The Unruffled Podcast

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 wee...

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...

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...

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 dr...

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.

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 recover...

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)...

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 w...

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...

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...

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 wher...

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:...

Continuing with the summer guest co-host series, Tammi gets to spend some time talking to Laura McKowen. You may know Laura from her previous interview (Ep. 44) or as the former co-host of the wildly popular HOME podcast. Her newest podcast creation is Spiritual-ish which she co-hosts with Meadow DeVor. They talk about creating online courses and charging what you’re worth, how Laura tackled writi...

Continuing with the summer guest co-host series, Sondra was so excited to get to chat again with Lori Massicot. You may have heard Lori on the podcast before (Ep. 38) or maybe you listen to Lori’s other podcasts, To 50 & Beyond or Real Aligned Women (that she co-hosts with Courtney Andersen). If that is the case, then you probably already love Lori and her infectious zest for life. They talk about...

We are kicking off our summer guest co-host series with Tammi talking with none other than THE Tiffany Han. Tiffany has been on the pod before (Ep. 15) and since then has become a close friend and creative life coach to Tammi over the past two years. Tiffany is a writer, teacher, wife and mom to two five-year-old little girls, as well as being the podcast host of Raise Your Hand Say Yes. We talk a...

Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are so happy to welcome back their friend, Amanda Grace. Amanda originally appeared on Episode 54, one of the podcast’s most downloaded episodes to date, so they know you already share their love for Amanda and her wisdom. They talk about their fabulous Portland meetup and Amanda’s profound RAW workshop that Tammi and Sondra both attended, but they also catch...

Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are excited to welcome Tommy Rosen. Tommy is an international renowned yoga teacher, addiction recovery expert and the founder and CEO of Recovery 2.0, which is home to a global community, online conferences, coaching programs, workshops and retreats. He is also a podcast host and writer, spreading the message of “Don’t just survive, THRIVE”. Tommy begins his...

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome their friend, Kelly Fitzgerald. Kelly is a writer and recovery coach based in Florida who launched her writing career in the recovery space when her essay celebrating her year of sobriety went viral in 2014. Since then, she’s published many essays across platforms and topics, she’s gained a book deal and recovered from losing a book deal, she’s la...

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra do some summer forecasting! They talk about what summers looked like in very early sobriety, specifically things they did to rebuild confidence, structure and integrity. They also talk about what they are forecasting for the coming summer, including newly launched programs, real-life meetups and creative projects. Summers can bring very unique triggers bu...

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Jill Henning. Jill is a sober mom and marketing consultant based in Phoenix, Arizona. They talk about what it was like growing up as a child of an alcoholic, marrying an alcoholic, and how she eventually landed in the rooms of Al-Anon. After working the 12 steps, Jill realized that she too needed to examine her own drinking and quit for good in 20...

This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are excited to welcome a very special guest, Tammi’s sister, Traci Salas. Even as they are on separate coasts, Tammi and Traci have always been close and in one of their daily phone catch-ups, Tammi challenged her little sister to give up drinking for thirty days. Well, that was a year ago this week and Traci is still alcohol-free. They talk about the cha...

This week’s podcast is all about tools! A question was posted by a listener in The Unruffled Podcast secret Facebook group sourcing ideas for FREE sober treats that provided instant gratification but didn’t indulge consumer culture. We all know that a mani/pedi or a massage feels great, but there are so many treats, tools and indulgences that are available to all. Tammi and Sondra list out all of...