Michelle Wilson

Michelle Wilson is an inspirational nonfiction author and speaker who lives in the Northwest. She loves the gospel, her family, and good food. She also enjoys freelance writing and podcasting.

Help for Life Challenges

How God healed my secret, deep regret of not graduating high school

By Michelle Wilson

April 18, 2025 02:09 PM MDT

“For over 20 years, I regretted not only that I didn’t graduate, but also that I had forfeited promised blessings.”

4 Min Read

Temple Worship

When the name you ‘take’ to the temple becomes a real person

By Michelle Wilson

February 18, 2025 02:32 PM MST

I understand more deeply now that these are not “names” we “take” to the temple but people we come to the temple to be with.

2 Min Read

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Help for Life Challenges

Stressed out? These 4 reminders may be just what you need

By Michelle Wilson

January 15, 2025 03:47 PM MST

“Feeling overwhelmed by life, I went to the temple seeking peace. Heavenly Father reminded me of four comforting truths.”

3 Min Read

Help for Life Challenges

If you’re worried about mistakes you made as a parent, read this conference quote

By Michelle Wilson

January 07, 2025 02:00 PM MST

I’ve learned that the Savior’s Atonement isn’t solely about healing my wounds, but it’s about healing wounds I may have caused.

3 Min Read

Help for Life Challenges

Waiting for righteous desires is hard. 3 truths to ease your journey

By Michelle Wilson

November 29, 2024 12:31 PM MST

Here are three truths that helped me in my waiting place, and I hope they can help you too.

3 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

What is a successful home? A surprisingly beautiful answer

By Michelle Wilson

October 28, 2024 03:09 PM MDT

There is more to understand about the famous quote, “No other success can compensate for failure in the home.”

3 Min Read

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Help for Life Challenges

What we get wrong about joy

By Michelle Wilson

October 02, 2024 04:10 PM MDT

With the right mindset, you really can learn to thrive in difficulty—and avoid doubt and shame along the way.

4 Min Read

A woman looks distracted and pensive as she lies on a bed holding a mobile phone, and gazes out the window

Help for Life Challenges

Online voices attacking the Church can be unsettling. 5 ways to regain peace

By Michelle Wilson

August 27, 2024 04:03 PM MDT

Seeing criticism against the Church online can create feelings of stress or anxiety. Here are five suggestions to help you recenter on faith.

6 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

A simple object lesson about how to ‘seek Jesus’ that really makes it click

By Michelle Wilson

June 18, 2024 06:48 AM MDT

What started out as a joke turned into a powerful realization about how to recognize Jesus’s influence in my life.

2 Min Read

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Help for Life Challenges

This important line from general conference might help you worry less about your adult children

By Michelle Wilson

May 31, 2024 02:33 PM MDT

As my children grew into adulthood, my worry seemed to grow with them. Then I came across a revelatory line in a recent talk that changed me.

3 Min Read

Follow the Prophets

The golden question I found hiding in Elder Kearon’s ‘relentless pursuit’ talk

By Michelle Wilson

April 26, 2024 11:11 AM MDT

The question the Spirit whispered to my heart is changing my approach to daily devotion.

6 Min Read

Help for Life Challenges

Why you doubt yourself—and the spiritual key to steady confidence

By Michelle Wilson

April 22, 2024 06:46 AM MDT

How do I accept the power to define myself according to God’s view? The answer is simple.

7 Min Read

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Latter-day Saint Life

Can I change immediately? What the scriptures say vs. what Satan wants you to believe

By Michelle Wilson

March 19, 2024 10:53 AM MDT

What if change can be immediate? In fact, what if long-lasting change isn’t possible without immediate change?

6 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

No one fits ‘the mold.’ Bringing our whole personalities to church is one of the best things we can do

By Michelle Wilson

February 08, 2024 12:03 PM MST

Bring your weirdness, your loud laugh, your jokes, your questions, your shyness, your doubts, your fidget spinners, your insecurities—come because you belong.

