Tranquility du Jour #508: Sustainable Living
Tranquility du Jour
Kimberly Wilson
4.6 • 554 Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with returning guest and renaissance woman Melinda Parkhurst about ways to incorporate more plants into your diet, a typical day of meals, and sustainable living.
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Melinda takes a holistic approach to life and revels in all things creative while being kind to the earth. She is an author, tribal fusion dancer, avid gardener, mixed media artist, and photographer. She has a Master's in Transpersonal Psychology and is a certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator. She is pursuing a Meditation Teacher certification and Professional Coaching certification. She is passionate about rescue dogs and volunteers with organizations that help eradicate hunger in the local community. She believes that everyone who desires to find their authentic self, develop their creative voice, or live a more healthful lifestyle can do so, even with limited resources. She believes it is never too late to start the journey—it just takes letting go of expectations and enjoying the process.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Tranquility DeJure, nourishing conversations about living a full and meaningful life with doses of tranquility. |
| 0:14.9 | This is episode 508. |
| 0:18.3 | I'm Kimberly Wilson, and I'm your host, bringing you tranquility since 2005 through this medium and through other medium since 1999 when I founded a yoga studio, tranquil space. |
| 0:31.6 | And it's been such an interesting evolution and I have to say the morphine and the continued kind of changes within this world, |
| 0:40.1 | especially right now, I just cannot say enough how grateful I am for this community because |
| 0:45.8 | we've been connecting really online since 2004 whenever I started a blog. And Melinda, who you're |
| 0:52.6 | going to hear from today, has been a part of it for a very, very |
| 0:55.8 | long time. So I'm just delighted to have her back on the show. It's Melinda Parkhurst, |
| 1:00.6 | and you'll actually see her all over the clothing line photos because she's absolutely stunning, |
| 1:07.1 | loves tranquility, and love sustainability. So we're going to be talking about ways to |
| 1:13.5 | incorporate more plants into your diet, even if you like me, love pizza and french fries, |
| 1:19.6 | a typical day of meals for her. She's an amazing gardener and sustainable living in general. |
| 1:26.4 | So this is a do not miss. A big thank you again to everyone who |
| 1:31.1 | joined me for fall, TDJ live on the 20th. A big, big welcome to this brand new season. It's my |
| 1:38.1 | absolute favorite. We've got chunky sweaters. We've got tall boots. We've got falling leaves. |
| 1:44.4 | We've got chilly weather. |
| 1:45.9 | We've got pumpkins. |
| 1:47.2 | We've got hot cocoa. |
| 1:48.6 | It's just like my absolute favorite. |
| 1:51.0 | And if you would like to download the replay, it's a one-hour video, you'll find information |
| 1:56.2 | on that in the show notes. |
| 1:57.5 | And that can be found at Kimberlywilson.com, the number of this podcast, |
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