On this episode of Finding Your Bliss, Celebrity Interviewer and Bliss Coach Judy Librach is joined by Joanna Goodman, the owner of the premiere luxury bedding boutique, Au Lit Linens, and the national best selling author of 7 novels, including The Inheritance, Home For Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter.
The #1 national bestseller, The Home for Unwanted Girls, was on the Canadian bestseller list for more than six months. Joanna’s other novels include The Forgotten Daughter and The Finishing School, which were also national bestsellers. Her stories have appeared in The Fiddlehead, B & A Fiction, Event, The New Quarterly, and White Wall Review, as well as excerpted in Elisabeth Harvor’s fiction anthology, “A Room at the Heart of Things”. Originally from Montreal, Joanna now lives in Toronto with her husband and two children. And as just mentioned. Joanna is also the owner of the Toronto based linen store, Au Lit Linens . In 1981, Joanna’s mother Peggy Byron opened Boutique Au Lit in Montreal, one of the first bed linen shops in Canada to offer pure cotton sheets, instead of treated polyester. The store was an instant success, with people
lining up outside the 700-square-foot store. Soon Byron expanded the business to include a factory where she manufactured her own collection of linens. Fifteen years later, Byron moved the retail end of the business to Toronto, where she would eventually take over a store almost ten times the size of her original boutique! Sadly, Joanna’s mother Peggy Byron passed away in July of 2014. And Today, Joanna who has developed her own passion for design and fine linens - is running the family business along with her husband, Miguel. When they're not in Toronto, they're travelling throughout Europe and the U.S, sourcing the world's finest linens, planning and designing new collections, tweeting, blogging, creating and changing the way people sleep. Their new flagship store is located at 147 Tycos Drive in Toronto and the space is approximately 10,000 square feet with 40 showcase beds, each styled in different fabrics, textures, and design themes. There are also expanded departments for bath and bath accessories, loungewear, and the full bedding and
linen offering, including a dedicated Design Centre, allowing customers to explore fabrics, thread counts, and custom options.
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On this episode of Finding Your Bliss, Celebrity Interviewer and Bliss Coach Judy Librach is joined by Joanna Goodman, the owner of the premiere luxury bedding boutique, Au Lit Linens, and the national best selling author of 7 novels, including The Inheritance, Home For Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter.
The #1 national bestseller, The Home for Unwanted Girls, was on the Canadian bestseller list for more than six months. Joanna’s other novels include The Forgotten Daughter and The Finishing School, which were also national bestsellers. Her stories have appeared in The Fiddlehead, B & A Fiction, Event, The New Quarterly, and White Wall Review, as well as excerpted in Elisabeth Harvor’s fiction anthology, “A Room at the Heart of Things”. Originally from Montreal, Joanna now lives in Toronto with her husband and two children. And as just mentioned. Joanna is also the owner of the Toronto based linen store, Au Lit Linens . In 1981, Joanna’s mother Peggy Byron opened Boutique Au Lit in Montreal, one of the first bed linen shops in Canada to offer pure cotton sheets, instead of treated polyester. The store was an instant success, with people
lining up outside the 700-square-foot store. Soon Byron expanded the business to include a factory where she manufactured her own collection of linens. Fifteen years later, Byron moved the retail end of the business to Toronto, where she would eventually take over a store almost ten times the size of her original boutique! Sadly, Joanna’s mother Peggy Byron passed away in July of 2014. And Today, Joanna who has developed her own passion for design and fine linens - is running the family business along with her husband, Miguel. When they're not in Toronto, they're travelling throughout Europe and the U.S, sourcing the world's finest linens, planning and designing new collections, tweeting, blogging, creating and changing the way people sleep. Their new flagship store is located at 147 Tycos Drive in Toronto and the space is approximately 10,000 square feet with 40 showcase beds, each styled in different fabrics, textures, and design themes. There are also expanded departments for bath and bath accessories, loungewear, and the full bedding and
linen offering, including a dedicated Design Centre, allowing customers to explore fabrics, thread counts, and custom options.
Join us every Saturday at 1 PM on Finding Your Bliss. You can follow us @theblissminute on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. Or you can visit our online magazine at findingyourbliss.com and take one step closer to finding your bliss.
On this episode of Finding Your Bliss, Celebrity Interviewer and Bliss Coach Judy Librach is joined LIVE in the Zoomer Studios by designer, creative director, artist and author Tiffany Pratt.
Tiffany started her creative career in New York and Connecticut, working within the fashion, beauty, and toy industries. During this time, she also took on her first home renovation of a 4,000 square foot home. Then in 2008, she returned to Canada to open up a Toronto-based art studio, Glitter Pie, where she taught children and adults the true magic of making. The concept of this space also became a national children’s art making product and pushed her process over product creating style to new heights.
