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When the world defines your worth by how productive you are,
Welcome to my best-selling Substack subscription where I write about wonder, resilience, and the power of finding beauty in everyday moments.
Making Space for Wonder & Creativity Is an Act of Resistance.
You Don't Have to Wait for Wonder to Find You.
You Can Make It a Practice.
➡️ You wish you could slow down in the middle of the rush and find a place to breathe long enough to get fresh perspective on all the things happening around you.
➡️ You want to feel more creative, but feel stuck in the mud and overwhelmed instead.
➡️ You are looking for courage to meet the challenges of our day, but feel frazzled by the relentless noise and chaos in your newsfeed.
➡️ You wish you could harness inspiration to show up practically when and where you need it.
➡️ You're tired of feeling frustrated and disconnected from the things that matter most to you.
➡️ You want to live a more curious, connected, creative life… but right now the only thing you have energy to change is what show you’re binging on Netflix.
See if any of these sound familiar:
Yes? Then, friend, you BELONG here.
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Do I ever get it. January 28, 2018 I woke up after a car accident with what felt like a stranger's brain in my head.
Overnight, I became a writer who lost her words.
The first months of brain injury recovery spent in a dark, silent room watching my life crumble around me.
I promised myself as it was all falling apart, that even if I had to learn language all over again, I would find better words than the ones I lost.
So I immersed myself in poetry, in small moments of beauty, and slowly, one line, one rhyme, one paint stroke at a time my brain began to heal.
Wonder became the path back to myself and to depths of connection and creativity I could not have then imagined. And it saved my life.
These Times Are the Wild Rollercoaster Ride You Did Not Sign Up For.
you are tired of white-knuckling your way through the week, but...
The Wonder Habit™ is my best-selling Substack where I write about the practice of cultivating simple everyday moments that deepen our creativity and strengthen our wholehearted connection to ourselves and one another. It is a framework of building resilience in an uncertain world.
CURIOSITY helps us build bridges and opens space for greater
CONNECTION to ourselves, one another and the world around us, which unlocks deeper
COURAGE that looks like vulnerability and a willingness to embrace our stories even in the messy middles, which in turn spills over into more
CREATIVITY building resilience and ultimately helping us access more
COMPASSION for ourselves and others.
There are 5 themes that interconnect and strengthen eachother ↴
But don't just take my word for it...
wholehearted courage, practical resilience, creative prompts & more
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In 2025, I'm making Substack writing my biggest focus.
Given the events we are currently living through, this is my way to take action with strength, beauty, inspiration, and kindness , as well as practical tools of resilience-building.
I'll be writing 2-3x weekly about things like:
- 🎨 Building the courage & creativity we need as an act of resistance to anything that would diminish our dreams or weaken our worth
- ✨ Finding wonder in my daily lived creative experience
- 🌱 Proactive ways to grow and connect more deeply to our unfolding stories
- 🪄 Sharing practical inspiration & resources for the times we are in. You don't have to figure this out alone.
- 📚 Sneak peeks at The Wonder Habit book I'm writing.
- 🎥 I'm working on adding in video as well!
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Be More Creative. Feel Less Alone. Find Wonder Every Day.
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Including:
- Our signature one-word wonder prompts from the 100 Days of Wonder 2024
- Find Your Mark: Our 3-day Inspiration Workshop to Help You Build an Inspiration Archive & Banish Creative Block Before it Starts
- Seasonal Community Wonder Challenges
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🖥 Monthly Third Thursday Live Zoom Check-In Calls exclusively for paid subscribers.
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SPOILER... you are an artist. Even if you don’t know it yet.
Even if you have never picked up a paintbrush or doodled in the corner of your class notes.
But What If I'm Not an Artist... Is This for Me?
Abso-freakin-lutely it is.
DOODLERS, scribblers, someday sketchbookers, creatives at heart— all are welcome
Our community of readers is filled with everyone from those who have never picked up a paintbrush or journaled a line before to full-time creatives who make their living from their craft.
The Wonder Habit® is about making living itself our finest work of art.
I believe there is an art spark that lives in every single one of us.
You can cancel or switch to a free subscription at any time with zero weirdness.
It's about the courage to show up and take up space. This isn't about being perfect. It's about being present. You can't mess this up. You can't get it wrong. It is safe to be who you are here.
I'm Here to Help You Unlock the Power of Courageous Connection
I write from my journey because I believe the most powerful words are written with our lives first. I write the things I most need to hear in case you might need them too.
This is a community of courage and it is truly one of the kindest places on the internet. It is safe to explore and learn and grow.
The depth of joy and goodness that unfolds in these parts is really astounding.
I am so humbled and honored that I get to serve here and invite YOU to join us as we become more creative, feel less alone, and find wonder every day.
inspirational AUTHOR & speaker. PAINTER OF WHIMSICAL THINGS. CREATIVITY NERD. POODLE MAMA. LOVER OF BLANK CANVASES, OPEN ROADS, AND WILD SPACES. i once started an art program in a war zone. we got this.
Hey, I'm Michele...
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You Were Made for the Moments When Your Soul Comes Most Alive.
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