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The Body That We Have

“We all have to do our best with the body that we have. And leave everyone else’s alone.” (Quote: Michael Hobbes; Hand lettering by Emily PG Erickson)

Achieving my pre-pregnancy weight again has offered stark lessons in how differently we treat people depending on their weight.

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonSeptember 20, 2018January 26, 2024Posted inEmotional Well-being, Feminism, Anti-Racism, LGBTQIA+, & Social Justice, Hand Lettering, Self-HelpTags:affirmations, diet culture, hand lettering, mental health reminders, motherhood, obesity, parenting, postpartum, pregnancy, respect, social justiceLeave a comment on The Body That We Have

Creativity Takes Courage

Creativity takes courage (Quote Henri Matisse; Hand lettered by Emily PG Erickson)

How are you being just a little bit courageous today?

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonSeptember 19, 2018January 26, 2024Posted inHand Lettering, Inspiration, Self-HelpTags:courage, creativity, hand lettering, henri matisse, inspirational quotesLeave a comment on Creativity Takes Courage

It Was Always In You

“Whomever you become, whatever you make yourself into, that is who you always were. It was always in you.” Wow. (Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westovers; hand lettering by Emily PG Erickson)

What have you been surprised to discover was in you all along?⁣

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonSeptember 18, 2018January 26, 2024Posted inBooks, Hand Lettering, Inspiration, Self-HelpTags:books, change, educated, growth, hand lettering, identity, inspirational quotes, parenting, tara westoverLeave a comment on It Was Always In You

Who You Are

How you live is who you are (Hand lettering by Emily PG Erickson)

What (or who!) is inspiring how you live and create right now?⁣

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonSeptember 17, 2018January 26, 2024Posted inHand Lettering, Inspiration, Self-HelpTags:hand lettering, inspirational quotes, self-helpLeave a comment on Who You Are

Grains Of Sand Incalculable

“...All the decisions that go into making a life — the choices people make together and on their own, that combine to produce any single event. Grains of sand incalculable, pressing into sediment, then rock.” This is again from Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover hand lettered by Emily PG Erickson

What seemingly small decisions in your life have made you marvel?⁣

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonSeptember 16, 2018January 26, 2024Posted inBooks, Hand Lettering, InspirationTags:choice, choices, decisions, educated, hand lettering, inspirational quotes, randomness, tara westoverLeave a comment on Grains Of Sand Incalculable

Because They Could

“One of them says, ‘Why did they do it?’⁣ And the other says, ‘Because they could.’⁣ That is the only answer there ever is.” (The Power, Naomi Alderman; hand lettered by Emily PG Erickson)

Even more wisdom from Naomi Alderman’s The Power.

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonSeptember 15, 2018January 26, 2024Posted inBooks, Hand LetteringTags:books, hand lettering, naomi alderman, power, the powerLeave a comment on Because They Could

The Trouble With History

“This is the trouble with history. You can’t see what’s not there. You can look at an empty space and see that something is missing, but there’s no way to know what it was.” (The Power by Naomi Alderman; hand lettered by Emily PG Erickson)

Wisdom from Naomi Alderman’s book The Power.

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonSeptember 14, 2018January 26, 2024Posted inBooks, Hand Lettering, Self-HelpTags:books, hand lettering, history, inspirational quotes, perspective, reading, the powerLeave a comment on The Trouble With History

A Crucial Skill

The skill I was learning was a crucial one, the patience to read things I could not yet understand (Tara Westover; Hand lettered by Emily PG Erickson)

The pain and possibility of learning something new.

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonSeptember 13, 2018January 26, 2024Posted inBooks, Hand Lettering, Inspiration, Self-HelpTags:audible, books, educated, hand lettering, inspirational quotes, learning, patience, tara westoverLeave a comment on A Crucial Skill

We Must Set Sail

To reach a port, we must set sail (Hand lettered by Emily PG Erickson)

Trying is the first step.

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonSeptember 12, 2018January 26, 2024Posted inHand Lettering, Inspiration, Self-HelpTags:bravery, courage, effort, hand lettering, inspirational quotes, mental health reminders, personal developmentLeave a comment on We Must Set Sail

Hope Is Not the Absence of Tragedy

Hope is not the absence of tragedy my friend. It is the conviction that tragedy can be endured (Quote: Travis Beacham; Hand lettered by Emily PG Erickson)

Hope is the conviction that tragedy can be endured.

Posted byEmily P.G. EricksonSeptember 11, 2018January 26, 2024Posted inHand Lettering, Inspiration, Self-HelpTags:9/11, endurance, hope, optimism, tragedyLeave a comment on Hope Is Not the Absence of Tragedy

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