Welcome to your peace + play at Mohawkmomma Studio
through the neuroaesthetics of
paper. pastoral care. play.
(and luxe gifts)
neuroaesthetics is the neural bliss to beauty that measurably changes the body, brain, and behavior.
Through the nurture of play, Mohawkmomma Studio Boutique, a luxury, soul care stationery + gifting destination, helps women amplify their peace through the ARTvocacy of self-tending in childlike wonder through the Color + Journal Experience™ including:
Soothing care packages we call, Soul Care Kits
Stunning stationery gift sets
Interactive workshop retreat (in-person or virtual)
We're all about the sustainable gift of awakening women to audaciously give to themselves as much as they give of themselves, personally + collectively.
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We believe soul care is about giving TO yourself as much as you give OF yourself.
CHOCOLATE. CURIOUS. CO-CREATOR. CURATOR.
"Either you bring me some chocolate or you leave me alone." - Unknown
It has been said, "I'm not addicted to chocolate, chocolate is addicted to me." I can testify to this—dark chocolate is drawn to me, and I'm sticking by that narrative.
Pastoral Care + Paper: With years of pastoral + mentoring experience, I awaken + assist you as you/we tend to your/our sacred, feminine rhythms—aligning them with your/our unique neurology + biology + being as we occupy our space of peace through shalom in every script whether you are journaling...
- a thank you note or gift tag sticker with a rose gold, quill pen
- scribbling a "thinking of you" or meaningful sentiment on a card
- jotting down your prayers + thoughts + intentions for the day in a journal
Through it all, your peace + play audacity will be elevated in contemplative, coloring + journaling invitations as you come home to your childlike wonder, unhurriedly.
There's a purpose in the pause when you savor the present moment. It's from this posture of ease that we give to ourselves as much as we give of ourselves with legacy-infused gifts from the inside out.
This is why in 2016, I resigned from my staff position as the women's pastor at a church in Florida to go the indie, scenic route of sustainable, embodied soul care for my being, brain, and nervous system—to build my processes out around my sacred, full-embodied feminine life, versus my life having to adapt to my work-play.
I offer this to myself in a softening, integrated approach to ground my biology + being in grace + truth—this, I also offer to YOU to US.
I know how transformative bringing pen to paper is, so I set out to create a guided experience that makes self-nurture more holistic, peaceful, nuanced, integrative, playful, neurological, rhythmic + restful for souls to pursue embodiment ovah ego.
This embodied pursuit welcomes us to come home to personal + collective shalom-making hospitality as we take back custody of our sacred wholeness—inside and outside of these sacred bodies.
Because when we show up as our whole selves—our true selves, we show up as our full selves to ourselves, our God, our families, our communities, and our world. Being you from the inside out, taking back custody of your body, soul, and spirit... accepting where you are, and daring to take up space and be uniquely who you are wherever you are.
So who am I? My fondest memories were when I was alone reading + scribbling + coloring + sketching as a child and making care packages for my family + pen pals. Today, I am the post-menopause, beloved wombman that the little girl, Angie, fully embodied: an unashamedly curious, creative, dyslexic, on-the-spectrum, courageous, maverick-ministering soul.
Mohawkmomma Studio is dedicated to not only the legacy of my neurodiverse maverick soul + shalom, but I know the potency of the collective of maverick souls, untamed by status quo, therefore, the legacy includes you!
It delights me to align my sacred, God-given energy with my rhythmic humanity as I co-witness with you your rhythmic humanity. I harness that energy primarily through coloring + journaling, it invites us to get closer to ourselves + God + others on the pages of a journal or the pages of the heart not written by ink. Go deeper with the seasonal Soul Care Kit.
I also carry this sacred energy + imagination into motherhood with all of its twists + turns.
The empathic + maverick + wordsmith in me has always been highly allergic to small talk (my nervous system can not take it!).
I'm a fast thinker, but slow reader + speaker, but I'm a deep-thinking human fueled by sticky notes, journals, pens, and aphorisms, coming home to being a child-like co-creator, energy emcee, parishioner of peace, congregant of chocolate (AMEN for dark chocolate!), a mindful maverick momma, meditative muse, embodiment educator, daydreaming doula...
rest recipient + researcher, abundance ambassador + activist, intimacy impresario, advocate aficionado, beacon of belonging + belovedness, curious connoisseur, divine disruptor, sabbathing shepherd, soul care sommelier, an out-of-the-box oracle of God, and pleasure preacher proclaiming the good news of God’s flow through my femininity.
I seek + organize + discipline my life around the bliss and ecstasy of serendipity, and cyclical, rhythmic soul care. I'm more about rhythms than work-life balance because it's tied to an incoherence of freedom that fuels more rigidity than it does flow.
Therefore, I am well suited to awaken others on the SOULbriety path of a life-long welcome of noticing, nurturing, and embodying shalom-making through Sabbathing Rhythms.
It's all powered by: the Most High in the flow of the Holy Spirit (Ruach), Yeshua's (Jesus) liberating shepherding, my jubilant imagination, and ethically sourced/made dark chocolate (insert praise hands).
My personal: To embody a legacy of curious childlike wonder through nurturing shalom (wholeness, wellbeing, wealth).
My pastoral vision: To be a premier soul care destination + respite to amplify peace + play with childlike wonder through sacred feminine rhythms.
