The Unruffled Podcast

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Molly Dunham. Molly is a California-based collage artist, writer and Mama, among so many other things. In this conversation, she shares that after putting down the alcohol, she’s able to follow the winding evolution that her creativity takes her with crystal clarity. If you want to follow her creative journey, including her current 100 Day Project...

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Tara Moorman (or Falki Heithdottir, her Norse name by which most friends know her). Tara is a healer of all kinds: a professional mental health counselor, a yoga teacher, and a breathwork and shamanic guide. They talk about spirituality in paganism and Norse mythology, the Runes and shamanic journeying, and her other-worldly wisdom and gentle guid...

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome back for the third time their friend and artist, Amanda Grace. They talk about expectations, disappointment, and resourcefulness in the time of a pandemic. Amanda’s unique ability to walk with collective fear and grief is just the voice needed when the world feels upside down. You can learn more about Amanda and her offerings at https://www.pilgri...

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra share what they are doing and what they are not doing during the Covid-19 quarantine. So many confessions and not all productive or even laudable, but they give themselves grace for being humans in recovery during this scary and unfamiliar time.

This week on the podcast, Sondra is sharing an interview she did with Holly Whitaker at Book People in Austin, Texas, where they discussed her new phenomenal book, Quit Like A Woman. To learn more about Holly and The Tempest, go to https://www.jointempest.com/ or buy her book at https://www.quitlikeawoman.com/.

This week, Tammi and Sondra do a quick check-in about things they cannot control, namely pandemic viruses. They talk about the things they are doing to help manage their emotions during trying times, sharing the message that no one has to drink.

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are happy to welcome Leilani Clark. Leilani is a food and culture writer based in Northern California who contributed to the anthology All of Me: Stories of Love, Anger, and the Female Body with an essay about her experience getting sober entitled, “Last Drink”. They talk about motherhood, they talk about not drinking as a feminist act, and they talk abou...

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra catch up on the February events. They talk about burnout, they talk about visions, they talk about art shows, performance and Netflix. It was a dense month, but they made it. This week Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolboxes: Sondra: (1) Meditation; (2) Bikram Yoga; and (3) Book: You Were Born for This by Chani Nicholas. Tammi: (...

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are excited to share a conversation with Sharon Walters. Sharon is a London-based artist who creates hand-assembled collages that explore black identity and mainstream beauty standards. She is also an educator, part-time coordinator of community engagement programs at a London museum, a wife, mom and recently celebrated one year of sobriety. They talk abo...

Tammi and Sondra are going to Florence and they want you to join them! This episode is all about the Unruffled European Retreat that they, with the help of Cody Degerness (Episode 132), have been working tirelessly on in the background the last couple of months. They talk about why a retreat, they talk about what they will do in this gorgeous setting, and they talk about who this retreat may be fo...

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, em...

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 hospi...

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...

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...

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 Unruffl...

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 gro...

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 M...

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...

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...

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 accr...

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...

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 an...

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...

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 wh...

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 s...