The Unruffled Podcast
The Unruffled Podcast is a weekly show hosted by Sondra Primeaux and Tammi Salas that explores all topics relating to creativity in recovery. When an addiction is removed, there is a void that is left and this show digs into all of the ways to fill that void. The Unruffled is passionate about creating and making and how those pursuits fuel recovery, specifically from alcohol. Come with them as they unruffle the old stories and write new ones, to not just exist but thrive.
Episodes
Episode 209 - Checking In Feb. 2025
did you know that tammi salas + sondra primeaux co-hosted @theunruffledpodcast from 2017 - 2021? yes, we used to record a weekly episode for four years straight!it definitely kept us sober.in the summer of 2021, during the pandemic, we hit an indefinite pause on the podcast.recently, we recorded a check-in and got caught up on life + sobriety. this is part one of two episodes.last night, i figure
Episode 208 - This is Us (Vol 6)
We are back for a check-in with each other! Our last recording was in August 2021. This is Us NOW in 2022.
Episode 207 - Goodbye For Now, Unruffleds
After 4+ years, over 200 episodes and 1M downloads, Tammi and Sondra are ready to take an indefinite break from recording the podcast. The pandemic of 2020-21 has invited so many emotions: grief, resilience, liminality. But it has also invited us to question how we do everything. Tammi and Sondra have decided to accept this invitation as a chance to work on individual new projects that could only
Episode 206 - Days Of Summer
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra talk about Summer: Summer plans, Summer travel, and most importantly, Summer sobriety.
This week, Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolbox:
Sondra: (1) Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty; (2) HBOmax series Hacks; and (3) New Creative Ideas.
Tammi: (1) It’s Not Your Money by Tosha Silver; (2) Red Lipstick; and (3) Podcasts!
Episode 205 - Anthony Eder
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Anthony Eder. Anthony loves music, knitting and connecting with people in recovery, all from the beautiful mountains of Southern California. He also hosts one of the queer-focused meetings at The Luckiest Club, an online sobriety support community. You can find Anthony on Instagram @mwendo.soul.
This week, Anthony shares three items from his Unr
Episode 204 - Milestones
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra talk about some big and fast approaching milestones. Milestones, whether they are graduations, sober anniversaries or birthdays, are always part joy and part grief. This episode is about the navigation of emotions, emotions made available as a byproduct of recovery.
This week, Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolbox:
Sondra: (1)
Episode 203 - Casey McGuire Davidson
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Casey McGuire Davidson. Casey is a certified professional life and sobriety coach and the host of The Hello Someday Podcast. “Is sobriety boring?” is a question Casey hears often as a coach. They talk about the fear of boredom that keeps some people from considering sobriety, they talk about the irony of monotony (life actually gets bigger when yo
Episode 202 - Overfunction Much?
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra work a few ideas out: overfunctioning, expectations that turn into resentments and efforting that goes nowhere.
This week, Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolbox:
Sondra: (1) Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times; (2) Volunteering at Austin Creative Reuse; and (3) #AmWriting Podcast.
Tammi: (1) The Good Tim
Episode 201 - Kate Baily
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Kate Baily. Kate is a certified Life and Personal Performance Coach who specializes in helping women get, stay and love being sober. She is also the coauthor of the book “Love Yourself Sober” and is the cohost of the Love Sober podcast with Mandy Manners. They talk about the beautiful life that can bloom from recovery, in parenting, in ritual, in
Episode 200 - 200!
Tammi and Sondra are back from a much-needed podcast break, and they catch up on four areas: family, creativity, health and recovery.
This week, Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolbox:
Sondra: (1) Do Nothing: How to break away from overworking, overdoing and underliving by Celeste Headlee; (2) On Being Podcast, What’s happening in our nervous systems? With Christine Runy
Episode 199 - Carrie Mallon
Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are excited to welcome Carrie Mallon. Carrie is a professional tarot reader, teacher, and co-creator of The Spacious Tarot deck. Carrie gives some history of tarot, explains the basics of a tarot deck and her ideas on how tarot can be part of any spiritual practice. Tammi and Sondra love Carrie’s website, http://carriemallon.com/, and refer to it often in the
Episode 198 - Inauguration Day
Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra reflect on Inauguration Day. They gush about the women and the diversity and the art on the stage. They talk about being spellbound by the fashion and the poet, Amanda Gorman. They talk about the message of hope delivered and received, and felt that was worth a conversation.
