Red Lipstick & Reinvention
Tranquility du Jour
Kimberly Wilson
4.6 • 554 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with Aga Rhodes on:
💗 Grieving with Grace and Grit
Aga shares the profound shift she's experienced since losing her husband, highlighting the importance of honoring grief while gently moving forward. She encourages women to embrace the messiness of healing, giving themselves permission to feel deeply and take it one day at a time.
💗 Beauty as Self-Expression and Therapy
As a seasoned makeup artist, Aga offers practical beauty tips—like the uplifting power of blush and bold lipstick—alongside reflections on how small acts of self-care can boost morale and restore confidence during life's darker seasons.
💗 Daily Rituals for Resilience
Grounding practices like gratitude journaling, meditation, and quiet coffee moments help Aga anchor her days. She urges women to craft simple routines that nourish their well-being, especially when navigating transition or caretaking responsibilities.
💗 Turning Pain into Power
Aga speaks of post-traumatic growth, sharing how the loss of her husband has opened a portal to reinvention. Whether publishing his poetry or dreaming new dreams, she reminds us that even in sorrow, new life can emerge.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Tranquility DeJure, your cozy corner for all things midlife. |
| 0:10.5 | I'm Kimberly Wilson, psychotherapist, author, and tea lover here to inspire you to embrace beauty, balance, and the art of intentional living. |
| 0:20.3 | Now, let's dive into this week's episode, which is so |
| 0:24.3 | much fun. Also, it's like heartfelt and heartbreak. So here I'm chatting with Aga Rhodes, |
| 0:31.7 | who's absolutely delightful, and we're talking about grieving with grace and grits. |
| 0:39.3 | Beauty as self-expression and therapy, daily rituals for resilience, and ways to turn pain |
| 0:48.2 | into power. |
| 0:50.9 | A gentle reminder to hit subscribe on your favorite podcast app, and then also visit |
| 0:55.9 | Kimberlywilson.com slash podcast for more, particularly season one, and then substack for the show notes, |
| 1:03.4 | which are at Kimberlywilson.com. |
| 1:07.9 | Also, grab a journal, a cup of tea, and settle in for this week's inspiration, red lipstick, |
| 1:14.5 | and reinvention. Aga Rhodes is a Chicago-based professional makeup artist and global educator |
| 1:23.3 | for various pro brands. After attending art school and her native Poland, Aga came to the US in 1990, |
| 1:30.7 | became a citizen, and continued her ongoing love for art, color, light, and texture by studying |
| 1:36.9 | makeup artistry in New York and L.A. After many months of working for large beauty industry |
| 1:43.7 | company, she paved her colorful path and embraced becoming an entrepreneur in 2014. |
| 1:50.9 | You can learn more about the lovely AGA over in the show notes. |
| 1:56.0 | And she has websites, Makeup by Aaga andal by Aaga.com, of course. |
| 2:02.6 | Instagram, Makeup by Aaga, Rhodes, and Bridal by Aga. |
| 2:07.1 | Then she's also on Facebook, Makeup by Aga and Bridal by Aga. |
| 2:10.7 | You can find links to all of this again in the show notes at Kimberlywilson.com slash substack or sorry, Kimberlywilson. |
| 2:20.1 | That's substack.com. There's so many dots and comms. All right. So a gentle reminder, |
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