Spiced Whiskey Sour Recipe

I’m not gonna lie, when I look up a recipe and there’s a long blog post at the beginning…I just skip it. So we’re going to get straight to it and serve up this most wonderful spiced whiskey sour recipe! It’s delicious and airy but also complex and warm. Kinda of like us! It’s basically the cocktail you would get if an Old Fashioned and a Whiskey Sour had a baby––so if those things are your things then this is now your new thing.

This recipe uses egg white but if you’re vegan or just don’t like eggs you could substitute aquafaba (chickpea juice) pretty easily!

Spiced Whiskey Sour Recipe

Serves 2 Perfect Cocktails

• 3 oz bourbon

• 1 oz + lemon juice, freshly squeezed (or whatever you have, more to taste, I usually just squeeze a whole a** lemon in there)

• 1 oz Woodford Reserve Old Fashioned Cocktail Syrup (you can really use any kind of simple syrup here, I like this one because it has the traditional spices of an old fashioned: sugar, cherry, orange, and bitters but you could also make your own spiced syrup out of basically anything just boiled in simple syrup…maybe a blog for a future time.)

• 2 egg whites

• Garnish: fresh mint leaves or some fancy sprinkles

Put all of these things in a shaker with ice (I forgot the ice which is why you see ice cubes in my cocktail glass pictured, whatever it was still perfect), shake it a bunch, and pour it in a beautiful coup (hopefully gifted to you from Apple & Oak here in Nashville). Garnish with fresh mint or even a cinnamon stick or rim it with some fancy sugar crystals. The perfect holiday cocktail. Enjoy!

The Circle of Life

The Circle of Life

Identify Areas Of Adjustment And Focus On Your Strengths

Balance is an overused term, in our opinion, because it isn't always possible and we just have no room for guilt. Sometimes balance means leaning hard to one side while managing to stay upright. And we think that's okay. We like this exercise because it not only makes us aware of where we lack balance but where our priorities lie. The goal is to create a shape that best suits your life. This exercise allows us to draw attention and awareness to the areas of our life that may be holding us back or keeping us from living our best lives. All the kale and meditation in the world won’t make you well if you're struggling with massive financial stress, or feel isolated, or as if your life lacks joy and fun. There is real power in knowing and understanding where you might need some extra help so that you can direct your energy towards healing it.

How to: Place a dot on the line where you currently feel you reside. The outer edge is closer to fulfillment in that area, while a dot closer to the center indicates a stress area where more attention may be necessary. Feel free to add extra lines if you feel critical elements important to you are missing. Once your dots have been created—connect them.

Note: This is an exercise that has been adapted from The Institute of Integrative Nutrition however if you feel like a category is missing or you want to switch one out please do so. This is your circle of life so make it your own!

SURPRISE! New Things Come To TRILUNA!

In the last two months, we have seen much internal growth within TRILUNA.

Due to this years' unfortunate circumstances, like many companies, we’ve had to pivot in major ways and were unsure of the future of our business. Being an events company and trying to figure out ways to keep the community connected has been a struggle. Our team has been heads down, nourishing our current clients, selling to new potential clients, and coming up with exciting new ideas.

Over the last month, we have witnessed an excitement within the team and ourselves that we hadn’t seen in a long time. All of our ideas are coming together and, although it's a BIG RISK, we are so excited about what’s next for our company.

Over the next seven days, we are going to be dropping one-word hints about our reveal on the 9th. See if you can guess what it is before then. 🍁🍂✨

Thank you to all of you for sticking around. We are so grateful for your support.

Stay tuned!

-Team TRILUNA

July Book Club: "Me and White Supremacy" -Layla F. Saad

Thank you to everyone who read and joined in on our first book club pick last month! Untamed proved to be an enjoyable and inspirational first read.

We are excited to announce our book pick for July; a book that will likely be eye-opening and challenging for all of us--Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad.

If you ask us, this book should have been mandatory reading when it was first published..but better late than never. Recent events have reminded us of the harsh injustices and discrimination that exist towards individuals who are Black, Indigenous and people of color and have shown us (again) that there is so much work to do so that we all are actively anti-racist and work to create a fair and equitable world.

Me and White Supremacy is Layla's first book. Initially offered for free following an Instagram challenge under the same name, the best-selling digital Me And White Supremacy Workbook was downloaded by close to ninety thousand people around the world in the space of six months, before becoming a traditionally published book. Layla's work has been brought into homes, educational institutions and workplaces around the world that are seeking to create personal and collective change.

We are looking forward to working through this book with you and having the difficult conversations that are necessary for all of us to learn and heal.

Suggested Reading Guide:

(follow along to stay updated during discussions OR read at your own pace!)

July 1-11: Read p.1-74

July 12-18: Read p. 75-124

July 19-25: Read p. 125-170

July 26-31: Read p.171-end

Till then, here's a curated Anti-Racism Spotify playlist just for #trilunabookclub members that you can listen to this month. 

