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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,…

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.

I don’t know.

By: Michelle Whipple September 13, 2020February 20, 2021

Creativity, Mental Health, UncategorizedElizabeth Gilbert, featured, Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, SpiritualityLeave a Comment

Why fall feels hopeful.

I shrug too.

By: Michelle Whipple August 16, 2020February 20, 2021

Mental Health, Spirituality, UncategorizedKundalini Yoga, Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, Sia, Zac EfronLeave a Comment

Note: Thankfully I was not involved in the pictured car fire, except that I drove by it on the interstate near Las Vegas and I can’t imagine how the people who had to jump from their burning car felt, on top of everything already going on this year. Right now I’m sitting on the end…

Green Parrots, Rats, Dogs and Boys

By: Michelle Whipple July 12, 2020July 12, 2020

Mental Health, Motherhood, UncategorizedDog People, Dogs, Mindfulness, Motherhood, Positive Psychology4 Comments

In my neighborhood are a pair of wild, green parrots. If you go for a walk around sunset you can see them flying high overhead, chattering back and forth to each other. They have only visited my yard once, to my knowledge. Shortly after I bought the house, my sister came to help me move.…

I Just Want to Feel Like My Old Self

By: Michelle Whipple March 22, 2020February 20, 2021

Mental Health, Motherhood, UncategorizedCOVID-19, Pandemic, Positive Psychology6 Comments

My brain wants to tell me that when things go back to normal, then I can be my old self again. But my old self isn’t waiting in the wings. She’s here with me right now.

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…