featured Guest:

Brigid Schulte is the author of the New York Times bestselling book on time pressure, Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play when No One has the Time. She has spoken all over the world about how to make time for The Good Life by redesigning work cultures to focus on effective work and innovation, by re-imagining gender roles for a fairer division of labor and opportunity at work and home and, instead of seeking status in busyness, by recapturing the value of leisure. She is an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and The Washington Post Magazine. She was part of the team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre. She is also a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband, Tom Bowman, a reporter for National Public Radio, and their two children. She grew up in Portland, Oregon and spent her summers with family in Wyoming, where she did not feel overwhelmed.

Savvy Sources:

• You can follow her work at the Washington Post
• Sign up for her occasional newsletter, Toward Time Serenity, on the art and science of The Good Life: brigidschulte.com.
• Join the ongoing discussion about making time for work, love and play on her Facebook page and on Twitter, @BrigidSchulte
• Join my complimentary 52 Weeks of Tranquility Program
• Tranquilosophy Fall Seasonal Podcast mp3
• Fall's online book club pick: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
• Sign up for weekly Love Notes and access Tranquil Treasures
• Podcast app: Tranquility du Jour iPhone and Android

Upcoming Events:

• Mini Retreat in DC: December 31

2016

• Art + Asana in Costa Rica: February 13-20
• 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in DC: Starts February 26
• Art + Yoga in West Virginia: May 13-15
• Penning in Paris: June 6-10
• Art + Asana in Tuscany: Fall TBA
• Writing in the Woods: October TBA

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• Browse my books.
• Read about my passion for animals.
• Pen a review on iTunes.

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At Home with Madame Chic with Jennifer Scott. Learn her secrets to a fulfilling life at home, why details matter, and what it truly means to be chic.

Featured Guest: Jennifer Scott

Jennifer L. Scott is the New York Times bestselling author of Lessons from Madame Chic, At Home with Madame Chic and Polish Your Poise with Madame Chic (Simon & Schuster) and creator of the blog The Daily Connoisseur. She is a contributing writer for Huffington Post Style and has been featured on CNN, BBC, and CBS News, and in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, USA Today, Newsweek, and The Daily Mail. She lives with her family in Los Angeles, California.

Savvy Sources:

• Website: jenniferlscott.com
• Facebook: facebook.com/JenniferLScottAuthor
• Twitter: twitter.com/JL_Scott
• Instagram: instagram.com/dailyconnoisseur/
• YouTube: youtube.com/user/TheDailyConnoisseur
• Books: jenniferlscott.com/books/
• Jennifer's first interview on Tranquility du Jour
• Join my complimentary 52 Weeks of Tranquility Program
• Tranquilosophy Fall Seasonal Podcast mp3
• Fall's online book club pick: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
• Sign up for weekly Love Notes and access Tranquil Treasures
• Podcast app: Tranquility du Jour iPhone and Android

Upcoming Events:

• Mini Retreat in DC: December 31

2016

• Art + Asana in Costa Rica: February 13-20
• 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in DC: Starts February 26
• Art + Yoga in West Virginia: May 13-15
• Penning in Paris: June 6-10
• Art + Asana in Tuscany: Fall TBA
• Writing in the Woods: October TBA

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• Follow on Twitter.
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• Eye candy on Instagram.
• Browse my books.
• Read about my passion for animals.
• Pen a review on iTunes.

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The Last Pig Part II with Bob Comis. Hear his journey from pig farmer to vegetable grower and the challenges that came with the transition. Learn the truth about "humane" meat and slaughter and what he means when he says "it's about emotions, not logic."

Featured Guest: Bob Comis

For the first few decades of his life, Bob Comis was oblivious to the suffering of non-human (and human) animals. Thanks to the courage and bravery of undercover investigators who secretly capture and share footage of the twin horrors of factory farming and industrial slaughter, Bob was roused from his ignorance. He became a vegan, but quickly failed. Then he became a humane pig farmer, and quickly succeeded. He raised pigs for slaughter for ten years, until one day in January, 2014 a powerful vibration of empathy, compassion, and love overwhelmed him, and with the strength of the universal goodness that is our unfettered state of being behind him, he decided to quit pig farming, start a vegetable farm, and become a vegetarian (vegan, in January 2015). Today, when Bob pulls a beet out of the ground, or unearths a brilliant cluster of potatoes he is able to be fully present, which is very much the opposite of his experience when he farmed pigs, which he did from a distance, divorced from the moment, disconnected from himself.

