Continuing with the interview series of creative, sober women from the Unruffled community, Tammi and Sondra are happy to welcome Christy Hughes. A native Texan working in the pet industry, Christy spends her spare time volunteering, mentoring and developing twenty acres of rural property with her husband. They talk about the joy Christy has found in following her curiosity since getting sober, embracing things like yoga, reiki, chakra study and honoring her creative soul through writing. You ca...
Feb 10, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are happy to welcome Chris Marshall. Chris is a sober father and husband and is the founder of Sans Bar, the first dry bar to pop up in Austin, Texas. As a former substance abuse counselor, he watched his clients struggle to find a space that was fun and energetic but also safe. Sans Bar was born from Chris’ desire to make sober connections and curate a hospitable place for others to do the same. Since then, Chris has been featured in several news media out...
Feb 03, 2020•1 hr 15 min
Continuing with the interview series of creative, sober women from the Unruffled community, Tammi and Sondra are happy to welcome Jessica Corbin. Jessica is a musician and lecturer based in Brooklyn, New York, where she celebrates the work of college students in all aspects of theatre. Giving sobriety a thirty-day try in 2018, her world started to open up and she’s been sober ever since. To learn more about Jessica, you can find her at https://www.jessicacorbinmusic.com/ or follow her on Instagr...
Jan 27, 2020•1 hr 30 min
Continuing with the interview series of creative, sober women from the Unruffled community, Tammi and Sondra are happy to welcome Jacqui Hathaway Levin. Jacqui is a freelance writer and sober creative who after years of living the nomadic life traveling with her husband and Cirque du Soleil, is putting down roots in Winter Garden, Florida. They talk about the importance of movement in healing and building community from wherever you are. To learn more about Jacqui, you can find her at https://th...
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 19 min
This episode is all about 2020! Tammi and Sondra share their Words of the Year and their Year Ahead Spreads they each pulled from The Wild Unknown Tarot deck. They also talk about creative projects, work goals and travel dreams, including future Unruffled meetups and retreats. They hope this episode inspires your own 2020 evolution. This week Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolboxes: Sondra: (1) Changing up the morning routine; (2) Intentional learning; and (3) Varying m...
Jan 13, 2020•1 hr 24 min
Continuing with the interview series of creative, sober women from the Unruffled community, Tammi and Sondra are happy to welcome Laura Tully. Laura is an adjunct professor and Deputy Director of a nonprofit teen center based in Arizona who is in recovery from a self-proclaimed “pupu platter” of addictions. In sobriety, she’s learned to incorporate art into her therapy sessions and credits her growth to this creative self-reflection. To learn more about Laura, you can follow her on Instagram @te...
Jan 06, 2020•1 hr 26 min
In this episode, Tammi and Sondra reflect on 2019. They discuss podcast highlights, their creative work, accomplishments and points of growth. It was a rich, productive year and they want to thank their guests and listeners for being a part of it. This week Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolboxes: Sondra: (1) Reading; (2) My Practices; and (3) Connections through Change My Story Program. Tammi: (1) Language of Letting Go App; (2) My Logbook; and (3) My Word of the Year ...
Dec 30, 2019•1 hr 23 min
Continuing with the interview series of creative, sober women from the Unruffled community, Tammi and Sondra are happy to welcome Sarah Cushman. Sarah is a Washington-based sober Mama, wife and soul-centered entrepreneur who has made it her life’s purpose to facilitate healing for others through spiritual exploration. Healing from sexual assault and the loss of a parent, recovery has allowed Sarah to explore and deepen her creative pursuits, which feels nothing short of a miracle. If you want to...
Dec 23, 2019•1 hr 26 min
Continuing with the interview series of creative, sober women from the Unruffled community, Tammi and Sondra are happy to welcome Jane Coburn. Jane is a North Carolina-based sober Mom to two adult sons on the autism spectrum, wife, counselor and Certified Gray Area Drinker Coach. She started writing short essays after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013 and as a former people-pleaser and perfectionist, she’s now finding joy in being creative just for the sake of it. To learn more about ...
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 20 min
Continuing with the interview series of creative, sober women from the Unruffled community, Tammi and Sondra are happy to welcome Laura Ward. Laura is a Connecticut-based Mom and wife, working for over twenty years in the public relations industry. She launched her Quit Wining blog on her very first day of sobriety in 2015 and has been writing and working in the recovery space ever since. She accredits her writing practice as her saving grace. With a desire to help other women, she became a life...
