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Hello, Righteous Rant

By: Michelle Whipple February 21, 2021February 21, 2021

Mental Health, Travel, UncategorizedConsciousness, featured, Getaway, Maui, Mental Health, Positive Psychology, TravelLeave a Comment

Learning to be conscious through a travel delay in a pandemic year, while mercury is in retrograde.

The thorns we keep

By: Michelle Whipple September 29, 2020February 20, 2021

Mental Health, Motherhood, UncategorizedDrug Addiction, featured, Heroin, Mental Health, Positive Psychology, Psychology, Substance UseLeave a Comment

Do you, my dear reader, have a story you can put down?

It’s just a story, after all.

Ding Dong! Psychiatry’s at the Door

By: Michelle Whipple March 29, 2020

Mental Health, UncategorizedCOVID-19, Humor, Mental Health2 Comments

Because this job (and life) can feel quite heavy at times, let me provide a little insight into how I smile and move through the week without being flattened.

Colored arrows pointing to black circles

By: Michelle Whipple January 27, 2020February 20, 2021

Cancer, Motherhood, UncategorizedCancer, Mental Health, Motherhood, Psychology6 Comments

We look at the pet scan which shows a shadowy outline of my body containing the darkened shapes of liver, brain, kidneys, bladder (pee pee is funny :).

It’s JANUARY!

By: Michelle Whipple January 3, 2020March 22, 2020

Mental Health, Motherhood, UncategorizedMental Health, Motherhood, Positive Psychology, Psychiatry3 Comments

On Christmas Day in the evening, I was driving R and our new puppy home from a friend’s house. R said, “I really want to stop at the store and get a new car.” “No, we have sooooo many new toys at home! Let’s just go home and play with all of our new…

Who is Heavenly Mother?

By: Michelle Whipple June 9, 2019February 20, 2021

Creativity, Motherhood, Spirituality, UncategorizedCarl Jung, Elizabeth Gilbert, god, Heavenly Mother, lds, lds faith, Mental Health, Motherhood, Psychology, Self Help, Self TrustLeave a Comment

Now that I better understand the feminine divine, I see that, because of her nature, she doesn’t fit easily into organized religion. She is too big and complicated for that. There are no instructions for breathing! How would you teach someone to inhale? Yet, I notice very quickly when I am becoming oxygen-deprived.

Some days you don’t catch any waves

By: Michelle Whipple May 31, 2019February 20, 2021

Creativity, UncategorizedBe Alive, Mental Health, Psychology, SurfingLeave a Comment

I walk onto the beach with board in hand, sinuses full of sea water and arms dangling like ropes. Some days you don’t catch any waves. It’s okay to be bad at things and do them anyway–actually it’s recommended.

I am not strong because…

Why are you strong, brave, resilient or inspiring? Hint: It has nothing to do with what’s gone wrong in your life.

F*ck it. Write the book.

By: Michelle Whipple February 2, 2019

UncategorizedCreativity, Elizabeth Gilbert, Glennon Doyle, Maya Angelou, Mental Health, Writing6 Comments

Last July I was out for one of my nightly walks with R in the stroller and the stars and jets and helicopters twinkling overhead. I imagine I was probably listening to a Dear Sugars podcast and soaking in the thick, night air. I was texting with a friend and I commented on how I…

Hold Out Your Hand

By: Michelle Whipple January 19, 2019

UncategorizedBe Alive, Be Free, Brandi Carlile, Mary Oliver, Mental Health, Mental IllnessLeave a Comment

I’ve been writing a lot this past week but it’s been pretty scattered. I’ve had a hard time corralling it into something that resembles a coherent post. Last night as I laid down to go to sleep, I thought about the morning. Mornings are hard lately. I wake up too early and usually with a…