Episode 197 - Natha Campanella
This week on the podcast, Sondra and Tammi welcome back their friend and favorite astrologer, Natha Campanella. (Natha’s first appearance was Episode 60.) They asked Natha to come back so they could discuss some things that were brought up in each of the various readings they’d had with her and give evidence as to how they’ve played out. They also beg for some positive forecasting for 2021.To lear
Episode 196 - Sobriety Is My Manager
Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra process some thoughts about January 6th, 2021. They talk about safety as a privilege, they talk about sobriety as a manager when all other leadership feels absent, and they talk about tools for anxiety (spoiler: sometimes a tool is pizza).
Episode 195 - New Year's Evolution, 2021
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra look ahead to the new year. This is their fourth time to do a New Year’s podcast and it definitely has a different tone than any they’ve recorded. They talk about the realities of a new year while still in a pandemic, they talk about their words for the year, and they talk about changes they are making that feel a little like hope.
This week, Sondra and
Episode 194 - 2020 Year In Review
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra review the year, and what a year it’s been. They talk about the clarity that has come from 2020, the ways they double-downed on their recovery and they reflect on their 2020 Words of the Year, ending with a projection for 2021.
This week, Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolbox:
Sondra: (1) Money work; (2) Planner/Ledger/Journal;
Episode 193 - Cody Degerness
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome back their sweet French friend, Cody Degerness. Cody first told his story on the podcast (Episode 132) back in 2019 and returned in 2020 to talk about the Unruffled Florence Retreat (Episode 150) that sadly never happened due to the pandemic. Now he’s back to talk about life since then. They get right into it, including the challenges to staying s
Episode 192 - Linda Parmar
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra share a conversation with Linda Parmar. Linda is a Certified Money Coach©, Financial Recovery Counsellor℠, and Professional Recovery Coach who spent twenty years as a Financial Advisor. Becoming sober over six years ago, Linda also realized that she had an extreme addiction to spending money and getting sober magnified this. Tammi and Sondra talk about th
Episode 191 - Shari Hampton
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome back Shari Hampton. Shari was previously on Episode 84 two years ago as the founder of Served Up Sober, and now she’s back to talk about her new roles as a Trusted Advisor for SHE RECOVERS Foundation and an anti-racist consultant who works with recovery and treatment organizations to help them explore their biases and create pathways to stronger r
Episode 190 - Becky Joyce
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are excited to share a conversation with Becky Joyce. Becky is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has worked in private practice in Bend, Oregon for over fourteen years. Her business Noonday Counseling & Wellness was created out of a dream to provide a thriving therapeutic environment for anyone looking to experience healing, find joy, and dream big. S
Episode 189 - Holidaze III
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra dish about the approaching holidays. They talk about what it was like, how holiday 2020 will be like no other, and what they are doing to fortify their recovery.
This week, Sondra and Tammi share three items from their Unruffled Toolbox:
Sondra: (1) Martha Stewart Living magazine; (2) Pie; and (3) Games.
Tammi: (1) Accepting What Is; (2) NA drink optio
Episode 188 - Pete White
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are happy to share a conversation with Pete White. Fun fact, Pete was the only male to ever be in the Unruffled secret Facebook group, but that was only for a couple of weeks. When they decided it was to be female-identified only, he was gracious to leave and Pete extends the same graciousness with a good dose of humor to the online recovery space. They t
Episode 187 - Post - Election Download
Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra download some thoughts about the 2020 election, recorded on the day after. They express some emotion but to stay in solution, they share lots of tools.
Episode 186 - Colleen Marie
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome their friend, Colleen Marie. Colleen works full-time in marketing and franchise business development for a fitness studio and is also developing a platform to help yoga teachers create their own businesses while she concurrently creates her own. They talk about thriving in sobriety, they talk about grief and loss in recovery and they talk about th
Episode 185 - Erin Khar
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome writer and recovery advocate, Erin Khar. They talk about her debut memoir, Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies that Nearly Killed Me, a deeply personal account of her fifteen-year struggle with heroin. They talk about the national opioid crisis and the part privilege plays in a successful recovery. They talk about writing as a balm. You can le
Episode 184 - Anger Management
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra talk about emotions that are coming up for them at this time, namely anger. They talk about the source and the solution. It’s an intimate conversation this week, like a good therapy session.
