Tag: writing

longer.

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i love ya
tomorrow
i wiggled into you
(you were worth the wait)
inhaling
through grateful hips
shoulders praising morning
i pointed these feet
east
toward Creation
while white strands caught my eyelashes
i increased the decision
taking longer strides
(trusting myself for
the 108th time)
letting what I felt
be felt
by
the air
and
sky
swallowed the noise
letting the sound of light play
from my body
making the days
longer
 

Michelle Bernard: longer – a poem from Michelle Bernard on Vimeo.

 

the women.

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the women.

me.
explorer of dream.  
smile
casting magic on those in her orbit.  
knowing eyes
peeking out from pink and turquoise
feathers.
striped and barefoot and bejeweled.
sweaty, whirling hips.
painting the sky with patchouli hands. 

and

me.  
head tilted.
curious.
grey wool exterior, lined inside.
big eyes squinting.  taming Questions. 
determined for answers.
once prodded, bullied.
once,  
forgot her name.  
Determined.
close up, no injury.
underneath bronzed body armor—
dark, dried up, salty invalidation
chipping off.

give her little wings.

 

 

http://www.michellebernardspeaks.com

do you let it go?

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What to do…

when the person you thought you’d love forever

makes you sad, manipulates, cannot relate to your desire for growth?

How do you break-up with a best friend?

Do you? 

Do you stay when you’ve grown in different directions?

Kids know how to find friends who align with them.

We need to do the same as adults.

You are not a bad person to want joy and alignment.

rise,

Michelle 

http://www.michellebernardspeaks.com

marking life.

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just michelle

Climbing yesterday.

sutures of creativity

grief

bravery

longing

music

triumph

stitched into my brain.

mountains of experience.

peaks made from memories, 

marking life.

climbing yesterday: Michelle Bernard.Dance with the WiLD from Michelle Bernard on Vimeo.

 

This is from my movement journal. I write to journal, too.

I am a WiLD journaler. I sit with paper/pen/cold coffee every morn of every day. The journal is a mirror.

I have seen myself.

 

rise,

Michelle B

www.michellebernardspeaks.com

your pot of gold.

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Who isn’t hoping to find the prized corridor that leads to amazing fitness and freaky weight-loss?

And who doesn’t want the path be moderately convenient: not to impede upon your current schedule and not cause any discomfort?

  • Change requires things to change. 
  • Change requires new habits.
  • Change requires awareness, especially about what needs to change.

TRUE OR NOT TRUE

  • You will know everything you need to know if you read a good health and fitness book. WT…? No!

Sorry, but it’s just NOT TRUE.

You can build a house out of the truckloads of diet books on Amazon, yet there’s an obesity epidemic in every town.  Reading Browsing the diet books we get for Christmas ain’t gonna do it.

Plus, you and I have different body types. Every body responds a touch differently to exercise and food.

beyond reading

You stand to learn more about YOURSELF and YOUR body when you take the ACTION prescribed in the book.

TRUE OR NOT TRUE

  • You can lose 20 pounds in 4 months, if you workout 4 days a week.

Yeah, maybe.

I wouldn’t say it’s impossible, but I would say I hope you have a workout log. I hope you’re planning to advance-schedule ALL your workouts, log the actual exercises, and track your progress each week.

And if losing 20 pounds in 4 months really matters to you, I suggest you keep a journal and write your feelings. Write your goals. Confront your fears. Confront your feelings.

Because 20 pounds isn’t worth a drop of water. A twenty pound weight change is like finding gold!

You’re gonna need to dig and remain tenacious, focused, and committed.

Look at a snapshot of one of my workout journals. Yep, that’s a page of my DUMP–it’s what I call it when I’m dumping out my feelings. Like clearing out my inner obstacles. 

Beside it is the book I’m writing now. It’s a workout log. Plus, more. 

For 20 less pounds, my book will help you. It’ll be ready by Earth Day, in time for Spring!

 

 

TRUE OR NOT TRUE

  • You can transform your body all by yourself.

Tremendously unlikely.

Sorry, but it’s pretty much NOT TRUE.

by myself

And if it were TRUE, it’d be a rare phenomenon.

Generally, we can go farther and achieve more with support, guidance, coaching, and the elevation of standard we energetically pick up by simply being in the company of folks with similar goals and elevated habits!

A trainer, a teacher, or a friend will give you one or all the above. Peer groups you create in exercise spaces or a meet-up or a Facebook group help.

You NEED accountability!

Go ahead and find people to celebrate you. 

Keep up with the Rabbits: people that keep you running at a faster pace of belief and action.

All this is better than trying to do your goals by yourself.

pot of gold

Transform your habits, transform your body.

  • Keep notes when you read.
  • Post reminders or quotes from the books that inspire you.
  • Advance-schedule your workouts.  
  • Track your progress.
  • Journal.
  • Find a teacher, trainer, or a friend to draft you to your pot of gold.

 

live above ordinary,

Michelle

 

here to dare.

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boarding pass michelle bernard

Have you noticed that January is inching along? 

It feels like a 7-week month to me. I don’t know why, and I’m not complaining.

I like when time passes slowly. It usually does when we value our time to its full capacity.

 

Today I’m reviewing 2017 and planting seeds for 2018 in my intimate inner-view book, the journal and log I created to make the most out of my years.

I’ve been using this book since 2013, and I don’t intend to stop. 

