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We’re in This Together {Invite}

Feeling overwhelmed by all the COVID-19 talk? I hear you, it’s A LOT! Inhale, exhale.

Join me THIS Monday, March 16 for a (free) Zoom video call from 11-11:30am ET where I’ll share some tips to help us cope with anxiety and handle being homebound. Details below.

In the interim, here’s a few thoughtful pieces on social distancing, working from home, mental health, and managing anxiety. I especially love this poem by Lynn Ungar.

And I’ve compiled some ideas on how to use any found time: cook, read, nap, check in with those who live alone (and those who don’t—everyone needs love right now), virtually visit these 12 famous museums, do a puzzle, write, make hand sanitizer, learn something new, do your taxes, clean the house (and those closets), put on a favorite song (love this one!) and dance, meditate (mp3s over in Treasures), organize, do some digital clean up of old photos and files, play in your art journal, repot plants, update your finances, paint your nails, bake vegan cookies, compile a list of those things put off until there was more time, foster or adopt an animal from the shelter (they’re the BEST company), roll out your yoga mat and go (videos over in Treasures), spend quality time with fellow housemates, soak in the tub, play a game, or . . . you get to decide!

I know you already know this, but let it bears repeating: take those vitamins, avoid touching your face (it’s constant, no?!), stay hydrated, exercise, get good rest, stay informed (not obsessed), and use rose-scented soap to enhance the never-ending hand washing experience.

Sending so much love and I look forward to connecting Monday, March 16 *and* Sunday, March 22 for our free one-hour gathering at 8pm ET, TDJ Live. Bisous. x

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What We Can Control

[I wrote this for yesterday’s Love Note and had an inkling that it deserved a spot on the blog, too]

It’s a tricky time. After three years of online classes and planning to attend the final pieces of a Veterinary Social Work certificate program at the University of Tennessee next week, it was just canceled. Yep, poof!

And yet it’s going to be okay. Although I’ve lost a lot on non-refundable travel expenses, I’ve also gained nine days back. The conference will be rescheduled, I’ll get my certificate at some point, and I’ll make my way to Knoxville when the time is right.

This virus has thrown a wrench into so many people’s lives. Not just the physical effects of the virus, but all the changes in day-to-day functioning. Yes, I’m washing my hands more than usual, noticing an uptick in anxiety in the air, and handling numerous scheduling fall-outs, but otherwise it’s life as usual.

As avid planners (I think you know who I’m talking to . . . yes, YOU), the unknown takes a toll. Should I go visit family? Should I work from home? Should I go to this small gathering? Should I plan my upcoming birthday trip? Should I use public transportation? Should I stock up on bath tissue? The questions go on and on.

And the challenging thing for us planners is that it’s all out of our hands.

I try to remind clients (and myself) that the only thing we have control over is the way we react to things. That’s it. And, let’s be honest, that’s really hard most of the time.

Deep breaths help. Practicing STOP helps (Stop, Take a Breath, Observe What’s Happening, Proceed with Awareness). Surrendering expectations helps. Knowing there will be unexpected schedule shifts and inconvenience helps. Practicing acceptance helps.

Let’s navigate this time with gentleness. There’s no one to blame, we’re doing the best we can, and we’ll get through this. Promise. Bisous. x

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Tranquility du Jour #482: Clutter-Free

In this week’s edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with Tracy McCubbin of dClutterfly  about how to get started decluttering, clutterbocks, and why decluttering is such an emotional process.

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Guest



Tracy has always referred to herself as “obsessive compulsive delightful,” but who knew she could turn that trait into a booming business? While working for a major television director in Los Angeles, Tracy discovered she had the ability to see through any mess and clearly envision a clutter-free space. Coupled with keen time-management and organizational skills, Tracy soon found more and more people were asking her for help. Before she knew it, dClutterfly was born.

Twelve years and thousands of decluttered homes later, Tracy knew it was time to take what she had learned working with her clients and write a book to help others dealing with clutter.  She is author of the newly published book Making Space, Clutter-Free: The Last Book on Decluttering You’ll Ever Need and is a regularly featured expert in the media, including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, goop, Home & Family, Real Simple, mindbodygreen,  KTLA Morning Show, KCAL9, and more.

In addition to her impressive organizing tool belt, Tracy grew up with family members who hoarded and knows firsthand that the effects of living amongst an accumulation of possessions goes far beyond the home’s walls. This personal experience gives her an advantage over most professional organizers as she has a unique understanding of the mindset of the organizationally and spatially-challenged.

When she is not dCluttering, Tracy is the proud Co-Executive Director of OneKid OneWorld, a non-profit building strong educational foundations for children in impoverished communities throughout Kenya and Central America. OKOW is providing kids with the basic (yet essential) fundamentals like desks and books, as well as paying teachers’ salaries, building classrooms and even installing solar power technology so students can study at night. OKOW’s most recent project #OneGirlOnePad will provide access to reusable feminine hygiene kits to over 4,000 girls in Kenya, allowing them to attend school all year round. OneKid OneWorld is Tracy’s “full time, non-paying passion.”