Episode 183 - Michelle Nicole
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome their friend, Michelle Nicole. Michelle found recovery at the age of nineteen and has spent over half of her life actively involved in 12 step recovery. They talk about the deep reverence she has for 12 step, and they talk about how online recovery spaces, particularly The Unruffled secret Facebook group, opened her eyes and heart to the many path
Episode 182 - Kara Jean
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are thrilled to share a conversation with their friend, Kara Jean. They talk about what it’s like to get sober in your twenties and the unique challenges that come with that. Kara is an inspirational example for anyone who thinks that just maybe they don’t have to wait for things to get worse before they make a decision to quit drinking. You can follow Ka
Episode 181 - Erin Jean Warde
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are excited to share a conversation with Rev. Erin Jean Warde. Erin is an Austin-based Episcopal priest, spiritual director, writer and Peer Coach at Tempest. They talk about what it’s like to get sober when you have a solid theology behind you, they talk about what inclusivity looks like in recovery for both a secular and nonsecular path, and they talk a
Episode 180 - Amy Eden Jollymore
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra share a conversation with Amy Eden Jollymore. Amy is a California-based author and journal writing advocate. They talk extensively about being an adult child of an alcoholic and disordered eating, two topics not often explored on the podcast, and Amy poignantly shares her journey of self-healing throughout. You can do your own self-healing work through he
Episode 179 - Covid Summer Wrap - Up
This week, Tammi and Sondra wrap up Covid Summer 2020. They talk about what sheltering at home continues to look like, they talk about what remote learning for their kids looks like, and they talk about the “new normal”.
This week Sondra and Tammi share items from their Unruffled Toolboxes:
Sondra: (1) The Wild Unknown; (2) the Enneagram; (3) A walk with a friend.
Tammi: (1) Rob Bell’s video: A
Episode 178 - Enter, The Crone
This week, Tammi and Sondra talk about aging. They talk about the privileges of getting older, the byproducts of getting older, and what to do with regret. The Crone archetype invites embodied wisdom and Tammi and Sondra welcome her.
This week Sondra and Tammi share items from their Unruffled Toolboxes:
Sondra: (1) The Wheel of Fortune; (2) Home-making; and (3) Meditation.
Tammi: (1) Face oil; (2)
Episode 177 - Tammi’s Recovery Evolution
This week on the podcast, Sondra turns the tables and interviews Tammi about her recovery. The talk about where she started, how her interests have expanded and how she has deepened her commitments in the process. If you want to listen to her beginnings, go all the way back to Episode 3: Meet Tammi Salas.
Episode 176 - Sondra’s Recovery Evolution
This week on the podcast, Tammi interviews Sondra about her recovery. They talk about where she started, how she has changed and how the tools and programs she uses have changed in the process. If you want to listen to where she started, go all the way back to Episode 2: Meet Sondra Primeaux.
Episode 175 - Summer Consumption
This week on the podcast, Sondra and Tammi run down the list of what they are watching, listening to and reading this summer. For Sondra, she’s watching We Are Freestyle Love Supreme, listening to the Rich Roll Podcast, Ep. 533 with Dr. Andrew Huberman and Rabbit Hole podcast series from the NYT, music from her own Spotify playlist Chill The F Out and finally reading Many Roads, One Journey: Movin
Episode 174 - Laura Silverman
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra are excited to welcome Laura Silverman. Laura is a force in the recovery community. Since 2015, she has built a dynamic community around The Sobriety Collective, Booze Free in DC, and Zero Proof Nation, with former Unruffled Podcast guest Chris Marshall (Episode 148) of Sans Bar. They talk about getting sober as a young adult, they talk about self-medicat
Episode 173 - This Is Us (Vol 5)
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra do a quick Summer check-in. They talk about the push and pull of action and rest, they talk about push and pull of worry and peace, and they talk about the push and pull of confinement and freedom. Summer 2020, though hard to define, will not likely be forgotten.
This week Sondra and Tammi share items from their Unruffled Toolboxes:
Sondra: (1) Audiobooks
Episode 172 - Shelley Richanbach
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Shelley Richanbach. Shelley is a certified drug and alcohol counselor and an expressive arts educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. They talk about the impact expressive arts have had on Shelley’s recovery and how she uses her knowledge and experience to guide and support women. Shelley is also the associate producer of The Creative High, a soon-
Episode 171 - Dawn Hoppe
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Dawn Hoppe. Dawn is a yoga teacher and jewelry maker living her best life in Sacramento, California with her husband and cat. They talk about how yoga nudged her towards sobriety, they talk about her unplanned foray into a jewelry-making career, and they talk about the unexpected joy of buying a home. To learn more about Dawn and see her beautiful
Episode 170 - Frances Waddell
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Frances Waddell. Frances lives in a small cabin with her husband and dog in the foothills of Mt. Hood in Sandy, Oregon. She’s a sober, full-time artist who loves botany, mycology, gardening, cooking and rollerskating. They talk about PTSD and how that has informed her recovery, they talk about the successful recovery that Frances has patched toget
Episode 169 - Carol Ann Sicbaldi
Today on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra welcome Carol Ann Sicbaldi. Carol is a guide of bespoke Italian tours through her company, Carol’s Moveable Feast. Having lived in Italy for over twenty years, she specializes in tailoring tours to the region, focusing on local authentic foods, farmers and artisans. After giving up alcohol herself, she’ll soon be launching a series of alcohol-free trips under
Episode 168 - Summer Surge
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra have a concentrated conversation on what creative life currently looks like. Tammi talks about feeling a creative surge through painting and her online offerings, while Sondra’s creativity looks more like steady making and learning. As they explore their Summer’s work, creativity and recovery are emphatically connected.
