What if stepping into a story lead you to an “ah-ha moment”?

What if you could start out your year with a strong guide?

Still with me? Watch this 3.5 minute video to hear how I accessed all of these things. Then click here to do it yourself!

Much Warmth,

Rachelle

P.s. Want this kind of soulcare all year long?  Your invitation awaits you here.

Today’s sermon is brought to you by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon. Wheeldon is arguably the most in-demand choreographer in the world of modern ballet. Renown for working with complex groupings, he also excels at solos and pas de deux, including this beautiful piece, After the Rain, danced by Yuan Yuan Tan and Damian Smith. As you experience this piece, please remember you are not in the critic’s chair. Let’s use these ten minutes to soak in beauty, creativity, innovation, and wonder. Amen? Amen.

What about you? What inspired works serve as your sacred text? Is there a quote that you know by heart that guides you on a regular basis? Is there a story from scripture that directs your steps on a regular basis? Does a certain song lyric play in your head and shape your way of being in the world? Tell us! We need your wisdom to help us along.

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Relig-ish is a new series at Magpie Girl dedicated to exploring a new kind of faith. Come along with us as we help each other find a spirituality that fits. Click here to read all the Relig-ish posts, and join the mailing list for additional musings on this (re)construction project. Thanks for being here today. Much Warmth, Rachelle

Ask Magpie Girl: 7 Ways to Find Time for Creativity from Rachelle Mee-Chapman on Vimeo.

Neato Things Rachelle Mentions in this Video:

• My free course, Magpie Speak: a new vocabulary for soulcare. (Feedback from this course inspired this post. I  LOVE responding to Magpie Girl readers’ questions!)
• Work-at-Home mom and creative business woman Tara Gentile of Scoutie Girl records a video post “How I Get it All Done – 3 Tips for finding more time.”  (Originally posted at Perideau Designs.)
• Rowena Murillo of Warrior Girl gets an impressive amount of creative work done in snippets — and this inspite of working a part-time(?) job and being a Warrior Mama.
• Stacy de la Rosa has a baby, a toddler and a creative business. She wrote about  how she does it at her blog, Bella Wish.

And the Questions We Need YOU to Answer (pretty please.)

• What are your biggest roadblocks to creative pursuits?
• How do you find time to pursue your creative projects?
• What sticking points can the Magpies help you past?

Don’t miss your chance to Train with Magpie Girl. Catch all my training posts, watch the video posts, and sign-up on my mailing list for advance sign-up opportunities and special discounts. (Top of the column, stage right.) Thanks for being here!

…in which I lay out a plan to remain car free. with kids. in America. And not jut because it’ green. (It’s good soulcare!)

Neato Things Rachelle Mentions in this video.

• No one wears lycra in Copenhagen. Check out Cycle Chic , especially the category “cycling in furs.” Plus, they have a great tag line “Hold my bike while I kiss your girlfriend.”
• Zip Car : for the places the bus and bike can’t reach.
• Super Cool Cargo Bike by Madsen. If we make it thru our first year car-free in Seattle, we may get one of these  with a StokeMonkey motor.
• The only step thru electric bike I’ve found. Not as cute as my beautiful Amsterdam classic from Electra with Queen Bee saddlebags. Vanity Jones here is hoping she can just add a motor to her baby.

Today’s Artisan: Ten Things

• Visit Danish artisan Julie K. from Moments of Perfect Clarity  and shop for some  Clarity Birds.
• Don’t forget — all my art is packed on a ship for two month. So send me present from your hand-made artisan products and I’ll chant your praises in an upcoming video post at at Magpie Girl.

Rachelle Mee-Chapman
2311 N 45th St, #203
Seattle, WA 98103

And the questions we need YOU to answer (pretty please!)

Give us a Q for any of these A’s and enter to win a Clarity Bird for your very own window sill.

• What about your transportation life style? Do you have aspirations to do it differently? How have you become less car dependent.
• Present draw: What are you doing to live greener. (Is that a word? Greener?)

Don’t miss your chance to Train with Magpie Girl. Catch all my training posts, watch the video posts, and sign-up on my mailing list for advance sign-up opportunities and special discounts. (Top of the column, stage right.) Thanks for being here!