michelle^whipple

Week 12: Recovering a Sense of Faith

By: Michelle Whipple August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

The Artist's Way: Summer of Creativity, UncategorizedCreativity, faith, featured, Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, The Art of Creative Living, the artist's way, yoga mindsetLeave a Comment

It’s 10:00pm and I’m finding myself doom scrolling the furniture section of the Anthropologie app. Doom scrolling because, what urgent need have I for an overpriced arm chair at this hour, when I should be sinking into bed under the ceiling fan’s gentle blow with my favorite audiobook humming me to sleep. All that the…

Week 11: Recovering A Sense of Autonomy

By: Michelle Whipple August 24, 2022October 22, 2022

The Artist's Way: Summer of CreativityAuthenticity, Be Free, Creativity, featured, Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, Self Trust, yoga mindsetLeave a Comment

Are your kids back in school yet? R doesn’t start until this Monday, but I’m already sorting through emails and filling out forms—even as I’m writing this I’m getting interrupted! And so it begins… (cue ominous Lord of the Rings music). I’ve had a few people comment on my quantity of writing. How do you…

Week 10: Recovering a Sense of Self-Protection

By: Michelle Whipple August 17, 2022September 26, 2022

The Artist's Way: Summer of Creativity, UncategorizedConsciousness, Creativity, Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, Self Trust, the artist's way, yoga mindsetLeave a Comment

[If you are just joining in, we are going through The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron “a spiritual path to higher creativity”….Feel free to jump in or start back at the beginning. There are posts for each week (chapter)!] I was born under a full moon in Aries. giving me a deep sense of internal…

Week 9: Recovering a Sense of Compassion

By: Michelle Whipple August 10, 2022August 14, 2022

The Artist's Way: Summer of Creativity, Uncategorizedartist, Artist's block, Creativity, featured, instagram, Positive Psychology, The Art of Creative Living, the artist's way, Writer, Writer's block, yoga mindsetLeave a Comment

[If you are just joining in, this is a book by Julia Cameron “a spiritual path to higher creativity”….Feel free to jump in or start back at the beginning. There are posts for each week (chapter)!] Today marks the start of the last month of Summer of Creativity. I hope you are seeing some changes…

Week 8: Recovering a Sense of Strength

By: Michelle Whipple August 3, 2022

The Artist's Way: Summer of Creativity, UncategorizedAcademics, BYU, College, Consciousness, Creativity, Divorce, how to become a writer, Julia Cameron, Positive Psychology, The Art of Creative Living, the artist's way, Writer, Writer's block, yoga mindset1 Comment

[If you are just joining in, this is a book by Julia Cameron “a spiritual path to higher creativity”….Feel free to jump in or start back at the beginning. There are posts for each week (chapter)!] I realized today that there was a little synchronicity during Week 7, which we’ve just finished, and I wanted…

Week 7: Recovering a Sense of Connection

By: Michelle Whipple July 27, 2022August 10, 2022

The Artist's Way: Summer of CreativityAbundance, Art, Authenticity, Be Free, Connection, Creativity, Money, Positive Psychology, Self Trust, The Art of Creative Living, the artist's way, Writing, yoga mindsetLeave a Comment

I am sitting in bed with a cold La Croix because I have a summer cold this week. Does everyone have a summer cold this week?!? It’s not covid—I’ve been testing. And it feels like a while since I had a regular, boring cold. I have not missed it. River’s home this week and we’ve…

Jesus and Cheeses

By: Michelle Whipple July 24, 2022

Poetry, Uncategorizedchalk pastel, figure drawing, jesus, Original art, original poetry, PoetryLeave a Comment

When I told my friend Sofi about this poem, she said, “Jesus or cheeses!? Those words sound the same.” So now I’ve got to write a poem about cheeses…. But here are two poems for a Sunday and one strange piece of art, because why not? Worth Repeating I stumble over and over; it is…

Week 6: Recovering a Sense of Abundance

By: Michelle Whipple July 20, 2022

The Artist's Way: Summer of CreativityAbundance, Authenticity, Consciousness, Creative Recovery, Creativity, Divorce, featured, Julia Cameron, Manifesting, Money, Positive Psychology, The Art of Creative Living, the artist's way, yoga mindsetLeave a Comment

I wanna take a minute to do a check in with how this Artists-Way process is going for me. So far, I’ve been totally solid on the morning pages because I was already really in the habit going into this. I have slacked on the artist date for the last couple of weeks. One week…

Week 5: Recovering a Sense of Possibility

By: Michelle Whipple July 13, 2022July 19, 2022

The Artist's Way: Summer of CreativityCreativity, Elizabeth Gilbert, Glennon Doyle, Goddamn Cheetah, Integrity, Julia Cameron, Mental Health, Positive Psychology, the artist's way, yoga mindset2 Comments

Welcome to Week 5! By this point, the novelty of the book and process has worn off. You may have hit a rhythm with the morning pages. You may still be struggling to make the artist date happen. You may have learned somethings about your internal narrative around life and your desires. But by this…

I See Light Because I See Shadow

By: Michelle Whipple July 9, 2022July 9, 2022

UncategorizedCarl Jung, featured, Integrity, mormon faith transition, Mormon Stories, Self Trust, shadow work, Under the Banner of HeavenLeave a Comment

I cannot imagine a God, who created this world, filled with so much diversity, so much light and so much in the deep, to have meant for us to skim the surface, not when the landscape of human experience is so vast and rich. So this is a reminder, as much for me as anyone, do not neglect the shadow.

michelle^whipple

Week 12: Recovering a Sense of Faith

Week 11: Recovering A Sense of Autonomy

Week 9: Recovering a Sense of Compassion

Week 6: Recovering a Sense of Abundance

I See Light Because I See Shadow

Attention

I am terrified of the silence.

I am [after all,] my own muse.

Week 12: Recovering a Sense of Faith

Week 11: Recovering A Sense of Autonomy

Week 10: Recovering a Sense of Self-Protection

Week 9: Recovering a Sense of Compassion

Week 8: Recovering a Sense of Strength

Week 7: Recovering a Sense of Connection

Jesus and Cheeses

Week 6: Recovering a Sense of Abundance

Week 5: Recovering a Sense of Possibility

I See Light Because I See Shadow