The French 75 Journal

A reminder that we’re meeting TONIGHT via video at 8pm ET {use this handy time zone converter}. Tonight’s complimentary live “New Year, New You” Tranquilosophy Seasonal Podcast is an online gathering to explore eight tips for tranquility, receive a discount code to shop my locally-sewn, eco-friendly clothing line TranquiliT, meet Mookie {my 4-legged rescue pugish […]

Happy 2016! It’s time for the most popular Tranquilosophy Seasonal Podcast of the year: New Year, New You. Although you’re perfect as you are, I have eight tips for finding tranquility in the new year and . . .  I’ll announce an exciting new offering! Gather your journal, cuppa tea, and colorful markers for this […]

Week in Review Happy 2016! I’m sitting on a train headed north for a Jivamukti yogathon. It’s my annual new year’s pilgrimage to New York City to practice with Sharon Gannon and David Life, eat heaps of vegan food, and reconnect with a dear friend, Jennifer, from Montreal (who I met at a month-long Jivamukti […]

Week 52: Reflect The end of the year. Another completed chapter. Let’s tie a ceremonial bow around it and honor your evolution—highlights, lessons learned, struggles, dreams, experiences. Each of these played a role in your year’s unfurling. To jolt memories, set aside time to flip through places you kept notes and dates, such as your […]

  Last month I asked for feedback on your favorite colors among these top 10 Pantone colors and you chose the bottom four: peach, serenity, lilac gray, and limpet shell. Now it’s time to narrow it down to your top TWO to compliment our current palette (at the very bottom). Please reply below by 9pmET […]

Year in Review musings by moi. Hear the final essay from this year’s 52 Weeks of Tranquility, my reflections on 2015, and my biggest lesson learned this year. Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #360: Year in Review (mp3) Featured Guest I’m a writer, therapist, designer of the eco-friendly TranquiliT lifestyle line, and founder of Tranquil […]

Releasing tomorrow in PDF and in print next week, this 137-page, full-color, 8.5×8.5 52 Weeks of Tranquility Journal takes you through a full year with ongoing encouragement to dig deep, slow down, and reflect. Filled with 52 inspiring essays and complementary photographs, each essay is accompanied by a lined blank page to capture your experience […]

Week in Review I’m sitting on the couch facing our Blue Spruce Christmas tree covered in multi-colored twinkle lights and silver, blue, and white ornaments. Mookie’s curled up next to me under a blanket snoring. Jackson’s cleaning himself next to Tim on the foldout bed strategically stationed in front of the fire. Despite working all […]

Week 51: Be Kind I was in New York City hauling my overstuffed luggage up and down the subway stairs. After a week-long workshop, I headed to Central Park for a little sunshine before boarding the bus back to DC. Unfortunately that meant multiple staircases with a heavy load in sweltering August heat. The two […]

An interview with Dana Ellyn on Artistic Activism. Hear her transition from suburban wife to full-time artist, advice to aspiring artists, peek into her exhibit Speciesism, and learn the art history-inspired story behind my new pig painting. Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #359: Artistic Activism Featured Guest Dana Ellyn is a DC resident and full-time […]

I’m putting the finishing touches on the 52 Weeks of Tranquility Journal and would LOVE to include a few stories on how this program has affected you in 2015. Here’s a snippet from one reader: This year, I followed Kimberly’s 52 Weeks of Tranquility. Each week I eagerly awaited the new post, and if I […]