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 21 min
Continuing with the interview series of creative, sober women from the Unruffled community, Tammi and Sondra are happy to welcome Mary Ellen Cusack. Mary Ellen is a grateful, sober single Mom of four, lifelong art enthusiast, artist and maker from Massachusetts. They talk about how recovery allows for examining all of the masks we wear that are generated by doubts, fears and insecurities and when we dismantle those, the courageous artist can finally emerge. To learn more about Mary Ellen and her...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 14 min
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are getting ready for the holidays! Having a few sober holidays under their belts, they talk about how this coming holiday feels so different from holidays past. It’s been some hard work, but they both marvel at how far they’ve come. If you want to hear their first podcast about the holidays, you can listen to Episode 33: The Holidaze. This week Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolboxes: Sondra: (1) Write it out; (2) Take it out ...
Nov 25, 2019•58 min
This week, Tammi and Sondra are launching a new series of interviews with women from the Unruffled community. To kick it off, they are pleased to welcome Jen Geigley. Jen is a knitter, author, graphic designer and sober Mama based in Des Moines, Iowa. They talk about the role knitting has played in her sobriety and recovery, including her membership in a local sober knitting group called the Booze-Free Knitting Bee. Jen is living her best life in sobriety, with no regrets. To learn more about Je...
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 5 min
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Jill Jung. Jill is an Atlanta-based sober woman working in the health and wellness space who believes small, daily actions can lead up to a long and beautiful life. They talk about the internal shift combined with the effectiveness of focusing on wins when trying to achieve sobriety. Jill’s warm encouragement is her superpower in meeting people where they are and she makes recovery look so good. To learn more about Jill and her offerings, you ca...
Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 19 min
This week on the podcast, Sondra welcomes Kathy Kubik. Kathy is a Chicago-based assistant, writer, Mom, artist and lover of horror, comics and Hamilton. They talk about experiencing life’s beauty and sorrow when sober, they talk about generational crafting and they talk about the importance of creating community through things like the Recovery Gals Art Exchange. You can see Kathy’s work and her sweet smile on Instagram @oneheartfitness and read her blog and past work at www.kathykubik.com. This...
Nov 04, 2019•1 hr 16 min
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are happy to welcome Gillian daSilva. Gillian is a Mom, business owner and domestically creative sobriety witch. They talk about the joy of cooking a fabulous dinner, dream boarding and permission to rebuild yourself at any age. Gillian is so vibrant and her energy is contagious. You can get more of Gillian and her wisdom on Instagram @honeybee.9 This week, Gillian shares four items from her Unruffled Toolbox: (1) Presence; (2) Photography; (3) Dreamboa...
Oct 28, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra talk to Alison Moncrieff. Alison is a poet, visual artist and seamstress, among other things but most of all, she is a forever student. They talk about relapse, they talk about how creativity looks in sobriety and they talk about Alison finding her visual voice through her 100 Day Project for 2019, #100daysofpaintingonpeetsbags. You can see her art on Peet’s Coffee bags and more on Alison’s Instagram @alimoncrieffpaints or visit her website at www.alisonmon...
Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 20 min
Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are happy to share a conversation with their friend, Cody Degerness. Sondra first met Cody through her Change Your Story program where she learned that he was a big admirer of the podcast. Tammi was then lucky enough to meet up with Cody during a weekend in Paris. They talk about what it’s like to be sober in Paris, and particularly on an early Sunday morning, as he and Tammi describe their recent date. They also talk about the joy of having someone meet yo...
Oct 14, 2019•1 hr 14 min
This week’s podcast is all about Tammi’s trip to Morocco! She and Sondra talk about her impetus for going, how she managed her anxiety and her delight in the sights and sounds of this stunning part of the world. She talks about the art she made with artist Heather Chontos, her self-discovery while there and her surprise of a mostly alcohol-free environment. This conversation is sure to have you dreaming of travel. Enjoy!
Oct 07, 2019•1 hr 3 min
In this week’s podcast, Tammi and Sondra answer listener questions. From tips for hosting, talking to your kids about alcohol, to how art heals, the ladies cover a lot of ground. They want to thank everyone who participated in this show from Instagram and the secret Unruffled Podcast Facebook group for asking such engaging questions.
Sep 30, 2019•1 hr 14 min
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 t...
Sep 23, 2019•1 hr 16 min
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 pag...
Sep 16, 2019•58 min
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/theunruffledpodc...
Sep 09, 2019•51 min
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 le...
Sep 02, 2019•1 hr 20 min
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.
Aug 26, 2019•52 min
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.
Aug 19, 2019•57 min
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.
Aug 12, 2019•54 min
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.
Aug 05, 2019•43 min
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 ...
Jul 29, 2019•1 hr 8 min
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, Buzzkil...
Jul 22, 2019•1 hr 30 min
