Tranquility du Jour #611: Emboldened to Keep Going
Tranquility du Jour
Kimberly Wilson
4.6 • 554 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, I chat with Belinda Alexandra about her new book, Emboldened: On Finding the Fire to Keep Going When All Seems Lost.
Belinda shares her journey of facing a traumatic event and how she found inspiration in the stories of courageous individuals who overcame challenges. We discuss the importance of resilience, purpose, passion, and connection in living an emboldened and courageous life. Belinda mentions her mother's resilience and wisdom, as well as the stories of Virginia Hall, Carmen Amaya, and Edna Walling, who exemplify these qualities.
We explore the need for balance, rest, and moments of stillness to avoid burnout. Belinda highlights the significance of nature and finding tranquility in everyday life. The conversation concludes with a reflection on the beauty and wonder that surrounds us if we take the time to pause and appreciate it.
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Our Guest: Belinda Alexandra
Belinda Alexandra is the author of ten best-selling novels. She has been published around the world, including the United States, Spain, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Hungary and Poland. She lives in Sydney, Australia, with her three black cats and a garden full of interesting wildlife. Her interests include dancing (flamenco and belly-dance), piano and foreign languages. A lover of all creatures, Belinda volunteers with several animal charities.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Tranquility DeJure, nourishing conversations about living a meaningful life with doses of tranquility. |
| 0:13.5 | This is episode 611. I'm your host, Kimberly Wilson, and love sharing ways to find more beauty and balance in everyday life. |
| 0:23.5 | In this episode, we are talking with returning guest Belinda Alexandra about her new book, |
| 0:30.7 | emboldened on finding the fire to keep going when all seems lost. |
| 0:36.3 | She shares her journey on facing a traumatic event and how she found |
| 0:40.1 | inspiration in the stories of courageous individuals who overcame challenges. Together, we |
| 0:46.2 | discuss the importance of resilience, purpose, passion, and connection in living an emboldened |
| 0:51.4 | and courageous life. So I can't wait to share this with you. Thank you so much for |
| 0:56.2 | being here with me today. A gentle reminder to hit subscribe in your favorite podcast app so you don't |
| 1:02.6 | miss an episode on Spotify, Apple Podcast, or Amazon. I have links to all these in the show notes. |
| 1:09.2 | Also visit Kimberlywilson.com slash podcast for more on this |
| 1:14.1 | podcast that's been going on since 2005. And I'll also have a link to Belinda's original |
| 1:21.6 | interview from a couple years ago. Now, those of you who may be new to Tranquilie DeJure, |
| 1:27.0 | well, a big, big welcome. |
| 1:28.9 | And you can find out more in the show notes at Kimberlywilson.com slash 611. Also, a few things that |
| 1:36.3 | are coming up. I wanted to mention we have the Tranquility Salon, which is monthly Tranquility |
| 1:42.9 | Treats. It's a virtual subscription. You can find out more in the show notes or at Kimberlywilson.com slash salon. We'd love to have you with us. Also, I'm doing a pet loss support session, a free event on August 1st. There's a link to join in the show notes. Also microcourses. So this fall I'm launching. |
| 2:03.4 | Mental health microcourse, creativity, style, all sorts of fun things. And you can find out more in the |
| 2:09.4 | show notes and join the wait list. And then our fall virtual retreat is happening on October 14th. |
| 2:16.2 | So you can also join the waitlist for that. |
| 2:18.7 | Would love to have you with us. And a big thank you to everyone who joined the mid-year |
| 2:23.3 | virtual retreat. It was such a delight to be with you and to celebrate the middle of the year |
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