Savvy Sources:

• Support their film and Indiegogo campaign {nearly 50% has been raised as of today}
• Websites: thelastpig.com and inlinefarm.com
• Facebook: facebook.com/thelastpig
• Twitter: twitter.com/thelastpigfilm and twitter.com/inlinefarm
• Instagram: instagram/thelastpigfilm and instagram.com/inlinefarm/
• The Last Pig's first newsletter
• Bob's piece in Modern Farmer. Farm Confessional: I raise livestock and I think it may be wrong
• Bob's writing on The Dodo
• Bob's writing on Salon. Esther the Wonder Pig is wondrous indeed - but so are all pigs
• Join my complimentary 52 Weeks of Tranquility Program
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• Fall's online book club pick: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
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• Podcast app: Tranquility du Jour iPhone and Android

Upcoming Events:

• 5-Week Befriending Stress + Anxiety Women's Group in DC: Starts October 23
• Mini Retreat in DC: December 31

2016

• Art + Asana in Costa Rica: February 13-20
• 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in DC: Starts February 26
• Art + Yoga in West Virginia: May 13-15
• Penning in Paris: June 6-10
• Art + Asana in Tuscany: October 8-15

Stay Connected:

• New to Tranquility du Jour? Peruse my FAQs.
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• Read along on Goodreads.
• Connect on Facebook.
• Follow on Twitter.
• Pin along on Pinterest.
• Eye candy on Instagram.
• Browse my books.
• Read about my passion for animals.
• Pen a review on iTunes.

Techy:

• To listen, click on the player at the top of the post or click here to listen to older episodes.
• New to podcasting? Get more info at Podcast 411.
• Do you have iTunes? Click here and subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episode as released.
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Bonjour. Welcome to the 349th edition of Tranquility du Jour: Filming The Last Pig with Allison Argo. Hear her non-traditional and award-winning filmmaking journey, path to creating The Last Pig film, and touching tales from working on this project.

Featured Guest: Allison Argo’s films have won over 100 awards internationally, including six national Emmys, DuPont Columbia, Genesis, Jackson Hole, NY, Banff, and dozens of awards from New Zealand to Japan. Argo is known for her emotionally-charged and deeply personal films – in particular her intimate portraits of endangered animals. The nearly two dozen award-winning films she’s produced, directed and written have all been broadcast by PBS and/or National Geographic and have reached audiences worldwide. The Last Pig continues Argo’s mission to provide “a voice for those who cannot speak for themselves”– and to deepen understanding and respect for all beings.

Savvy Sources:

• Websites: thelastpig.com and ArgoFilms.com
• Facebook: facebook.com/thelastpig
• Twitter: twitter.com/thelastpigfilm
• Instagram: instagram/thelastpigfilm
• Support their film
• Join my complimentary 52 Weeks of Tranquility Program
• Tranquilosophy Fall Seasonal Podcast mp3
• Fall's online book club pick: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
• Sign up for weekly Love Notes and access Tranquil Treasures
• Podcast app: Tranquility du Jour iPhone and Android

Upcoming Events:

• Art + Asana in Tuscany: October 10-17 {Sold out}
• 5-Week Befriending Stress + Anxiety Women's Group in DC: Starts October 23
• Mini Retreat in DC: December 31

2016

• Art + Asana in Costa Rica: February 13-20
• 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in DC: Starts February 26
• Art + Yoga in West Virginia: May 13-15
• Penning in Paris: June 6-10
• Art + Asana in Tuscany: October 8-15

Stay Connected:

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• Browse my books.
• Read about my passion for animals.
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Learn Sheila Pai's definition of a living family and mindful self-care, how mindful communication has enhanced her life, and about the Nurturing You online retreat .

