Republic of Toma

By: Aspire Design & Home
  • Summary

  • Welcome to the Republic of Toma Podcast, presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME ! ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine is a storyteller of sublime living. For this reason, we’ve partnered with them to offer a globally chic guide to living a life less ordinary. I’m Toma Clark Haines, and I’m your host. In this podcast I’m going to share my life — and the people I meet — with you. I will sit down to have conversations with emergent and eminent architects, artisans, designers, developers, and tastemakers as well as just plain fabulous people I meet from around the globe. From Paris to London, Bangkok and Beyond… I’m bringing you conversations as if you’re a guest at my dinner table. I use this word “conversations” intentionally, because these are not interviews; they are chats among friends allowing you glimpses from behind the scenes into lives that are well designed. As for me, I’m an American and I’ve lived overseas for more than 20 years. I’ve lived in Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin and now I reside in Venice. But I wasn’t ‘to the manor born’ — I grew up in a small town in Oklahoma and as a child, I had more cows as friends than classmates. Through a magical twist of fate, I moved overseas in my 20’s and infiltrated the luxury market in both Europe and Asia. I’m a CEO. I’m a multi-passionate entrepreneur. I’m a jewelry designer, and I also have my own licensed lines of furniture. I’m a brand and creative strategist. For the last decade, I’ve run The Antiques Diva & Co - the world's largest antiques touring company offering one- on-one customized antique buying tours, spanning 3 continents and 16 countries. Most of all, I’m a Dreamer — one who has figured out how to turn dreams into reality. We will travel together - both in my imagination - and in reality. I am taking you on a voyage to The Republic of Toma. We will travel to see design inspiration, meet design muses and my personal mentors. This is the Republic of Me, but it's also the Republic of You You and only you have the power to create your own reality.
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Episodes
  • Covid, Kitchens and Midlife Coping with Author Jamie Gold
    Jul 16 2020

    Toma Clark Haines - host of The Republic of Toma podcast presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine - sits down with Author Jamie Gold to discuss climbing Kilimanjaro, achieving your goals as well as mental, physical and emotional hygiene. Jamie is a Wellness Design Consultant, Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach and the author of 3 books on design and remodeling. Her latest, Wellness by Design: A Room-by-Room Guide to Optimizing Your Home for Health, Fitness, and Happiness publishes September 1 by Tiller Press - a wellness imprint of Simon & Schuster. Order it on Amazon.

    Connect with Jamie Gold here:

    jamiegold.net | Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest | Linkedin | Twitter

    Join The Republic.

     

    There is the Republic of Me. But there is Also The Republic of You.  Find out more how I can help you build a life and career of your dreams by visiting www.republicoftoma.com.

    If you’d like to join a community of like-minded individuals in pursuit of living a life less ordinary, then become a member of The Republic of Toma Facebook Group for twice-monthly business and mindset mentoring sessions.

    Follow along on Instagram @RepublicofToma.

    And, last but not least, don't forget to check out ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME online www.aspiremetro.com as well as on Instagram @Aspiredesignandhome.

     

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Taking A Leap Of Faith With Timothy Corrigan | Episode 4
    Jul 9 2020

    Toma Clark Haines - host of The Republic of Toma podcast presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine - sits down with Timothy Corrigan to discuss chateau life, taking a leap of faith and the road he took to achieve the life of his dreams. In this episode we discuss how Timothy changed careers while at the height of his 1st career and became known as the man we know him today. We discuss how we work differently in these times of the pandemic, how our priorities shift in times of crisis and how important it is to be comfortable in your life and home and to have a career that is satisfying on a soul level. We discuss what comfort means to this self proclaimed chateau addict and go through the process of renovating a chateau bringing life back to these interiors of the past. Last but not least Timothy and Toma have a full on debate about which King was best? Louis XV vs Louis XIV? Most of all, Timothy and Toma laugh as they discuss living a life less ordinary.

    You can follow Timothy on Social Media:
    Instagram (personal) timothycorrigan
    Instagram (company) timothy_corrigan_inc
    Facebook (company) timothy.corrigan.inc
    Twitter: @corrigantimothy
    Pinterest: timothycorrigan

    Join The Republic.