7 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

Your job isn’t to be perfect. It’s to stay close to the One who can perfect you

By Michelle Wilson

January 15, 2024 08:31 AM MST

To be at peace with our efforts, we must learn to stop seeing our lives through a self-centric lens and start looking through a Savior-centric lens.

8 Min Read

Fun

The bizarre things young kids say + the lesson it taught me about my Heavenly Father

By Michelle Wilson

May 03, 2022 02:29 PM MDT

“Best of all were the funny stories they would tell about their parents—the kind of stories I know parents would not want their children to tell.”

5 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

How to create moments of perfection with your kids even when you’re not perfect

By Michelle Wilson

April 28, 2022 02:33 PM MDT

“Yes, mothers are honored, revered, and made to be saints—perfect even. But are moms perfect? Is that what is expected of us, needed from us? Will we fail in our role if we are anything less? These are questions many mothers, myself included, have struggled with.”

5 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

What my Relief Society learned about ministering long before the program started

By Michelle Wilson

March 14, 2022 03:00 PM MDT

As a newly called Relief Society president, I wanted to give every sister everything they needed. It was a heavy and sacred privilege. But, one that I learned, wasn’t mine.

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Latter-day Saint Life

A Powerful Lesson on Ministering from Mary, Martha, and Jesus

By Michelle Wilson

June 08, 2018 05:44 PM MDT

As Sister Eubank so beautifully and succinctly stated in October 2017, ministering to our sisters is about doing what she needs. We no longer have a monthly visit to check off our list. It’s not about not finding time the entire month then dropping off a card and a treat on the last day of the month with a doorstep apology. It’s not about our checklist. It’s not about our efforts, it’s about them being ministered to. It’s not about our performance, but about their needs.

4 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

My Struggle to Love My Child + How God Taught Me I Was Not a Failure as a Mother

By Michelle Wilson

May 29, 2018 09:18 AM MDT

A mother's note: One of the reasons I've never shared this before is because I am fiercely protective of my daughter. I do not want anyone to judge her harshly or see her in a negative light. A traumatic childhood can create issues for nearly any person. She is an amazing young woman. This post is about me and my struggles—not a letter of dissatisfaction or complaint about her. I share these thoughts with her permission.

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Latter-day Saint Life

How to choose between good and good—and be confident in your choice

By Michelle Wilson

May 08, 2018 03:00 PM MDT

When we struggle with our confidence and self-perception, we often feel as though we don’t have many choices, that our options are limited. But when we gain God’s Perspective, we begin to see the bounty of opportunities before us.

5 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

Do What She Needs: The Amazing Change from Visiting to Ministering

By Michelle Wilson

April 22, 2018 10:22 PM MDT

Visiting teaching. In years past, these two words spoken in any Relief Society gathering a evoked a myriad of conflicting emotions. Joy. Guilt. Gratitude. Annoyance. Peace. Guilt. Excitement. Frustration. Love. Guilt. Some loved the watchcare program set forth nearly two hundred years ago. Others, not so much. And most, whether you love it or not, have carried some guilt associated with it. Because that’s what we women do. When we don’t live up to the expectations of ourselves or others, we feel guilty. But now no more. No more guilt, and as of April 1st, 2018, no more visiting teaching.

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Latter-day Saint Life

The Advice I Gave a Newlywed Who Wanted to “Help” Her Husband Improve

By Michelle Wilson

January 26, 2017 10:00 PM MST

Have you ever wished your sister would finally take your advice because you know what is best for her? Do you ever wish you could have your husband do exactly what you think he should be doing all the time? Are you active in your efforts to get people to do what you want them to be doing, even if that control is born out of good intentions?

5 Min Read

How a Trip to the Grocery Store Changed My Life

By Michelle Wilson

September 01, 2016 09:32 AM MDT

A few years ago, I came across one of the most striking personal examples of the power of attitude. At the time, I was looking down the barrel of turning 40. This re-sparked a desire to get back in shape so I began jogging a few times a week. Then, a month before my birthday, I gracefully jammed my pinky toe on my coffee table. Refusing to acknowledge a possible break I continued on with my daily life.

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