Tranquility du Jour Kimberly Wilson
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Your guide to living a full and meaningful life: creativity, entrepreneurship, mindfulness, travel, style, yoga, making a difference and all things tranquility. Hosted by author, therapist and creative entrepreneur Kimberly Wilson, who lives in DC and dreams of Paris.
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Celebrating 20 Years
In this week’s edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with returning guest Tim Mooney. Hear about our latest passions and challenges, how we’ve made it 20 years, why we’re unmarried and childless by choice, how we navigate living in a tiny space, and more.
Plus, we have a BIG announcement! Pour a cuppa tea and tune in! Link in bio. ✨
Direct download: Tranquility du Jour Podcast #624: Celebrating 20 Years
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Mentioned in the Show Ezra Klein podcast mentioned Instagram handle of man with many senior pets Women Without Kids book Washington Post article we mentioned: saying no to marriage 15 years together podcast A few previous posts about our journey: 2009, 2013, 2014 Let's Connect Receive inbox love through Love Notes: invites, inspiration, and more.
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Tranquility du Jour #623: 2023 Year in Review
In this week’s edition of Tranquility du Jour, I share my Year in Review. Hear my top 10 highlights, what went well, what didn't go so well, dreams for 2024, and more PLUS a variety of resources for you!
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Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. —Søren Kierkegaard Hello dear reader. I hope you're finding a gentle landing spot in this new year.
Longtime blog readers may recall my “weeks in review” turned “months in review” turned "season in review" over the years. Now there's an annual Year in Review.
This reflection exercise allows me to stay accountable, set and review goals, celebrate, and note what needs adjustment.
Below is a list of my year’s experiences in no particular order. There's also a brief reflection and resources to support us moving into the new year.
To compile this information I reviewed my planner, monthly dreams, birthday exercise (here's mine from 2021), goodreads app, ballet class platforms, and photos. Needless to say, it's a process!
Consider your own 2023 list. Look for patterns, wins, challenges, boundaries, and those sweet moments in between. Although this year may have been challenging, you may just rediscover some gems when you compile your own Year in Review.
Oh, and here's an Instagram reel with heaps of photos from 2023.
Year's Experiences Top 10 Hosted 30+ Coterie events including an in-person tea party
Won 1st place for Les Sylphides in the International Adult Ballet Festival's Beginner Classical Category (more photos and Instagram reel)
Turned 50!
Celebrated Gizmo's 16th birthday with a DC staycation
Featured as Ms. December in a ballet calendar
Made simplification shifts (clothing line example)
Traveled to Paris twice (here's one trip and another)
Released the TDJ balletcore collection
Created Tranquility Salon monthly membership
Revealed my new book's cover (now I need to write it!)
More Experiences in Random Order Had another hip surgery
Collaborated with amazing clients
Booked flights for postponed retreat in Borneo with Borneo Orangutan Survival
Went to Paris with Mama Wilson
Took 300+ ballet classes
Released the Tranquility Within: Mental Health Course
Performed in two group pieces at the International Adult Ballet Festival (one en pointe)
Released new Tea with Kimberly videos
Traveled to NYC for three private sessions with my teachers
Enjoyed 10 live jazz shows (four in NYC, one in Paris, five in DC)
Spent a weekend in NYC with my friend Jenn
Hosted my final pet loss support session and virtual retreats
Hours of physical therapy
Took a 16-week pointe class with Broche Ballet
Danced through 50+ private virtual lessons
Joined Kathryn Morgan and friends in NYC and Philly for ballet weekends
Made dozens of Pigs & Pugs Project micro-grants
Hosted one TDJ Style Pop-Up, the 600th Podcast Soiree, four virtual retreats, Pink Friday, and Fall Inspiration
Sent 250(ish) snail mail love notes
Released 26 podcast episodes
Sent 30 newsletter Love Notes
Received my first AARP snail mail, oh my!
Attended many therapy-related trainings
Enjoyed dozens of tea dates with friends
Celebrated 19 years with my partner Tim
Planned and launched Coterie 2024 (doors close 1/13)
Read only 18 of 40 books in Goodreads Reading Challenge (bought dozens more!)