We also encourage further reading and learning about anti-racism and meaningful allyship. 

• Rachel Cargle is a public academic, activist, researcher and writer who provides educational resources on her website and IG (@rachel.cargle). She offers a free 30 day #dothework curriculum and other online learning materials through her page The Great Unlearn.

• Participate in the 21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge designed by diversity expert, Eddie Moore Jr. Along with education, this challenge encourages taking action every day to further our understanding of power, privilege, oppression, etc.

We thank you for your participation in the Triluna Book Club and your engagement with the topics and ideas in Me and White Supremacy! 

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Stay up to date with book club posts over on IG (@triluna_wellness) with #trilunabookclub.

We'll be posting discussion dates, suggested reading guidelines, journaling exercises and more throughout the month.

Also, visit our book club page at https://www.trilunawellness.com/book-club.

The official book website: https://www.meandwhitesupremacybook.com/

Love,

Grace + Eleanor

Dear Karen: A Response Letter

Last week our team and our company had a major interaction with racism that led to a loss of opportunity. We knew that this would happen eventually given the nature of our work. But we did not expect it to be because of an event about allyship. I was surprised. Ashley was not. Our whole team is heartbroken. 

Yesterday morning we announced the postponement of our supper club to the ticket holders. We were informed last week that one of the partners that originally agreed to the event was not comfortable with the content and topic of our supper club “Allyship In Action: Going Beyond Performative Behavior To Create Actionable Change.”

We were given the option to change the content or change the partner. The choice was an obvious one.

This will not stop us, however. We will have this event. And it will be bigger and better because of this setback. We will not let fear hold us back. This instance of prejudice will not win. We are working with our incredible chef, Cleveland of The Lost Spoon, to rework this event for a future date. Please follow and support him as well. He has been a wonderful partner and we are so grateful for all of his hard work. 

In an attempt to use our recent experience as a tool for both learning and unlearning we have decided to publish our official response to the partner that decided to back out. At this time we are choosing not to reveal the name of the partner for a few reasons: 1) We think it unlikely that the general public will ever interact with this partner because 2) they are currently in the process of some changes. 3) It was the decision of a single individual within the organization. 4) We are handling it internally in the best way we see fit. 5) We are protecting ourselves. That said we have chosen to redact some identifying information which will be identified below by [brackets]. If any of the above changes we will let you know. 

We believe that speaking your truth is a fundamental part of wellness. We also believe that an individual is only as well as their community. Those two beliefs combined mean that when met with injustice we must speak out. We hope that this letter can serve as a template for you in your future interactions with those that would attempt to subvert your efforts towards social justice. 

[Karen,]

To say that we are disappointed in your decision [to support us] is an understatement so drastic it borders on untruth. 

As a company, we are dedicated to righting wrongs and speaking truth to power and privilege in an effort to create a more level playing field and create access for those to whom access has traditionally been denied. 

The purpose of this supper club was to help those interested in true allyship learn how to be better allies. We put together programming designed to help open previously closed eyes to terminology that would help them identify inequality so they could work towards eradicating it. We had a small role-playing skit where our attendees could act out a scene where the attempt at allyship was paper-thin so they could go deeper and do more meaningful work. We had a lovely dinner planned and a gallery where we could highlight the hard work BIPOC have put into creating art, writing books, speaking their truth, and expressing themselves. 

In choosing not to [be a partner in] this supper club because we are talking about racial equality you actively participate in the kind of systemic racism that got us here in the first place. 

As white women of privilege, access, and financial security it is our duty to fight for those that do not have those things; it is our job to raise them up; it is our job to use our privilege and power to care for our community and the disenfranchised. 

I write this letter because I think it is important for you to acknowledge the hurt and the harm you have caused. Today Ashley and I were informed that we could not have [our event] because it is about her right to have the same rights as you and I and how we can teach others to fight for those rights. Today Ashley will sit in this. Today she will think about nothing else but this. Today she is hurting. Our whole team is hurting. 

We are a small company that fights for equality and today we are heartbroken. Not only have we taken a financial loss as we reschedule or cancel our event but we have taken an emotional loss. 

We never hid our content. We spoke openly and plainly with you about the content of this event. 

Today you have let your fear take control. You have hidden behind your privilege and it has caused grave harm. 

It is important that you know this. It is important that you share the burden of this. 

If you are interested in doing the work to learn more about how to avoid harm like this in the future we recommend you start with “Me and White Supremacy” by Laya F Saad. It will help you begin your journey.

We also understand that this letter will make you uncomfortable. Even angry. We ask that you sit in that and explore it before responding. We ask that you consider your impact and your influence today and how it has affected others. 

If you have questions or what to have a conversation about this I am open to that. 

Thank you,

Elizabeth

If you are interested in supporting us we would love for you to share our story and help us promote the next supper club when we find a new date.

Thank you.