Author: Misty Michelle

Should all of my blog titles be in reference to The Lion King? I think yes… I am a Leo, after all! Guess what?! It’s June. And I bet you know what that means… it’s PRIDE month!! Aaaaand you guessed it, this post is about PRIDE. In this post, I talk about why Pride is…

Fear, its meaning, and implications have been on my mind for the last 2 and a half years.  I believe I’ve lived my entire life wearing fear as my armor. It has been “protecting” me since I was a child.  I started my journey back to myself in 2021. For me, part of that looks…

See what I did there?! Anywho, I hope the start of 2024 has treated you well! I’d like to apologize for being MIA for a while. It’s been a busy couple of months, with holidays, traveling, and children. And I’ve found that when I’m busy (mentally and physically), my creativity and thoughts become stifled and…

*Let me preface this post by saying that I know that this topic is not unique to women or mothers. However, it is written from that perspective as that is my experience. “Just because you don’t know where you are going, it doesn’t mean you are lost,” said Tiny Dragon profoundly.  “Very true,” replied Big…

The other day, I brought the kids to a state park near where I live. I’ve been needing and wanting to be in nature more and felt it would be good for the kids too. Being in the trees does so much good for me, but you never really know what you’re going to get…

So, I’m going to be suuuuper vulnerable with you today… You already know that I’m a mom of 2 children. What you may not know, is that I am divorced and consider myself a “single parent”. (Side note: It seems like there is some controversy – and a LOT of tension – on what makes someone…

One of the (many) things I’ve spent quite a bit of time thinking about is society. And how it loves to hand out arbitrary rules in all aspects of life. It seems like one of the biggest set of rules is the way that we should live our lives in order to “achieve” happiness. This…

I’ve been wondering if vulnerability and shame are tightly woven together (see this post on vulnerability). Maybe one of the reason we don’t allow ourselves to be vulnerable with others is because of shame.  I’m not a shame expert but I’m guessing that shame is something that each of us has experienced at least once…

It seems fitting that we talk about vulnerability early on as this new endeavor will require much of it. So, what is vulnerability? Here is what Merriam-Webster has to say: Vulnerable (adjective) Given this definition, it makes sense why so many of us struggle with being vulnerable. Sharing bits and pieces of yourself with another…

I first heard the word brutiful while reading Glennon Doyle’s Untamed. Side note: If you have not read the book or heard of Glennon Doyle, I highly suggest you fix that now! Stop what you’re doing (yes, I know you’re reading this post, but stop. I’ll forgive you this once) and buy the book. And while…