Podcast appearances and mentions of michelle armas

On this episode, Paige has a major fan girl moment with the incredibly kind and talented, Michelle Armas. Michelle is an abstractionist painter working mostly on canvas and linen with acrylics, oils and pastels. She creates to express what she can not say with words and to feel connected to the impulse of composition.Michelle shares her creative journey of how she attained a graduate degree in Graphic Design from the Portfolio Center in Atlanta, GA and initially achieved her dream job in New York City. However, she soon realized the need for more spontaneity in her creative pursuits. She dedicated her evenings and weekends to crafting intricate oil and acrylic paintings, and as the recognition and demand for her artwork grew, she made the decision to embrace a full-time career as an artist upon returning to Atlanta. Michele shares her decades of experience as a working artist by teaching classes and inviting people into her cozy backyard studio for workshops.Paige and Michelle chat about the importance of the deep work of self reflection, meditation and the energy on the work you are creating. When you focuss the energy on the deep work, abundance will follow. To follow and support Michelle, follow along on Instagram and check out her website, and don't forget to sign up for her Catalyst waitlist!

Artist and painter Michelle Armas joins Julia on Stork'd to discuss her unbelievable journey to adopt her daughter. Michelle shares a little about her experience with discomfort, pain, and medical gaslighting due to endometriosis. After very uncomfortable fertility treatments, Michelle and her husband follow their hearts (and an original vision Michelle had of herself with a daughter) to begin the adoption process. Surprisingly (fate? Luck?) Michelle and her husband have an unbelievable adoption process. Where most prospective parents can wait months or even years to be approved and matched with a child, for Michelle it only took 4 days.    Julia and Michelle discuss the idea that love is expansive and that adoption is one way of expressing that love. They discuss the complicated but open relationship Michelle has with her daughter's birth mother and they discuss how love, and family inform the energetics and aesthetics of Michelle's stunning (and highly coveted) art. They discuss creating your family as a rebellious act that requires radical self love to believe you deserve the family of your dreams. Listen to these and other interesting concepts in this episode of Stork'd.     IN THIS EPISODE:    [02:24] Michelle introduces herself and what motivates her. She describes her family circle  [04:15] What Michelle's fertility experience looked like and the trauma caused by the medical community  [08:13] Her husband's thoughts about a world family - “if there's a child who needs a home and you have a home to offer and you have love in your heart to give a child, then that's, you know, a match made in heaven.”  [10:29] Michelle shares her unusual 4-day adoption journey and the emotional meeting with the birth mom  [18:04] What is the relationship between Michelle and the birth mom, Alba? What is the relationship between her daughter and her birth mother?  [23:17] Michelle talks about the boundaries she has set for her daughter and the values she hopes her daughter will have as as she grows up  [28:34] Michelle reflects on how reading articles about adoption in Self magazine as a teenager first inspired her to consider adoption  [33:19]Julia and Michelle discuss how it's hard to say “everything worked out” because with adoption, everything has a little twinge of pain: the joy of adoption comes with the pain of relinquishing a child  [37:41] Michelle explains her meaning of family, and how capturing the essence of family and motherhood informs and shapes her art  [42:05] Michelle teaches art classes and shares how she loves to do commissions    KEY TAKEAWAYS:    The world would be a better place if parents were open to adoption.  Adoptive and birth parents can have various contact schedules set up during adoption. In some ways, it's like negotiating after a divorce.     RESOURCE LINKS:    Stork'd - Facebook     Stork'd - Instagram     Stork'd- YouTube     Michelle Armas - Website    Michelle Armas Art - Facebook    https://www.instagram.com/michellearmas007/    BIOGRAPHY:  Michelle Armas is an abstractionist painter working mostly on canvas and linen with acrylics, oils, and pastels. She has a graduate degree in Graphic Design from the Portfolio Center in Atlanta. After school, she was thrilled to land her dream job at Landor in New York. After a short time, though, she realized she needed more spontaneous creativity in my life, so she began creating intricate oil paintings in the evenings and weekends. Soon those paintings started to sell and gain attention, and once she moved back to Atlanta, she began to work full-time as an artist.  

This week we are joined by one of my dearest friends, Michelle! She so graciously opened her heart to us, sharing about the loss of her father, walking through anxiety, and ultimately finding true freedom in Jesus.I am so immensely proud of Michelle for opening up about such a vulnerable part of her story. I pray that no matter what you are facing that you would know that God is with you and He is for you. Nothing is too dark or too messy for God. You will get through this.Michelle's Instagram: @michellee.armashttps://www.instagram.com/michellee.armas/?hl=enMy Instagram: @brianneermanhttps://www.instagram.com/brianneerman/?hl=enYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC59TCrjVbuB-0S2tBaxps2w

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On this episode we continue our fika with Michelle Armas and discuss the creative process and how she protects that creative mind of hers. Be sure to listen to episode 2 to hear the first part of this conversation. Topics: Recap from Part 1 [0:55] Michelle shares how social media has attributed to her success [2:38] Introvert challenges, being brave and showing your art [7:42] Handling judgement [17:05] You could have done that [19:26] Signing your pieces and what is ‘an Eriksdotter’? [22:19] The sides of Michelle we never see [24:23] The responsibilities of a small business [25:25] How she protects her creative mind [32:01] Hanging with who?  [33:52] Links and Show Notes: Blog posts on Cocktails & Canvases  Upcoming events for Studio Eriksdotter  Submit questions here or use #FIKApodcast on social media.  Find your guest, Michelle Armas, at http://www.MichelleArmas.com, http://www.armasdesign.blogspot.com, https://instagra.com/michellearmas007 Find your host, Erica Eriksdotter, at https://www.StudioEriksdotter.com, http://www.Facebook.com/StudioEriksdotter, http://www.instagram.com/studioeriksdotter, https://twitter.com/eeriksdotter You can find this podcast on iTunes and on Stitcher – be sure to subscribe! Thanks for listening!

Topics: Michelle shares her artist life and how she left her NYC job to go for it [1:22] The relationship between her art and the customer, and the nerve it takes to showcase your art [7:24] Why is being creative a necessity and advice for the creative one [11:19] How motherhood has changed Michelle [14:22] Repurposing old art [21:43] Michelle shares her recent adoption process [25:21] Maternity leave as an artist [29:28] Advice to the fearful artist and finding the balance [35:21] Links and Show Notes: Erica's upcoming events can be found here: https://www.StudioEriksdotter.com/events  Interview with Michelle on the blog http://www.studioeriksdotter.com/blog/2014/03/27/artist-thursday-with-michelle-armas.html Submit questions here: https://fikapodcast.wufoo.com/forms/md2fx6i03ty3yc/ or use #FIKApodcast on social media. Find your guest, Michelle Armas, at http://www.MichelleArmas.com, http://www.armasdesign.blogspot.com, https://instagra.com/michellearmas007  Find your host, Erica Eriksdotter, at https://www.StudioEriksdotter.com, http://www.Facebook.com/StudioEriksdotter, http://www.instagram.com/studioeriksdotter, https://twitter.com/eeriksdotter   You can find this podcast on iTunes and on Stitcher – be sure to subscribe! Thanks for listening!

My guest on this episode is Michelle Armas, an abstract expressionist painter whose blog and Instagram accounts are overflowing with adoring fans. As a new momma to a beautiful one-year-old daughter, Michelle has an inspiring and insightful approach to parenting and creativity.

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