29: Tammy Letherer: You Can’t Plan an Inspired Life

 “My son ran into the bedroom and said, “Mom, mom, there’s a man in an orange cape sitting at the table”...I went out into a dining room, and there was a Buddhist monk in full robes, orange robes, sitting at my dining room table. And I was very confused it was a bit surreal....”~ Tammy, Speaking about her book The Buddha at My TableWell...I was definitely intrigued!This episode is an inspiring conversation with Tammy Letherer, a writing coach, blogger, and author, who has such a healing presence in the world! She shares about her path of peace in her new book The Buddha at My Table, and radiates with the messages that you deserve to tell your story and to value your experience, no matter how simple or mundane you think it is. She also explores that moments of shock bring you to full presence and attention.​Tammy lives in Chicago with her three children and enjoys yoga, swing dancing, reading a good novel, Earl Grey tea, and spending time outdoors. Read her blogs about creativity, spirituality, and the writing life on the Huffington Post or visit her at TammyLetherer.com.Her Latest book, The Buddha at My Table: How I Found Peace in Betrayal and Divorce, will be released on October 16, 2018. In this memoir, she describes--in honest, sometimes painful detail--the dismantling of a marriage that encompasses the ordinary and surreal, including the night she finds a silent, smiling Thai monk sitting at her dining room table. It's this unexpected visitation, this personification of peace, that helps her find the blessing in her husband's betrayal. Ultimately, it's when she realizes that she is participating in her life, not at its mercy, that she discovers the path to freedom. ​ Links, Article, and ResourcesAll Show Notes for This Episode📝 https://candicewu.com/tammyPodcast Homepage🎧 https://candicewu.com/podcastNewsletter & Embody Community💌 https://candicewu.com/embody-communityPatreon – Your Support Means So Much!💝 https://candicewu.com/patreonCandice Wu Page on Facebook👫 https://facebook.com/EmbodyYourNatureFollow Candice on Instagram📷 https://instagram.com/EmbodyYourNature Sponsorship MessageThis episode is brought to you by the Soul Body Women’s Retreat that will adventure in October 2018.The Soul Body Women’s Retreat is a spiritual and healing retreat inspired to support connecting Soul and Body, the elements of Earth and Sky within, Feminine and Masculine, and all of the opposing energies within. It is a sacred intensive of meditations, yoga, family constellations, somatic healing, and soul work to deeply heal stuckness, beliefs, or ancestral bonds and embody freedom and specific personal intentions.For this and future retreats, you can find out more information at https://candicewu.com/retreats. Your support in sharing or joining a retreat helps me make more healing albums, content, and create more podcast episodes. I am grateful for your support!For This and Future Retreats, Visit CandiceWu.com/retreats Show Notes & Timestamps  00:00 Intro00:56 Sponsor: Soul Body Women’s Retreat01:52 Opening03:06 Let's Begin!03:24 Being and Presence in Writing05:47 Writing for Healing (How Does Tammy See Herself)08:27 Learning to Value Your Own Story10:26 Going From What You Learned to Something New14:43 Tammy’s New Book: The Buddha at My Table17:08 Buddhist Monk at My Table19:40 That Moment That Keeps Inspiring20:34 Writing About What Is Right in Front of Me24:42 You Can't Plan an Inspired Life26:09 Moments of Shock Deliver (On the Floor, Pay Attention, Observer, and So Much More 🙈)30:06 Lightning Question Round30:25 What Do You Wish You Knew More About?31:03 Where Do You Feel Joy and What Feeds You?33:18 What Is a Controversial Opinion That You Have?34:23 What Is the Most Heart Warming Thing You Have Ever Seen?35:36 What Is the Strangest Dream You Ever Had?38:00 Audience Gift39:28 Tammy’s Book for Preorder40:15 Anything Else?40:54 Outro Intro Music by Nick Werber (instagram.com/nwerber)