    There is the Republic of Me. But there is Also The Republic of You. Find out more how I can help you build a life and career of your dreams by visiting www.republicoftoma.com

    If you’d like to join a community of like-minded individuals in pursuit of living a life less ordinary, then become a member of The Republic of Toma Facebook Group for twice-monthly business and mindset mentoring sessions.

    Follow along on Instagram @RepublicofToma.

    And last but not least don't forget to check out ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME online www.aspiremetro.com. And on Instagram @Aspiredesignandhome.

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    57 mins
  • Wonders in Dementialand | Episode 3
    Jul 2 2020

    Toma Clark Haines - host of The Republic of Toma podcast presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine - sits down with German Producer, Director and Writer Radek Wegrzyn and American Author, Artist and Podcaster Suzka Collins to discuss their upcoming film Wonders in Dementialand. Coming from 3 different locations - Toma in Venice, Radek in Berlin and Suzka in Los Angeles they discuss how life in the times of the Coronavirus feels like an altered reality.

    Wonders in Dementialand is the name of Suzka’s book which discusses the other side of dementia. Suzka writes in her book, “Dementialand is a topsy turvy place of secrets and discovery where I often found myself in the mirror of dementia. Its reverseness showed me the other side of everything and the other side of myself.” Toma draws comparison to this time of the pandemic as an opportunity to reveal us to ourselves as we’re faced with a new way of living.

    When living with and caring for her mother, Suzka decided to embrace the dementia and step into her mothers world. Toma discusses learning to embrace solitude in these times but also her personal struggles with loneliness in quarantine. While Radek, as a writer who typically spends large quantities of time alone writing, looking inward, says in many ways he feels that the rest of the world as they went into self sheltering were seeing how he typically lives as a creative entrepreneur. He explained how this pandemic has brought him closer to his extended family and actually pulled him out into more familial socialization and regular routine than he normally experiences.

    Sharing 3 unique experiences during the pandemic from 3 different countries, these friends laugh, share experiences, but also share themselves.

    ABOUT:
    Suzka is a painter and a writer. Her work evokes a vibrant magical world that exists just a step outside reality. In her quirky, heart-warming debut book Wonders in Dementialand Suzka takes her readers on an exhilarating journey into the world of dementialand. Suzka’s novel is a thoughtful exploration, a testament to the author’s unique insight into her personal visit to Dementialand.

    Chicago born, Suzka studied at the Chicago Academy of Art and received a degree from Northern Illinois University. In Chicago Suzka was involved in theater, both directing and producing; a performer of Mime for the city of Chicago, and a student of ‘improv’ from Chicago's Second City Company. As a published cartoonist, Suzka moved to California in 1986 to write/create her second book but fell in love with paint instead. She never returned to Chicago and never returned to the small boxes of her cartoon characters.

    As a painter, Suzka has exhibited her work in numerous one-woman shows. Her huge installations have been exhibited at Chicago‘s Navy Pier and throughout the Monterey Peninsula and has a dedicated following of collectors throughout the country. Suzka is the stage set designer and painter for the Monterey Jazz Festival since 1996 and has delighted the Monterey jazz audiences with her powerful architectural aesthetic for over two decades.

    https://www.suzka.com/copy-of-work

    Radek Wegrzyn

    Before receiving a masters degree for directing from the Film University Babelsberg, Radek Wegrzyn, co-founder of MAGICAL REALIST, studied political science in Bonn (Germany), working part time jobs as chimney sweep, night porter, insurance rejection letter typist, Chai Wallah and dishwasher. Professional storytelling really was the next logical step. His credits as writer, director and executive producer include the award winning tragicomedy FATHER, SON & HOLY COW as well as the theatrical documentaries VIOLINISSIMO and THE SCHOOL ON MAGIC MOUNTAIN. Radek is also alumnus of the Maine Media College and the Documentary Campus Master School program.
    http://www.magical-realist.com/

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    53 mins

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