Updated Living Tranquility: TDJ Tenets digital course
Worked with a beloved support team
Traveled between DC and WV dozens of times
Celebrated my dad's 80th in Oklahoma
Dabbled in more Instagram reels
Saw two Harry Styles shows in Paris
Donated 10K to charity—Pigs & Pugs Project, Borneo Orangutan Survival, 1% for the Planet
Reflection What Worked Well for Me in 2023? Hosting the Coterie, trimming my offerings, full psychotherapy practice, a bit of travel, virtu -
A Holiday Message
In this week’s edition of Tranquility du Jour, I share a holiday message and a preview of what's coming in 2024 (hello, Substack, a reimagined Coterie, a Year of Tranquility digital course).
Grab your journal, a cuppa tea, and settle in for this heartfelt musing.
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January is filled with journal prompts, a private podcast on welcoming the new year, a guided meditation to help you welcome the new year, PLUS a bonus Spotify playlist, a nourishing recipe, and a repeating bonus monthly planning workbook! Only $9/month.
Coterie Waitlist with Special 12/29 Early Bird Bonus
Digital Courses
Let's Connect Receive inbox love through Love Notes: invites, inspiration, and more.
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Tranquility du Jour #621: Your Big Vision
In this week’s edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with returning guest Britt Bravo about creating, clarifying, and living our Big Vision. Learn the components of a Big Vision, how to bring yours to life, tips to help make you Big Vision real, and much more!
Grab your journal, a cuppa tea, and tune in!
Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #621: Your Big Vision
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Upcoming Events
Coterie Waitlist: Early Bird Bonus
Digital Courses
Tranquility Salon: Virtual Tranquility Treats Subscription
Our Guest: Britt Bravo
Britt Bravo is a Big Vision coach and copywriter who helps creatives and changemakers clarify and communicate their Big Vision for their work in the world. She has worked at the intersection of personal growth, the arts, social change, and communications for 20+ years.
Find Our Guest Website: https://brittbravo.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbravo/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittbravo/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brittebravoPrevious podcasts with Britt: #166 (2009) https://kimberlywilson.com/podcasts/tranquility-du-jour-166-do-gooding-having-fun-with-britt-bravo/ #239 (2012) https://kimberlywilson.com/podcasts/tranquility-du-jour-239-juicy-blogging/ #466 (2019) https://kimberlywilson.com/podcasts/tranquility-du-jour-466-change-vision-connection/
Mentioned in the Show 31-day low impact Pahla B workout series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxEW_OukMMsp_MnPj5C1rMBiBMFLhYr-S&feature=shared 30-day Yoga with Adrienne series, Center: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLui6Eyny-Uzx-IzGg48K4aHGyBwtPh7Sw 5-Course Inspired Leadership Specialization by Case Western Reserve University (available via Coursera): https://www.coursera.org/specializations/inspired-leadership https://www.inc.com/peter-economy/this-is-way-you-need-to-write-down-your-goals-for-faster-success.html “You are 42 percent more likely to achieve your goals if you write them down.” https://blog.trello.com/science-backed-reasons-you-shouldnt-share-your-goalsA Dominican University study found that more than 70% of participants who sent a weekly progress report to a friend reported successful goal achievement, compared to only 35% of participants who kept their goals to themselves and didn’t write them down. Coterie Waitlist Early Bird Bonus Let's Connect Receive inbox love through Love Notes: invites, inspiration, and more.
Browse my 6 Books and planners.
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Looking Back
In this week’s edition of Tranquility du Jour, I do a bit of looking back and take you along on the journey. Sharing a play by play of 2023's unfolding (full "Year in Review" still to come), reflection on a comment about how "we've grown up together," and a preview of what's coming in 2024 (hello, Substack, a reimagined Coterie, a Year of Tranquility digital course).
Plus a reminder to acknowledge and be gentle with yourself when things are hard and a story about how "Memaw" got lost on an Amtrak train to NYC.
Grab your journal, a cuppa tea, and settle in for this heartfelt musing.
Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #620: Looking Back
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Tranquility Salon: Virtual Tranquility Treats Subscription
December is filled with journal prompts, a private podcast on 10 ways to care for yourself right now, a guided meditation to help you reflect on the year, PLUS a bonus Spotify playlist, nourishing recipe, and a repeating bonus monthly planning workbook! Only $9/month.
Coterie Waitlist
Mentioned in the Show
Book Cover
15 years together podcast [20 years podcast coming in 2024]
Blog archives [see archives in lower right margin]
Let's Connect Receive inbox love through Love Notes: invites, inspiration, and more.