This week Sondra and Tammi share
Episode 167 - This Is Us (Vol 4)
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra catch up on four topics: Recovery, Health, Creativity and Family. They talk about making during shelter-at-home, they talk about evolving family dynamics, and they talk about going back to recovery basics. It’s always fun to catch up!
This week Sondra and Tammi share items from their Unruffled Toolboxes:
Sondra: (1) Books; (2) Swimming; (3) The 16 Steps
Episode 166 - We Can Do Better
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra talk about anti-racism. They talk about the decision to skip the release of a podcast during the Black Lives Matter protests for the first time in three years to take time to get quiet, listen and learn. They share about their own blind spots and shame around race but they also share what they are doing about it, including resources and actions they are t
Episode 165 - Jardine Libaire + Amanda Ward
This month on the podcast, Sondra is going solo with an author series. This week, she is thrilled to share a conversation with authors Jardine Libaire and Amanda Eyre Ward and their book, The Sober Lush: A Hedonist's Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life--Alcohol Free. They talk about what it means to be a sober lush, they talk about the magic of living on the edge, and they talk a
Episode 164 - Emily Lynn Paulson
This month on the podcast, Sondra is going solo with an author series. This week, she’s excited to share a conversation with Emily Lynn Paulson. Emily is a writer, speaker, recovery coach, mom of five and author of Highlight Real: Finding Honesty and Recovery Behind the Filtered Life. They talk about dishonesty, when it starts and where it can take us and how getting sober is a lesson in learning
Episode 163 - Jocellyn Harvey
This month on the podcast, Sondra is going solo with an author series. This week, she is excited to share a conversation with Jocellyn Harvey. Jocellyn’s life changed in 2016 when she gave up alcohol and as a life-long sharer, she immediately began talking about her recovery online. Her topics of interest grew organically and out of that, she was inspired to write a decluttering guide for sober wo
Episode 162 - Emily Arnason Casey
This month on the podcast, Sondra is going solo with an author series. This week, she’s thrilled to share a conversation with writer Emily Arnason Casey about her book, Made Holy: Essays. They talk about the nuanced definition of alcoholism as a disease, they talk about the courage to write honestly, and they talk about the pull of nostalgia. Emily’s careful telling of family, landscape, love, add
Episode 161 - Spike Gillespie + Steve Eckelman
This month on the podcast, Sondra is going solo with an author series. First up, she’s excited to introduce Spike Gillespie and Steve Eckelman and their collaborative book, Sleeping Bees: Why Doing Nothing Matters. After hearing the other’s recovery story in Austin, Texas, the writers’ idea to work together bloomed and this book is one of many projects to be born from their creative partnership. A
Episode 160 - Shelter In Heart
This week on the podcast, Tammi and Sondra catch up on what life is like sheltering at home. They talk about making changes, big and small, with the message that home is a feeling of peace in the heart.
Episode 159 - Molly Dunham
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
Episode 158 - Tara Moorman
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
Episode 157 - Amanda Grace
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
Episode 156 - Quarantine Confessions
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.
Episode 155 - Quit Like A Woman
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/.
Episode 154 - Serenity NOW!
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.
Episode 153 - Leilani Clark
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
Episode 152 - February 2020 Download
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:
Episode 151 - Sharon Walters
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
Episode 150: Get in the FLO - Unruffled Retreat
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
Episode 149 - Christy Hughes
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
Episode 148 - Chris Marshall
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
Episode 147 - Jessica Corbin
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
Episode 146 - Jacqui Hathaway Levin
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
Episode 145 - New Year's Evolution, 2020
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 Unruff
Episode 144 - Laura Tully
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
Episode 143 - 2019 Year In Review
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
Episode 142 - Sarah Cushman
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
Episode 141 - Jane Coburn
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
Episode 140 - Laura Ward
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
Episode 139 - Mary Ellen Cusack
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
Episode 138 - Holidaze II
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
Episode 137 - Jen Geigley
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
Episode 136 - Jill Jung
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
Episode 135 - Kathy Kubik
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
Episode 134 - Gillian daSilva
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
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Episode 133 - Alison Moncrieff
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
Episode 132 - Cody Degerness
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
Episode 131 - Tammi's Moroccan Adventure
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
Episode 130 - Ask Us Anything
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.
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