Grab My Bio:
The short version - Andrea (or Angie) Palmer is "Mohawkmomma." First and foremost—she is resting in shalom (peace, wholeness). Her highest priority: abiding in Love, Yeshua, the source of her shalom.
She is feminine, living art—welcoming her embodied shalom movements through journaling, nature walking, tending her garden, prophetic insights, poetic observations, post-menopause experiences, and serendipitous bliss wherever it can be encountered through her divinely-infused humanity.
She prefers to savor over scroll, as she awakens + welcomes others into audacious shalom-making through journaling + Sabbathing Rhythms (the alternation of rest + work-play).
As an empathic + maverick + wordsmith, she's highly allergic to small talk.
She's a neurodiverse momma of eight neurodiverse children on the earth and one in heaven (she also has bonus children), scribbler of poems, alliterations, prayers, and prose, wife of Keith for 20+ years, indie podcaster + publisher who creates and curates prophetic + pastoral soul care stationery and meditative liturgy.
She's a fast thinker, slow reader + speaker, but a deep-thinking human fueled by sticky notes, journals, pens, and aphorisms, awakened to coming home to being a child-like co-creator, energy emcee, parishioner of peace, congregant of chocolate (AMEN for dark chocolate!), mindful momma, meditative muse, embodiment educator, daydreaming doula, a sabbathing shepherd, soul care sommelier, and out-of-the-box oracle of God.
As a former women's pastor/director/retreat planner + speaker, she creates soul care spaces to welcome + awaken others to give TO themselves as much as they give OF themselves— wholeheartedly, courageously and creatively (without guilt). Many refer to her as Pastor Angie.
Her mission: To awaken the feminine soul in finding their “place in peace” (Exodus 18:23).
The long version: Andrea (or Angie) Palmer is "Mohawkmomma." She is also known to many as Pastor Angie. First and foremost—she is resting in shalom (peace, wholeness). Her highest priority is to abide in Love: Yeshua, the source of her shalom.
She is feminine, living art—welcoming her embodied shalom movements through journaling, nature walking, tending her garden, prophetic insights, poetic observations, post-menopause experiences, and serendipitous bliss wherever it can be encountered through her divinely-infused humanity.
She was born down South in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is the unofficial family historian who traces her roots to both her African + Native American ancestry. She emerged as the firstborn of seven from a family of entrepreneurs, herbalists, gardeners, prophets, preachers, poets, and psalmists. She aligns her feminine living, scribbling + speaking with liberating rest rhythms, personally + collectively.
As an empathic + maverick + wordsmith, she's highly allergic to small talk.
She's a neurodiverse momma of eight neurodiverse children on the earth and one in heaven (she also has bonus children), scribbler of poems, alliterations, prayers, and prose, wife of Keith for 20+ years, indie podcaster + publisher who creates and curates prophetic + pastoral soul care stationery, and meditative liturgy.
Although a fast thinker, she's a slow reader + speaker, she's a deep-thinking human fueled by sticky notes, journals, and pens. Aphorisms and alliterations awaken her imagination to no end.
Freedom looks like coming home to being a child-like co-creator, energy emcee, parishioner of peace, congregant of chocolate (AMEN for dark chocolate!), mindful momma, meditative muse, embodiment educator, daydreaming doula, a sabbathing shepherd, soul care sommelier, and out-of-the-box oracle of God.
As a former women's pastor/director/retreat planner + speaker, she creates soul care spaces to welcome + awaken others to give TO themselves as much as they give OF themselves— wholeheartedly, courageously and creatively (without guilt).
Her neuroaesthetic bliss + serendipitous moments are:
feeling the vibration of her thoughts + voice
seeking God's goodness in seeing nature's intelligence within her body and without
writing alliterations and making up acronyms (and redefining terms)
slowly reading + listening to audiobooks
listening without second-guessing herself
dangling her feet on a swing
all things chocolate: dark chocolate, hot chocolate, chocolate without sugar alcohols/lecithins/emulsifiers (basically, chocolate without all the crap!)
smiling at herself
coloring + doodling
sticky notes
nature, prayer walks
wearing funky earrings + glasses
burning candles/incense/diffusing essential oils
making smoothies
moon bathing
taking ceremonial, herbal baths
daydreaming
making + sipping herbal teas
personal + communal lament
taking naps + other sustainable practices
nerding out on the Scriptures and neuro research (all research, especially neuro stuff)
writing thank you notes (old school style)
watching documentaries and behind-the-scenes
vibin' on jazz, old school 80's and 90's Hip Hop, and the musical stylings of Aretha Franklin, Rachelle Ferrell, Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Shanny Zastrow, Alice and John Coltrane, Dorothy Ashby, Jon Batiste, Anita Baker, India Arie, Nina Simone, Jill Scott, Fatai, Chantae Cann, Toni Jones, Jonathan McReynolds, Ruby Amanfu, Peter Collins, Ben Potter, Lanell Grant and Lauryn Hill (to name a few).
DESIGNING. ILLUSTRATING. IMAGINING.
I'm the Creative Design Officer here at MMS. My name is Avelore, and I’m always wearing a pencil and a few flowers in my hair, and I’m never without a sketchbook. I find inspiration in nature, shapes, and colors, so I’m always designing.
Here, I wear a lot of hats.
I graduated from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale with an Associate’s degree in Fashion Design in 2018, so I bring my skills in concept and product design; color forecasting; photography; and graphics/illustration designing to the table.
And with Mohawmomma being my actual mom, that table is usually in our dining room!