Episode 6: Weight Loss and Self Love as a Foundation for Sustainable Practices
07/13/22 • 29 min
This week we look through a different lens at sustainability. I speak with Dara Tomasson about her journey to becoming a life and weight loss coach for quilters. We get into a great conversation about sustainability beginning with the individual and rippling into other parts of our lives as we feel confident. There's no doubt that we have to be in the right mindset to think about the world around us and it can start with putting ourselves first. Many quilters are women over 50 and life changes can result in habits that are not the most healthy for our bodies. Dara talks about learning to nourish yourself, which can lead to great things. Join us while we talk about these concepts and more.
"After spending the past 25 years of riding the nauseating roller coaster of weight loss and gain with its accompanying negative self talk and discomfort I knew I needed to help others achieve the same results."
Dara Tomasson is a life and weight loss coach for quilters. She has written a program called Love Yourself Thin that teaches quilters to show as much love and compassion to themselves as they put into their quilts and has helped quilters lose 100's of pounds.
You can find her here:
- Website: www.daratomasson.com
- Instagram: @dara_tomasson
- Facebook: @DaraTomassonLifeCoach
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DaraTomasson
You can find me, Bridget O'Flaherty - The Sustainable Quilter here:
www.bridgetoflaherty.com
Instagram: @thesustainablequilter
Facebook: @thesustainablequilter
Youtube: Bridget O'Flaherty The Sustainable Quilter
Music Credit: Thanks to Isaac Matthews for his incredible talent.
You can find and follow him on Instagram @hesjustakid for more of his music.
Support the show but me a cup of tea!
https://bridgetoflaherty.com/product/support-the-podcast/
Join The Green Stitcher's Hive at https://thegreenstitchershive.mn.co/
Follow Bridget O'Flaherty @bridgetoflahertytextiles on Instagram and @thesustainablequilter on Facebook.
You can find her online at www.bridgetoflaherty.com
Thanks to Isaac Matthews for the music, follow him on Instagram @hesjustakid
This week we look through a different lens at sustainability. I speak with Dara Tomasson about her journey to becoming a life and weight loss coach for quilters. We get into a great conversation about sustainability beginning with the individual and rippling into other parts of our lives as we feel confident. There's no doubt that we have to be in the right mindset to think about the world around us and it can start with putting ourselves first. Many quilters are women over 50 and life changes can result in habits that are not the most healthy for our bodies. Dara talks about learning to nourish yourself, which can lead to great things. Join us while we talk about these concepts and more.
"After spending the past 25 years of riding the nauseating roller coaster of weight loss and gain with its accompanying negative self talk and discomfort I knew I needed to help others achieve the same results."
Dara Tomasson is a life and weight loss coach for quilters. She has written a program called Love Yourself Thin that teaches quilters to show as much love and compassion to themselves as they put into their quilts and has helped quilters lose 100's of pounds.
You can find her here:
- Website: www.daratomasson.com
- Instagram: @dara_tomasson
- Facebook: @DaraTomassonLifeCoach
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DaraTomasson
You can find me, Bridget O'Flaherty - The Sustainable Quilter here:
www.bridgetoflaherty.com
Instagram: @thesustainablequilter
Facebook: @thesustainablequilter
Youtube: Bridget O'Flaherty The Sustainable Quilter
Music Credit: Thanks to Isaac Matthews for his incredible talent.
You can find and follow him on Instagram @hesjustakid for more of his music.
Support the show but me a cup of tea!
https://bridgetoflaherty.com/product/support-the-podcast/
Join The Green Stitcher's Hive at https://thegreenstitchershive.mn.co/
Follow Bridget O'Flaherty @bridgetoflahertytextiles on Instagram and @thesustainablequilter on Facebook.
You can find her online at www.bridgetoflaherty.com
Thanks to Isaac Matthews for the music, follow him on Instagram @hesjustakid
Previous Episode
Episode 5: Textile Art Activist meets Jane Goodall!
Janine Heschl is an art activist that creates her art to bring light to endangered species. She is a thread painter extraordinaire and we talk about her process, inspiration and even her experience in meeting her idol - Jane Goodall. Making art can go far to making a difference. We talk about the creative process, thread, environmental overwhelm, inspiration and even dig into our thoughts on what quilt suppliers and companies need to be doing to advance sustainability.
Her aim with photorealistic embroidery art is to translate wildlife into thread and to let the viewers connect with the softness of the rawness of animals, to see them in a different perspective, different lighting or in fragments; to evoke emotion, increase levels of empathy and stimulate a connectedness with the subject. She believes in order to save our wildlife we need to develop a deeper sense of caring and cultivate empathy – to make compassion common again. #empathyforwildlife
You can find Janine here:
Website: www.textilewildlifeart.com
Instagram: @janine.heschl
Facebook: @textilewildlifeart
The Ivory Game
IUCN Red List
You can find me, Bridget O'Flaherty - The Sustainable Quilter here:
www.bridgetoflaherty.com
Instagram: @thesustainablequilter
Facebook: @thesustainablequilter
Youtube: Bridget O'Flaherty The Sustainable Quilter
Music Credit: Thanks to Isaac Matthews for his incredible talent.
You can find and follow him on Instagram @hesjustakid for more of his music.
Join The Green Stitcher's Hive at https://thegreenstitchershive.mn.co/
Follow Bridget O'Flaherty @bridgetoflahertytextiles on Instagram and @thesustainablequilter on Facebook.
You can find her online at www.bridgetoflaherty.com
Thanks to Isaac Matthews for the music, follow him on Instagram @hesjustakid
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Episode 7: The Healing Properties of Memory Quilts From Re-Purposed Clothing
Memory quilts and t-shirt quilts are loving gifts for the receiver, but the maker often gets just as much out of the process. That certainly is the case with Cathy Saul who has been making memory quilts for people as well as for donations for many years. We talk about re-purposing sewing machine cabinets, up-cycling clothing and the process of making her special quilts. We also have an intimate conversation about mothers, loved ones, and how quilts can have a healing effect on loss.
The book Cathy mentioned in our talk is The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Cathy Saul is a quilter by day, public speaker by nature, autism clinician by training, and musician by aspiration. She loves to make useful things from scraps and she has a passion for memory quilts and restoring vintage quilts.
You can find her in the following locations:
Business: Silver Saul Quilts
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cathysings26quilts
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cathysings26/
Twitter: @cathysings26
You can find me, Bridget O'Flaherty - The Sustainable Quilter here:
www.bridgetoflaherty.com
Instagram: @thesustainablequilter
Facebook: @thesustainablequilter
Youtube: Bridget O'Flaherty The Sustainable Quilter
Music Credit: Thanks to Isaac Matthews for his incredible talent.
You can find and follow him on Instagram @hesjustakid for more of his music.
Support the show but me a cup of tea!
https://bridgetoflaherty.com/product/support-the-podcast/
Join The Green Stitcher's Hive at https://thegreenstitchershive.mn.co/
Follow Bridget O'Flaherty @bridgetoflahertytextiles on Instagram and @thesustainablequilter on Facebook.
You can find her online at www.bridgetoflaherty.com
Thanks to Isaac Matthews for the music, follow him on Instagram @hesjustakid
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