Featured Guest: Sheila Pai is the author of Nurturing You: A Woman's Mindful Self-Care Guide for More Peace, Ease and Joy as well as the founder of A Living Family coaching and community. Sheila is a relationship, parenting, and life coach specializing in Mindful Communication and Mindful Self-Care. Sheila has worked with women, men, couples and teens in workshops, retreats and 1-on-1 coaching as well as Birth Story Listening and Birth Art Process. The real focus and thread through all of her work is helping people cultivate a thriving life by nurturing connection, presence and peace. She believes whole-heartedly that you matter and that small simple efforts make a difference. Sheila lives with her two children and husband outside Philadelphia. Learn more about Sheila, Mindful Communication and Mindful Self-Care at www.SheilaPai.com.

Savvy Sources:

• Website: www.SheilaPai.com
• Online Retreat: Nurturing You
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Upcoming Events:

• Writing in the Woods: September 18-20 {Sold out}
• Tranquilosophy Seasonal Podcast: September 21
• Urban Retreat in DC: September 25
• Art + Asana in Tuscany: October 10-17 {Sold out}
• 5-Week Befriending Stress + Anxiety Women's Group in DC: Starts October 23
• Mini Retreat in DC: December 31
• Art + Asana in Costa Rica: February 13-20
• Art + Yoga in West Virginia: May 13-15
• Penning in Paris: June 6-10

Stay Connected:

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• Connect on Facebook.
• Follow on Twitter.
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• Eye candy on Instagram.
• Browse my books.
• Read about my passion for animals.
• Pen a review on iTunes.

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Bonjour. Welcome to the 347th edition of Tranquility du Jour: Secrets of Paris with Heather Stimmler-Hall. Hear stories from her journey to French citizenship, travel writing, and creation of Naughty Guides .

Featured Guest: Heather Stimmler-Hall

Born just outside Philadelphia, Heather grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona where she was Teen Correspondent at the Phoenix Gazette (1992-1993). She studied journalism, political science and environmental policy at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota (1993-1997) and the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas in Paris (1995-1996), where she moved permanently after graduating in 1997.

Travel WritingAfter working as the editorial assistant at the Carleton News Bureau (1993-1997), her first professional position in Paris was as Travel Editor for the website of ELLE Magazine (1999). Freelance since 2001, she has written for many international publications and websites including Fodor’s Guides, Michelin Guides, Robb Report, Expedia.com, easyJet inflight magazine, Time Out Guides, United Airways inflight magazine, The Guardian (UK), France Magazine, Rick Steves, Hotelier International, ELLE, L’Officiel and Avalon’s Moon Metro Guides, in addition to her own website and newsletter, Secrets of Paris, which has over 16k subscribers. See a selection of writing clips here.

Tour GuideIn 2004 Heather became a tour guide, working for EF Tours, Backroads, and Context Travel, before starting her own Secrets of Paris Tours in 2006 to focus on private, custom tours of Paris for individuals and small groups.

Indie PublisherIn 2007 Secrets of Paris created its own independent publishing house, Fleur de Lire Press, which has published the award-winning travel book “Naughty Paris: A Lady’s Guide to the Sexy City”, the iPhone app and eBook “Paris Pastry” with cookbook author David Lebovitz, and the eBook “Secrets of Versailles: A Visitor’s Survival Guide”.

Photo Credit: Hana www.journeyintolavillelumiere.com

Savvy Sources:

• Website: secretsofparis.com
• Twitter: @parisheather
• Facebook: Secrets.of.Paris
• Feature in Girls Guide to Paris
• Feature in Parisianist
• Book: Naughty Paris: A Lady's Guide to the Sexy City
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• Podcast app: Tranquility du Jour iPhone and Android

Upcoming Events:

• Writing in the Woods: September 18-20 {Sold out}
• Tranquilosophy Seasonal Podcast: September 21
• Urban Retreat in DC: September 25
• Art + Asana in Tuscany: October 10-17 {Sold out}
• Mini Retreat in DC: December 31
• Art + Asana in Costa Rica: February 13-20
• Art + Yoga in West Virginia: May 13-15
• Penning in Paris: June 6-10

Stay Connected:

• New to Tranquility du Jour? Peruse my FAQs.
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• Browse my books.
• Read about my passion for animals.
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Techy:

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Learn how to get out of a rut, stop holding yourself back, and focus on pleasure and self-compassion.