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Instagram: @tracy_mccubbin

Facebook: @dClutterfly

YouTube: Tracy McCubbin

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s Connect

Share a review on iTunes, Amazon, or Goodreads and you may hear it shared on the show. Deets on kimberlywilson.com/review.

Visit kimberlywilson.com/podcast for more episodes and the Tranquility du Jour Podcast App: iPhone and Android.

Subscribe in your favorite podcast app such as Spotify, Apple Podcast or Overcast.

Sign up for Love Notes (exclusive content, personal updates, giveaways) and access multimedia resources, Tranquil Treasures.

Browse my 6 Books.

Follow along on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube (check out the Tea with Kimberly video series).

Shop seasonless, vegan, locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TranquiliT.

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Celebrate International Women’s Day

Happy *almost* International Women’s Day!

Got Paper? Let’s Plan!

Inside this latest episode of Tea with Kimberly (all episodes HERE), I share a peek inside my various paper planning systems—journal, ideas book, Daybook, mini art journal, large art journal.

When I feel overwhelmed (psst, it’s more often than I care to admit), my go-to is to process in a paper product. I usually finish feeling lighter and more on top of things.

Inside I’ll list my to-dos, ideas, frustrations, challenges, and opportunities. I take notes from therapy sessions (mine, not my clients), conferences, and online classes. Using images pulled from magazines and ephemera from travels, I’ll create collages and washi tape in memory bits (like the postcard from my Paris sketching class).

You definitely don’t need five notebooks to plan, however, if you’re a paper person, I think you’ll resonate with this latest episode. Accessorize with washi tape, colored markers, Sharpies, and your dreams. Please let me know what resonates or if you have any questions on the process. Thanks for watching! Bisous. x

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February in Review

 

Welcome to March! It’s Women’s History Month, National Pig Day (March 1), and the launch of spring—so much goodness rolled into one.

Here’s a peek inside my Month’s Dreams and Month’s Review process. You’ll find previous editions over here.

February in Review

Here’s a review of my February Dreams and outcomes:

Read three books: DONE (Women Rowing North, Organizing Your Creative Career, The Alter Ego Effect)

Start book proposal: UM, SORT OF, NOT REALLY

Take 17 ballet, barre, yoga classes: DONE

Release two podcasts: RELEASED THREE [ONE BONUS]
Release two Tea with Kimberly videos: DONE

Get good news from Giz’s neurologist: TBD

TranquiliT rebrand efforts and photo shoot: STARTED, SHOOT COMPLETED FRIDAY

Release Love Note nurture series: MOVED TO MARCH

Collaborate with clients: DONE

Complete 75% of veterinary social work curriculum: DONE

Co-host tea party with Mom in Oklahoma: DONE

Fun family time in the Poconos: DONE

Productive/relaxing weekend in West Virginia: DONE

Savor two ballet performances at the Kennedy Center: DONE, THREE ACTUALLY #balletaddict

See allergist: DONE, ALLERGIC TO CATS (OOPS), TREES, GRASSES

Deep rest: NOT DONE, OH-SO-NEEDED

Highlights: Mookie was chosen as Pet of the Week at his daycare (OMG!) and my sweet graphic designer whipped up the bumper sticker for me (I was SO proud!), recorded seven Tea with K videos, took an embroidery class, enjoyed a Thai yoga partner massage workshop with Tim and we laughed the whole time, dined at my fave vegan spot Fancy Radish on Valentine’s Day, saw three ballets at The Kennedy Center, no more seizures from Gizmo, my time in Oklahoma, warmed fireside last weekend and watched snow fall, set up two Pigs & Pugs Project events (join us!), tea dates with friends.

How’d your February Dreams unfold? I hope you were able to enjoy sweet moments, Thin Mints, and something beautiful that moved you to tears. Bisous. x

March Dreams

Complete Veterinary Social Work (VSW) online curriculum [only 2 hours to go!]
Learn lots at VSW Animal Assisted Intervention weekend in Knoxville

Release two podcasts

Release two Tea with K videos

Take 19 classes

Read three books

Learn lots at writing retreat

Design new Love Note subscriber nurture series

TranquiliT transitions

Collaborate with clients

[I have a lot more listed in my Daybook and as I type this, I’m thinking my big list needs to be trimmed. Ommmmm.]
Savvy Sources

15 Ways to Celebrate Women’s History Month

French Farmhouse-Style Cottage

9 Books to Add to Your March Reading List

Why Stillness Makes You More Productive

Joaquin Phoenix (my new crush) Producing a Documentary About Pig Sentience

Building a Mindful Closet

18 Quick Fixes to Sharpen Your Writing

A Bath Ritual How-To

13 Ways to Set Microboundaries

Ballet-Inspired Fashion

8 Ways to Reduce Anxiety

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Personalize Your TDJ PDFs

Did you know you can dream and design in your Daybook and Year of Tranquility PDFs using an iPad and iPad pencil? Me either!

