Deep breath friend. You made it.
Welcome to our kind and courageous corner of the internet, where we uncover the wonder hiding in small moments and simple joys, celebrate the beauty that blooms in pavement cracks and parking lots, and savor the quiet, good things growing at our feet every day.
In a world rushing fast & driving hard, where worth is defined by how productive we are, choosing being, wonder, kindness, creativity & intention is an act of artful resistance.
It’s time to root yourself in goodness. Be more creative. Feel less alone. Find wonder every day.
This is The Wonder Habit®, my best-selling Substack where I write about wonder and resilience, about slowing down to see and savor moments of everyday beauty we’d otherwise miss. And about finding our way home to ourselves and one another.
If you’re overwhelmed by all the noise in your news feed? Feeling drained and disconnected in the places you most want to be inspired? Lost in an online echo chamber, longing to find your center again?
Then, welcome friend. You are in the right place.
I’m Michele. I write words of courage and paint tiny, whimsical things. Lover of open roads, blank pages, and wild spaces.
I write from the stories that have left stretch marks on my soul and the beauty I have found along the way in unexpected places.
Wonder is an act of resistance to everything that would diminish our dreams or weaken our worth. And we’ve never needed it more.
The night my world turned upside down.
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 were 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.
The Wonder Habit™ is 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 for building resilience in an uncertain world.
When I say I’m cheering you on…
This ⬆️ is an accurate depiction of what I mean. 😉
Yes, that’s me. If we haven’t met, I navigate life with 3 legs (ok, 2 of them are crutches), 1 hip, and a 96.3% fused spine. No, that isn’t a super scary fifth-grade math word problem I promise.
I’m a creative contemplative to my core. Wandering along shorelines and through forests feeds my soul. My art and writing explore the connection, courage, and curiosity rooted in wonder as a daily practice, the beauty of the natural world, and the power of our unfolding stories.
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So welcome to a place where I hope you feel: Seen. Significant. Celebrated.
Because you aren’t on the outside looking in. You are the first pick, not the last. You are invited into a space you don’t have to fit into because you already belong.
There’s a seat with your name on it at this table.
Your being and becoming are celebrated in this space. Because you are full of wonder and worth celebrating.
Say it with me: “Be more Creative. Feel Less Alone. Find Wonder Every Day.”
Wonder is your birthright. I can’t wait to help you discover more of it every day.
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Other Places You Can Find Me
🍄 Our new Wonder Habit project… it’s like whimsical scouting for adults. And it’s free.
A new website for my main website is coming soon!
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