Featured Guest: Ellen Blaufox, LSW-R is the Founder of true edge workshop. She is an expert in her field with more than 20 years of professional, clinical experience. Ellen is the Clinical Director of the Sally & Anthony Mann Center RTF (formerly known as Linden Hill). S&AM is the largest residential, psychiatric treatment facility for adolescents in New York State. Ms. Blaufox has been an Adjunct Professor for New York University Silver School of Social Work for the last five years where she teaches DROP (Diversity, Racism, Oppression and Privilege). Ms. Blaufox is a well-respected authority on such topics as trauma, racism, white privilege, feminism and self-care. She is a graduate of Skidmore College, NYU Silver School of Social Work, as well as NYSSA Julliard and Circle in the Square Theatre School.

Savvy Sources:

• Website: ellenstrueedgeworkshop.com
• Upcoming retreat: trueedgeworkshopevents.squarespace.com/#retreat
• Join my complimentary 52 Weeks of Tranquility Program
• Tranquilosophy Seasonal Podcast: Monday, September 21 at 3pm ET
• Podcast app: Tranquility du Jour iPhone and Android

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• Receive weekly Tranquility du Jour Love Notes.
• Read about my passion for pigs.
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Bonjour. Welcome to the 345th edition of Tranquility du Jour: Meet Mookie with Tim Mooney. Follow along on our recent transition from losing Louis to welcoming our new pug Mookie into the family.

Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #345: Meet Mookie

Featured Guests: Moi + Tim Mooney + Mookie

Him:

Tim Mooney is a Washington, DC-based attorney and entrepreneur with a passion for technology and the law. Tim’s legal career began in Oregon where he was a co-founder and legal counsel for Columbia Riverkeeper. In 2001, Tim relocated to Washington, DC and served as senior counsel at Alliance for Justice. Tim currently serves as General Counsel and Director of Operations for Tranquil Space, Hip Tranquil Ventures and TranquiliT. Tim is also the founder of Nineball Media, an independent podcast, website, e-course and social media production project.

Most recently, Tim has discovered the joys of bicycle touring and launched Pedalshift, a podcast devoted to bike touring lifestyle.

Tim received a B.S. from Syracuse University/SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry and a J.D. from Pace University School of Law. He splits time between the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC and his cabin retreat in Berkeley County, West Virginia with his multi-talented girlfriend Kimberly Wilson and their pug, Mookie.

Her: I'm a writer, creative entrepreneur, and therapist who founded Tranquil Space—named among the top 25 yoga studios in the world, penned four books, and designs the TranquiliT lifestyle line using organic bamboo fabric. You'll typically find me sipping fragrant tea, practicing yoga on a leopard-print mat, or leading retreats around the world. I live in the petite Pink Palace in Washington, D.C. with two rescue kitties, a rescue pug, and a beau. I dream of Paris and global animal welfare. Indulge in "tranquilosophy" via my blog and podcast, Tranquility du Jour. Mookie: A black pugish, aged 3ish, from Oklahoma. Likes to jump, steal cat food, and burrow under covers. Savvy Sources:

• Pug Rescues: Homeward Bound Pug Rescue, Mid-Atlantic Pug Rescue, Houston Pug Rescue
• Adopt: Overstock, Petfinder
• Why Adopt?: Best Friends Society, HSUS, Global Animal
• Join my complimentary 52 Weeks of Tranquility Program
• Seasonal online book club: I Know How She Does It by Laura Vanderkam
• Tranquilosophy Seasonal Podcast: Monday, September 21 at 3pm ET
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Leaving Oklahoma en route to DC after adoption in July

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