During this time, Tiffany made numerous appearances on daytime television to spread the joy of creativity and making. Tiffany’s prime-time television career kicked off with HGTV Canada’s, Buy IT, Fix IT, Sell IT. She was then a designer for four seasons of HGTV Canada’s Home to Win and worked on several episodes of Family Home Overhaul. In February 2021, Tiffany became the co-host of Food Network Canada’s new show Project Bakeover. As an artist at heart, in 2016,
Tiffany authored her first book with Penguin Random House titled This Can Be Beautiful, which showcases her love of reimagining objects into new useful things. While promoting the book Tiffany did numerous promotional talks, which set up her next big project. Wanting to connect with people in new ways, in 2018, Tiffany launched The Love Jam podcast as an inspirational and resourceful place to feel full, creatively sparked, and embrace yourself fully. Each podcast is a conversation through all the facets of life with people who pour love into everything they do.
Amongst all of these projects, she’s built a busy and successful residential and commercial design practice. As well as working with brands art directing and directing commercials, selling her art at numerous Ontario art galleries and turning her creative eye on creating beautiful things like scarves, puzzles and art there is no end to what may come next.
As an authentic creator, Tiffany plants all of the seeds of her imagination and awaits when they will spring up so she can watch her many dreams blossom.
Also on the program is incredibly talented Singer/Songwriter Maya Gamzu
Maya Gamzu is a passionate singer with 10 years of experience. She began her musical journey at six years old and has since performed in singing competitions all across Israel, Europe, and Canada. In 2023, she had the opportunity to share her voice on Canada’s Got Talent, earning her a Golden Buzzer and reaching the semi-finals.
Last summer Maya attended Berklee College of Music’s
Aspire: Five-Week Music Performance Intensive Program on scholarship. With a passion for music, Maya is excited to continue pursuing her career as an artist and sharing her music with the world.
Maya is also the front woman for the band Five Flows, which is an international band that blends jazz, pop, and rock with a fresh, laid-back sound. Each of the four members comes from a different country: Maya from Canada, Chloe from
Belgium, Martina from Argentina, and Lucca from Brazil. The group formed during late-night jam sessions at Berklee’s Aspire summer program in 2024, and their music combines smooth grooves, catchy melodies, and a shared love for experimenting across styles.
Listen to Maya's and Five Flows' music here:
Drown On You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDh7nBvGj3w&list=RDxDh7nBvGj3w&start_radio=1
Torn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJtKpwlqJwM&list=RDgJtKpwlqJwM&start_radio=1
Join us every Saturday at 1 PM on Finding Your Bliss. You can follow us @theblissminute on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. Or you can visit our online magazine at findingyourbliss.com and take one step closer to finding your bliss.
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On this episode of Finding Your Bliss, Celebrity Interviewer and Bliss Coach Judy Librach is joined by Joanna Goodman, the owner of the premiere luxury bedding boutique, Au Lit Linens, and the national best selling author of 7 novels, including The Inheritance, Home For Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter.
The #1 national bestseller, The Home for Unwanted Girls, was on the Canadian bestseller list for more than six months. Joanna’s other novels include The Forgotten Daughter and The Finishing School, which were also national bestsellers. Her stories have appeared in The Fiddlehead, B & A Fiction, Event, The New Quarterly, and White Wall Review, as well as excerpted in Elisabeth Harvor’s fiction anthology, “A Room at the Heart of Things”. Originally from Montreal, Joanna now lives in Toronto with her husband and two children. And as just mentioned. Joanna is also the owner of the Toronto based linen store, Au Lit Linens . In 1981, Joanna’s mother Peggy Byron opened Boutique Au Lit in Montreal, one of the first bed linen shops in Canada to offer pure cotton sheets, instead of treated polyester. The store was an instant success, with people
lining up outside the 700-square-foot store. Soon Byron expanded the business to include a factory where she manufactured her own collection of linens. Fifteen years later, Byron moved the retail end of the business to Toronto, where she would eventually take over a store almost ten times the size of her original boutique! Sadly, Joanna’s mother Peggy Byron passed away in July of 2014. And Today, Joanna who has developed her own passion for design and fine linens - is running the family business along with her husband, Miguel. When they're not in Toronto, they're travelling throughout Europe and the U.S, sourcing the world's finest linens, planning and designing new collections, tweeting, blogging, creating and changing the way people sleep. Their new flagship store is located at 147 Tycos Drive in Toronto and the space is approximately 10,000 square feet with 40 showcase beds, each styled in different fabrics, textures, and design themes. There are also expanded departments for bath and bath accessories, loungewear, and the full bedding and
linen offering, including a dedicated Design Centre, allowing customers to explore fabrics, thread counts, and custom options.
Join us every Saturday at 1 PM on Finding Your Bliss. You can follow us @theblissminute on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. Or you can visit our online magazine at findingyourbliss.com and take one step closer to finding your bliss.
