Author: Michelle Fairchild
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Mojo Monday ~ Pacing Ourselves
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in beauty, Hope, joy, Kindness, love, love more, Lyz Anzia, Mojo Monday, positive, Women News NetworkA message has been repeating itself this past week. I am listening. I heard it first last weekend during an amazing workshop presented by Cosmic Cowgirls that featured Lyz Anzia, human rights journalist and found of Women News Network. The Women News Network has dedicated itself to bringing global attention to the needs and empowerment of…
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Mojo Monday ~ A Beautiful Body Project
A Beautiful Body Project A Movement Of Women Rising Up To Transform Body Image In Mass Media Through Untouched Photographs, Essays, Audio, And Video! A Beautiful Body Project is an upcoming series of book volumes & an online media platform dedicated to women & body image, dedicated to sharing stories about motherhood, aging, cancer, still-births,…
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Wielding the Healing Wand
Today in Cosmic Cowgirls Magazineis my latest article called Wielding the Magic Wand “At the end of your brush is the tip of your soul.”~ Andrew Hamilton Some of my mission here on planet mama earth is to shine a light on extending love and grace to ourselves. I don’t have a magic wand that…
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Mojo Monday ~ My Body Is Magic
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“I like my body because it’s magic.” – 5-year-old Sofia (aka Lola) Interrupt Magazine published an article that caught my attention. Writer Marie C. begins by sharing a startling statistic. “By the age of 13, 53 percent of girls say they are unhappy with their bodies. When were they happy?”In order to find out, Marie C. photographed…
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Mojo Monday ~ Banging On the Doldrums
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Banging On the Doldrums by Michelle Fairchild It began as a word nerd alert. In an exchange with a friend the word “doldrums” was used. I found myself curious about where the word doldrums originated. So I looked it up. Then I found myself getting an image of a colorful art journal page with drums…
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Mojo Monday ~ Express Yourself
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Jack Kornfield, Buddhist author and teacher once wrote “I’ve been told the story of a six-year-old girl who asked her mother where she was going one afternoon. The mother replies that she was headed for the university to teach her students how to draw and paint. ‘You mean they’ve forgotten?’ her daughter asked, amazed. Many of us…
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Mojo Monday ~ Rocking Chair Moments
When I’m 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I’m going to feel old or forget my younger days. ~ Patty Duke A friend of mine once described a particularly happy experience as a rocking chair moment. He said he knew that when he was old…
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Mojo Monday ~ What and Who Inspires You?
Art by Donald Crew from the book Freight Train If I ask you what or who inspires you, do answers immediately come streaming forth or does it make you sit and ponder? Just last night and this morning I felt like I was on the freight train of inspiration. Even just now as the words…
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The Red Boa Perspective
Today in Cosmic Cowgirls Magazineis my latest article called The Red Boa Perspective Perspectives are a lot like opinions in that everyone has them. I am quite intrigued by perspectives. Much like our opinions, our perspectives are also formed and influenced by our perceived identities and our life experiences. Yet just as our identities can…
We Are All Meant to Shine! 