Join Me on a Journey Into Wonder

This moment. This space. This breath. Lean into the wild quiet within.

I’m Michele. I navigate life with 3 legs (ok, 2 of them are crutches), 1 hip, and a 96.3% fused spine. No, this isn’t a super scary fifth-grade math word problem I promise.

Have you ever wanted to carve a place to pause and find stillness right in the middle of the stress and noise around you? To become better at understanding your own inspiration process? To connect to your creativity at new levels? To build a recession-proof resilience practice?

Yes? Then, friend, you belong here. This is FOR you.

If we haven’t met, I spent 2+ decades leading projects and mentoring leaders across 3 continents before settling back down in my North Florida hometown as a studio fine artist and author.

It sounds so neat. All tied up in a pretty, 3-line bio-worthy bow.

But you know real life is messy and hard and marvelous, and positively impossible to contain at the same time.

I also have lost everything and had to start over; not once, or twice, but three times. I’ve walked through seasons that have left scars and stretch marks on my soul. And I’m guessing, I’m not the only one.

We have all been through ongoing collective trauma over the last 2+ years.

But this practice is how I’ve begun breathing and moving and finding my being again after a decade of repeated loss.

This is the story of how I am slowly, tenderly cultivating a wonder habit.

And Michele, What Exactly is a Wonder Habit?

The Wonder Habit™ is intentionally pursuing the things that make our souls come most alive in ways that build our resilience, deepen our creativity and strengthen our wholehearted connection to ourselves and the world around us.

I am not talking about fake-it-till-you-make-it, toxic positivity, or self-help hype.

I’m talking about an essential practice for thriving in a chaotic world. Wonder is an intentional invitation to live loved, fully alive to the simple moments of beauty all around us.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve never needed it more.

So What’s This Online Space About?

Super top-secret stuff, that’s what. 😉

I’m in the research and riffing phase of writing my next book. Instead of writing in secret or just dropping sneak peeks on social, I’m returning to my roots of writing content for my books in the magical space of an online community.

I want to take you WITH me as I learn and experiment and play and develop and write and craft each page.

To have a place where we can have an ongoing conversation.

My deepest hope is this will become a growing space where your soul can breathe and your heart can be steeped in the reality of your worth. In the truths that you are: Seen. Significant. Celebrated. In recognizing opportunities to pause and practice wonder every day.

Because you aren’t on the outside looking in. You are the first pick not the last. You are invited. In all the beauty and spontaneity of your becoming. Invited into a place you don’t have to fit into because you already belong.

Come along for an eclectic blend of pigment foraging. Forest wandering. Coastline exploring. Studio Mornings. Creative Prompts. Wonder Walks. Inspiration hacks. Star gazing. Behind-the-scenes, real-time updates. Sunset gathering. Soulful meanders. Hot cups of tea on repeat. Contemplative moments. Plein-air playdates. Private podcast parties. Community surprises. A library of growth and goodness that could not be contained in a book alone.

And What Does It Cost?

Right now, it’s free, free-free-free-freeee.

For the next several months, I am pencil-to-paper filling pages with courage and prompts and slowly building a baseline of great content here.

(But the last thing I want to do is spring a paid subscription on you. Even one that costs less than a solo Starbucks run each month. Nothing will change without me communicating it clearly ahead of time so that you can capture any of the content you want to hang on to.)

Subscribe for free and enjoy open access to everything offered on this platform while I continue to build it out. Here are some of the things in the works. ⟶

• The latest written posts and prompts as they are created. This is a bit of a documentary “capture it as it happens” sitch.

• Here we choose present over perfect. We’re OK with raw edges and real life.

• In the interest of not spamming your inbox, I’m not emailing every single individual post. Especially as the next few months are going to be busy getting us going.

• I’ll send out periodic round-up emails, updates, and online community event announcements to keep you up to date. But you won’t miss anything because it will all be here waiting for you when you log-in.

• Pop-up conversation threads on relevant topics in a community of fellow wonder-explorers.

• Audio content: A cozy podcast party where I’ll be sharing stories and encouragement.

• All on Substack in a space dedicated to offering more of what you need to find space for your soul to breathe and making wonder a daily practice.

As with everything here, take what is helpful and soul-nourishing. Leave the rest. The Wonder Habit™ is part how-to, part memoir, part meditation, part inspiration archive, and part community.

Your being and becoming are celebrated in this space. Because you are full of wonder worth celebrating.

Wonder is an essential practice that opens doors to greater personal wholeness, and gives us creative strength in really hard times.

Creatively stuck? Overwhelmed? Navigating loss? Maybe you are a creative pro looking for resources to help you stay inspired now that your bottom line depends on it? Or perhaps you are just plain curious and here for the snacks.

There’s a seat with your name on it at this table.

I can’t wait to get to know you more as we grow and explore and play and become together. Shared journeys are precious gifts and I don’t take your support lightly.

If you have questions, please drop me a note ⬇️.

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Other Online Homes & Hang-Outs

• DMichelePerry.com, my art website where you can find all the latest on art collections, commissions, and behind-the-scenes.

• @dmicheleperry across social platforms