Books, Bubbles, and Bold Lips

Tranquility du Jour

Kimberly Wilson

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.6 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with Julia Coney on:

Intentional Living and Midlife Priorities
Julia shares how midlife has invited her to slow down, be kinder to herself, and intentionally curate how she spends her time. From planning monthly bed days to saying no without guilt, she's embracing presence over pressure and finding joy in the everyday.
The Power of Routine and Reflection
With three key notebooks—a planner, a journal, and a commonplace book—Julia tracks her thoughts, growth, and ideas. She begins each day with reading (sometimes just 10 minutes!) and carves out space to be fully offline and undistracted by devices.
Midlife Career Reinvention and Curiosity
Julia reflects on her shift from legal assistant to beauty blogger to wine educator and now co-founder of a luxury food, wine, and wellness travel company. She emphasizes the importance of staying curious, evolving with your passions, and letting the next chapter unfold naturally.
Books, Bed Days, and Pink Lipstick Joy
From smutty morning reads to glamorous bed day rituals, Julia celebrates life's sensual and soulful pleasures. She encourages midlife women to romanticize their lives, play with beauty, and create space for creativity—even if it's just reading in bold lipstick with a cup of tea.

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Our Guest: Julia Coney

Julia Coney is a Washington, D.C. and Houston, Texas-based wine writer, wine educator, speaker, and consultant. Julia is the Wine Expert for American Airlines in partnership with the James Beard Foundation and the recipient of Wine Enthusiast's 2020 Social Visionary Award Winner for her work in writing and speaking on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the wine industry. Julia is the Founder of Black Wine Professionals.

Julia is a lifelong Francophile and an inveterate traveler. You can find her on all social media at @juliaconey, her newsletter Métier, and with a wine glass in hand.

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Previous Episodes: #143: planner pad pursuits, #338: All About the Pretty

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello there and welcome back to Tranquility DeJure, your cozy corner for all things
0:11.9	midlife. I'm Kimberly Wilson, psychotherapist, author, and tea lover, here to inspire you
0:17.9	to embrace beauty, balance in the art of intentional living in midlife.
0:23.0	Let's dive into this week's episode, which, as a gentle reminder, is near the last, because
0:30.4	we're going to be wrapping up season two on my birthday, June 30th. And with that, also,
0:36.7	we're nearly wrapping up 20 years of podcasting. I started at
0:41.4	September of 2005. So what a journey we have been on together and such a delight. And I'm really
0:48.7	excited to have this lovely guest back. She's a returning guest, and her name is Julia Coney. And we chat about
0:57.4	intentional living and midlife priorities. Always important. Number two, the power of routine and
1:04.5	reflection. And we talked and we talked and we talked and we talked. And then number three,
1:09.7	midlife career, reinvention and curiosity. And then number three, midlife career, reinvention, and curiosity.
1:14.1	And then number four, books, bed days, and pink lipstick joy.
1:19.0	It's so funny when we hopped on.
1:20.6	I was like, oh, my God, I love your lips.
1:22.7	And she was like, oh, yours are really, like, I thought she described it's like, it looks like ox blood.
1:30.1	I'm like, oh my God, they're pink, but I think it's my lip liner and it made it dark.
1:33.8	So I was trying to lighten it because I definitely did not want ox blood looking lipstick.
1:40.7	Anyway, wait till you see the video, which is over on YouTube because Julia looks amazing,
1:45.7	and my lips look really dark unintentionally. But anyway, what was really fun is just to reminisce,
1:51.4	so I think you're going to find a lot of joy in this podcast and ideally a lot of inspiration.
1:57.4	And a gentle reminder to hit subscribe on your favorite podcast app, and even though I am wrapping up season two, it doesn't mean that this is it forever. It's just it for a little while. And I may be actually transitioning the podcast over to Substack at sometime soon. So you can find more information always at Kimberlywilson.com slash podcast and the show notes are over
2:19.7	at Kimberlywilson.com. Now grab your journal, a cup of tea, and settle in for this week's
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