Author: Michelle Fairchild
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Mojo Monday ~ Time
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One afternoon after having picked up my twin daughters from school and arriving home I began to shuffle through the piles of paperwork they had in their folders. Only in kindergarten, each day they usually still come home with a stack of completed worksheets, art, newsletters, homework packets and various event and activity announcements. Since…
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Just Breathe
My latest creation ~ a reminder to just Breathe If that isn’t working here is what author and artist Mary Anne Radmacher recommends: Persevere. Plan. Strategize. Focus. Breathe. Write.Let go: relax. Forgive. All this failing: take a nap.– Mary Anne Radmacher
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Mojo Monday ~ Freeing Your Spirit and Dancing with Life
A melancholy feeling had overtaken me. My most recent music mix even took on a slightly gray hue of sadness. I knew it was bad when spending some time in my artist room playing with paints and glue and glitter could not pull me out of my funk. In fact the funk grew deeper as…
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Mojo Monday ~ The Letter That Needed To Be Written
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Goddess Leonie with her beautiful daughter. This morning I read a powerful and honest account regarding pregnancy, birthing and post partum depression. It was written by Goddess Leonie and I applaud her bravery in sharing her personal experience. I believe that it will touch lives and comfort thousands of women who have felt alone or suffered in shame. …
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Mojo Monday ~ The Invitation
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. ~Kahlil Gibran Have you ever read something, a book or a poem, that made an immediate impact on you? In the year 2000 I was first introduced to the writing of Oriah Mountain Dreamer. Someone I knew handed…
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The Chocolate Cabinet by Geneen Roth
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The Chocolate Cabinet by Geneen Roth A mother of an 8-year-old was desperate. “My daughter is gaining weight by the second,” she told me. “I am so afraid that I have passed on my troubles with food to her, and I don’t know whether to remove all candy from the house, take her to a…
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Mojo Monday ~ The Dressing Room Project
Need a little pick-me-up today? Feeling a bit down on yourself? Has the critical monster in your head been picking away at your self-esteem when you look in the mirror? Well it is time to pick yourself up. It is time to start feeling good about yourself. And it is way over time to banish…
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Thriving In Spite of Adversity
The most recent article I wrote for my column called We Are All Meant to Shine! in Cosmic Cowgirls Magazine is called Thriving In Spite of Adversity. This particular article is about former foster youths Ashley Rhodes-Courter and Derek Clark. Both of them are such an inspiration. They are modeling for all of us, that…