It’s helped me finish reading a book each month. Yes–finish a book. It’s not easy to set aside time to sit still and actually finish a book these days.

Am I the only one who feels this way?

my intimate inner-view has helped me lean out my wardrobe and throw away/donate clothes I don’t wear–ever–because for some reason I have a habit of stuffing my closet for “someday”. 

my intimate inner-view pointed me toward taking online painting classes.

It’s helped me save money.

It’s helped me focus my spending.

It’s helped me structure time to write articles for publication on Curejoy. com, Rebelle Society, and Phoenix Soul magazine.

If you wanna join me for a blast of a 2018-year, get your copy here. I’ve made the price pretty compelling. It’s an easy commitment to make.

And each month I’m gonna post my revelations, reflections, and outcomes on the page above (the my intimate inner-view page on this blog–do you see it up there?).

I want you to post yours too!

I cannot wait to hear about your year!! I can’t wait for you to share.

Share your goals. Achieve them ALL–big and small.

We’ll go from here to DARE together.

winter.

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They’re gonna be taking down the holiday lights. This is the time of year I could use a birthday or some kind of celebration. 

With colder, darker days ahead, I could be inclined to sleep more, drink more, and watch every episode of Dexter.

Hibernation calls.

But I ain’t answerin’.

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Instead, I’m gonna bundle into my favorite wool sweater with the big B on the front and journal in the my intimate inner-view book I created.

I’m gonna finish my next book, JoG–and BTW it’s not a book about runnin’!

And I’m gonna paint on a giant canvas that’s been waiting for me since August.

I’m gonna create.

I plan to use my greatest gift–my imagination–to make this winter and the beginning of 2018 SPLENDID. Now, isn’t that an under appreciated word? SPLENDID.

Let’s not waste it! Use it to create the beginning of your year.

The only time I’ll be burying my head in my television is for the February Olympics.

Life is too frickn amazing to nap away, complain to ashes, or numb with Netflix. 

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How are you gonna use your imagination in the next months? 

What will you create?

 

write into realness.

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Don’t let the year go to waste. Instead of balling up another year and tossing it into the can, write your life into realness and super-ness.

Pay attention. You’re about to experience the best jam you’ve ever had.

You don’t have to let your time fly by. 

Get your my intimate inner-view book! 

https://gum.co/innerview

I’ll be joining you monthly on this page and this page.

Rise,

Michelle Bernard

https://gum.co/innerview

in-in square better
gum.co/innerview

Bring a great year! Michelle Bernard’s way to a super 2018. from Michelle Bernard on Vimeo.

 

it’s time for the realness.

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the my intimate inner-view book

Are you ready to make this year absolutely memorable and divine?

This is a creative journal and log to inspire you throughout this sparkling year. 

Every year of your life is sacred. Every day of your life matters. Savor your sweet, sparkling life.

 

The my intimate inner-view book is 98-pages, including an interactive calendar, that will illuminate your realness, keep you focused on small and big goals, and remind you to explore your interests. This year won’t fly by without you noticing what matters deeply. 

in-in square better

https://gum.co/innerview

So listen, I want EVERYONE to experience and remember 2018.

I am offering the my intimate inner-view book as a pay-what-you-want gift!

You can pay ANY PRICE BETWEEN $1 and $11. Any price.
If you pay $1, you’ll get the same book as those who pay $9.

Put your price in the box in the upper right corner. 

I’ll be doing the my intimate inner-view with you!!

https://gum.co/innerview

Meet me on the inside. 

My friends, look at the menu up top of my blog. Do you see where it says my intimate interview 2018? That’s the page I’ll be posting onto each month while we go through this divine year together. 

Once you have your my intimate innerview book, do the 2017 review. It might take you a few weeks to think on and write in your thoughts. Don’t hurry. By February, we’ll get movin’ into the middle.

I’ll post a video on that page up above by Tuesday, January 2! I hope you’ll join me.

Michelle Bernard

fulfillment.

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I had a plan. It certainly didn’t include being single in my late forties. If I knew this future 10 years ago, I would have thrown a temper tantrum at the angels. 

I am single. I’m 49. And I am happier today, yesterday, and the day before. I cannot remember feeling this free as a girl, as a woman, in every part of my life. 

These days, being single does not feel like being alone. It used to, though. And I’d hunt down a soul just to patch the hole.

I feel finally complete as I continue to untame myself, to drop my guard, my masks, my potions.

I am giddy and wild again like a curious child playing with the toys in her chest.

I whisper sweet thanks to experience. And Spirit responds to this exchange.

The boys who once broke my heart, came to apologize when they became men. The threads that tied me to many hearts over many cities and hopes are slipping out of my hands. I bless each one as they float like balloons on a slow breeze.

This story of my completeness I wish to share with my sisters who cry out to be loved by another as a sign of life, and worth.

I wish to tell them:

First set your Self free. Let her thrive in realness.

I would tell her to listen to the opening note of the song you always wanted to sing. This tune will enliven you. Sing it.

 

I would tell her Wave Your Magic over miles of dreams and fears, and follow every hunch that brushes your cheek.

I would tell her love is an unwrapped present you carry with you all the time. It’s been with you during all those misshapen relationships and solo Friday night dinners. 

Once you realize this, open it. Open your gift. It’s wild and untamed inside, made pure and rare, so don’t change it.

When you do–open it–you will have opened the love of your life.

You will have opened your full Self, and she’s exactly who you’ve been looking for all this time.

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