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From the ashes -> Contentment

By: Michelle Whipple September 7, 2021

UncategorizedAuthenticity, Contentment, fitness, kindness, Love, Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, relationships, Self Trust, social media, Tara Brach, Weight Training, yoga fit, yoga for weight loss, Yoga lifestyle4 Comments

I just finished listening to a Tara Brach podcast about contentment. And it brought me back to this question I’ve been asking myself for several years, How do I relax and enjoy my life? It’s an enigma, right? And I think it’s compounded by social media where it feels like everyone is doing just that.…

The One Where She Starts Online Dating…Again

By: Michelle Whipple August 15, 2021August 15, 2021

Creativity, Poetry, Travel, UncategorizedDating, featured, Honesty, Online Dating, Positive Psychology, Yoga, yoga mindset7 Comments

I’ve been dating to one extent or another since about 18 months after my ex and I separated. I naively stepped up to the plate thinking that I was basically a good wife and I should be able to find a suitable husband replacement fairly easily. People told me my most difficult job would be…

Covid sucks. Can we turn it off?

By: Michelle Whipple July 25, 2021July 25, 2021

UncategorizedActive Imagination, Authenticity, COVID-19, featured, Pandemic, Positive Psychology, Quarantine3 Comments

In June I found my self saying over and over again, “I just need a minute to myself.” So this last week has been some strange karmic joke or the answer to prayer or maybe just a symbol of how in touch with the universe I really am. Because I got covid. Everyone wants to…

How To Attend Your 20-Year High School Reunion:

By: Michelle Whipple July 13, 2021July 13, 2021

Creativity, Spirituality, Travel, UncategorizedBe Alive, Be Free, Features, High School Reunion, Laramie High School, Mindfulness, Positive Psychology2 Comments

(In 38 EASY steps…because that’s about how old you will be when you need this guide!) Graduate high school. Go to college and learn that you might have been too big for your britches. Let the bitches get you down. Aim sights a little lower. Get married before you age out of the college dating…

A Well-Tended Muse

By: Michelle Whipple March 7, 2021March 7, 2021

Creativity, UncategorizedCreativity, Elizabeth Gilbert, featured, Jungian Psychology, Muse, music, play, Positive Psychology, Writing2 Comments

When there are too many things for the hours in the day, call upon a well-tended muse.

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.

Happiness: The Basics

By: Michelle Whipple November 15, 2020February 19, 2021

Mental Health, Spirituality, Uncategorizedfeatured, happiness, Kundalini Yoga, Memoir, Mindfulness, Personal Narrative, Positive Psychology, YogaLeave a Comment

You know, Michelle’s not happy. A few weeks ago I was talking to a friend who recently went through divorce. She mentioned that in the course of her separation process, someone we both know, pointed to me and my situation and said THAT. First, WTF. How does someone in another state who I talk to…

Conversion

By: Michelle Whipple November 1, 2020February 19, 2021

Spirituality, Uncategorized90s, confidence, faith, featured, Positive Psychology, SpiritualityLeave a Comment

I was thinking about the boom box at Baskin Robbins the other day. The tinny sound of Mix 105.5 floating over the trickle of water through the scoop basins and the chorus hum of freezers. I can’t hear a Billy Idol song without thinking of that boom box (was every night 80s night?). Natalie Imbruglia,…