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Enough As You Are
In this week’s edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with returning guest Scott Stabile about his new book Enough As You Are. Learn ways our relationship with ourselves informs how we show up in the world, why "living in your truth" is so important, ways to stay grounded in a tumultuous time, and tips to truly love yourself as you are.
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Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #619: Enough As You Are
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Upcoming Events Pet Loss Support Session November 14
Pink Friday November 24
Digital Courses
Tranquility Salon: Virtual Tranquility Treats Subscription
Coterie Waitlist: Opens early 2024
Video Interview https://youtu.be/tMvy8orSO9U
Our Guest: Scott Stabile
Scott Stabile is the author of Enough as You Are and Big Love: The Power of Living with a Wide-Open Heart. He is a passionate love advocate who believes there is no force more powerful than love to create real connection and healing in our world. Scott guides transformational breathwork journeys and leads personal empowerment workshops internationally. His inspirational posts have attracted a huge and devoted social media following, including more than 350,000 Facebook fans. For more info visit him online at ScottStabile.com and/or check out his newsletter at http://www.scottstabile.substack.com.
Find Our Guest Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ScottFrankStabile/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/scottstabile/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyBKwP7LeU-dVgRfTrA0PRw
Amazon: https://a.co/d/iNeDand
First podcast interview with Scott: https://kimberlywilson.com/podcasts/tranquility-du-jour-408b-big-love-scott-stabile/
Mentioned in the Show Tea with Kimberly videos [New one on Desktop Tranquility]
Blog post about changes to TDJ Clothing
Let's Connect Receive inbox love through Love Notes: invites, inspiration, and more.
Browse my 6 Books and planners.
Follow along on Instagram and YouTube.
Share a review on Apple Podcasts, Amazon, or Goodreads and you may hear it shared on the show. And, I'd love to send you snail mail as a thank you! Details here.
Customer Reviews
A longtime favorite, worth a listen!
This was the podcast that introduced me to podcasts, ever since I moved to DC in 2005 and met Kimberly at her former yoga studio. I now live across the ocean but this podcast and Kimberly’s other offerings have been a consistent source of inspiration, her guests are unique and her solo episodes offer great perspective on goal-setting, making space for creativity, and much more. Self-help is such a loaded and overused phrase these days but this podcast is truly the correct sense of the term, a warm hug and a challenge for listeners to live a full and meaningful life. Thanks as always!
Please, do your homework
I do enjoy tuning into this podcast occasionally. The host seems like a lovely person who enjoys opera, ballet, and wellness. I would implore her, however, to take just a minute to verify important pronunciations before she broadcasts them all over her podcast. I was appalled to hear her repeatedly pronounce the name of Puccini's magnificent opera LA BOHÈME as "La Boheem". Mon dieu, quelle horreur! To be clear, I do not expect this woman to be fluent in French, Italian, or any other language. But when she is talking about an extremely well-known opera, she should take the time to check her pronunciation from a reputable source – not one of those ridiculous robot -generated pronunciation things on the internet which are often wrong. Before the pandemic I was recording a book which had many phrases and locations in French (which I speak) , but also a lot of German locations and phrases. I only have a cursory knowledge of German, but believe me I would check in multiple sources until I was confident that I was correctly pronouncing things. A person does that for their listeners and also for themselves.
Tranquility du jour tous les jours
I've been in love with this podcast ever since I discovered it. I have a minimum one-hour commute to and from school/work four to five days each week and was searching for a podcast to listen to to pass the time, and this is the first that drew me in. Kimberly covers wonderful topics in her interviews with wonderful people, and I feel like you really come to know about her and the things she's passionate about, and why, like animal welfare, yoga, and tranquility in everyday life, which I think we could all use a lot more of. Thank you, Kimberly, for shining your light in this world. Already looking forward to the next episode. 💕
2022 UPDATE: It’s been about five years since I discovered TDJ and while, in the spirit of honesty, I have not been a diligent follower all that time, I’ve recently returned to Kimberly Wilson’s world and discovered how much I missed being a part of it. This is the only podcast I ever listen to and it will forever be my favorite. It offers wonderful resources on a range of topics including mindfulness, creativity, creating space for yourself and for what’s important to you, and just like she says at the beginning of each episode, living a full and meaningful life. I’ve learned that listening to Tranquility du Jour and subscribing to her Love Notes newsletter absolutely makes my life fuller and more meaningful. Love.