And, yes, there’s even digital washi tape!

Lisa shows us how in this video. Thank you, Lisa, for enlightening us and sharing a peek inside your digital planner! x

 

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A Peek into Oklahoma

Jaunt to Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods for tea party supplies plus used bookstore (of course), visited Gramma’s grave, drove through the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, evening of vegan chili with extended family, made vegan cucumber mint sandwiches, whipped up vegan strawberry cupcakes, created cucumbers topped with vegan cream cheese/mint/garlic salt/heirloom tomatoes, co-hosted tea party with Mom, enjoyed evening movie time, stopped by brother’s home, back to DC with peonies in tow

Tranquility du Jour #481: Katie DePaola on Creating Inner Glow Circle

In this week’s edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with Katie DePaola of Inner Glow Circle about going from side hustle to six figures, developing a CEO mindset, and what to do when you feel stuck.

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Upcoming Events

Tranquility Salon Online: Coming this Spring

Deep dive into the six TDJ Tenets in this NEW e-course

TDJ Live: March 22 at 8-9pm ET

Seasonal *free* video online offering

TDJ Provence: May 30-June 5

A private villa nestled in the South of France between Nice and Marseille [2 rooms left]

Guest

Katie DePaola is an entrepreneur, author and the founder of Inner Glow Circle, an accredited training and certification company for women coaches, leaders and entrepreneurs. Right after starting IGC, Katie lost her brother to an accidental overdose. Also Lyme Disease survivor, she built her business from her bathtub, growing the company from self-funded startup to million-dollar business. Katie has turned her greatest challenges into her greatest opportunities and says her business is what saved her life.

Through certification programs, memberships and online courses, Katie has taught thousands of women how to find their purpose, live it and get paid. She has a B.S. in Human and Organizational Development from Vanderbilt University and is an ICF Credentialed PCC Coach. She has been featured in TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, Elite Daily and more. In her first book, At Least You Look Good (2020), Katie shares her vulnerable (and often funny) reflections on how to deal with the hardest parts of life — and her best advice for how to “glow through what you go through.”

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Instagram: @innerglowcircle  | @itskatiedepaola
Facebook: facebook.com/katiedepaola  | facebook.com/innerglowcircle

“Find Your Purpose” Quiz: innerglowcircle.com/purpose
Let’s Connect

Share a review on iTunes, Amazon, or Goodreads and you may hear it shared on the show. Deets on kimberlywilson.com/review.

Visit kimberlywilson.com/podcast for more episodes and the Tranquility du Jour Podcast App: iPhone and Android.

Subscribe in your favorite podcast app such as Spotify, Apple Podcast or Overcast.

Sign up for Love Notes (exclusive content, personal updates, giveaways) and access multimedia resources, Tranquil Treasures.

Browse my 6 Books.

Follow along on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube (check out the Tea with Kimberly video series).

Shop seasonless, vegan, locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TranquiliT.

Techy

To listen, click on the player at the top of the post or click here to listen to older episodes.
New to podcasting? Get more info at Podcast 411.
Do you have iTunes? Click here and subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episode as released.
Get the Tranquility du Jour apps to download the podcast “automagically” on iOS or Android

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Lessons on Loss

Greetings from Oklahoma. I’m here to spend time with family and commemorate my Gramma. It’s been eight years since we lost her at the age of 99.5, but it still felt much too soon. I shared this piece in Monday’s Love Note (you’re subscribed, right?!) and wanted to also post it on the blog as it’s stuck with me all week.

Loss has a way of making us reevaluate, doesn’t it? A few months after she was laid to rest, I made a big transition by stepping away from day-to-day business operations to finish my last year of graduate school and mourn. After two more losses over the next few years (beloved Bonnard and Louis), I have yet to fully recover.

But do we ever really recover from loss? Relationships, jobs, dreams, health, location, identity, time of life—they all leave a hole.

The pain is a reminder of how much we loved and there are lessons in loss. We may begin to question our own life journey. We may simplify our life. We may express love more often. We may work to maintain a strong continuing bond with the deceased. We may shift our priorities. We may hold those around us tighter. We may get stronger. We may pay more attention to the present moment.

I’m reading Mary Pipher’s Women Rowing North and came across this beautiful passage, “The more that is taken from us, the more capacity we have for compassion and appreciation. Growth requires healing from tragedies and integrating them into our wholeness.”

As you move through this week, I encourage you to wrap yourself in compassion. Reach out to loved ones. Acknowledge those who have touched you. Schedule a visit to a place that holds happy memories. Reconnect to those dreams that lie dormant, but are still relevant. It’s a loss because we loved and to love is a gift.

You are beautiful and you are loved. Bisous. x

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