Tammy Chouinard

09/09/2026

When God/Love made Me,
He/Love made you too,
He/Love said We are Good,
I believe Him/Love,
Do You?
💖

As cliche as it sounds, all healing begins with self love; knowing and feeling our goodness and worth.

Heartbreakingly, far too many of us simply don't have this self love and live entire lives making decisions without its great energy to protect us.

The results are devastating.

I came to love myself very, very slowly and with much trepidation because, in my own mind, I wasn't worthy. I'd made too many poor decisions. I had drank too much. I had been too angry. I never finished anything. I had so many things to hate about myself. But, then LOVE showed up it was like a soft summer rain washing over me every time I was overcome with shame or doubt and, before long, I felt that Love radiate in and through me all the time.

This painting, When God Made Me, is that story and it's a complex one, as you can see.

LOVE shows up different in all our lives and is ever-present and ready to embrace you with all It has 💖

No matter how you come to your spiritual practices or whether you have any at all, when LOVE steps in...everything changes, because it is WHAT we are made of, for and by.

We are Made for the Garden 💖

If you are. struggling with chronic pain and other symptoms like anxiety, depression, fatigue...I would love to help you find your way back to this deep and abiding self love that will HEAL you.

Find our more here: www.tammychouinard.com

09/08/2026

It is truly hard to believe we are IN September! My mornings on the porch swing are getting chillier by the day, but boy do I love this time of year. My friend YOGA by Sara Great Lakes State of Mind keeps using the word COZY when she shares her upcoming classes (check her out!) and each time she does, I feel ALL the warmth and joy of this season in my bones 🔥 It TRULY is a COZY time of year. Thanks to Sara for helping me to really FEEL it. 💖 Good teachers make us feel safe enough to REALLY feel and I love her for that. What a gift to our community!

This week I will be at Mo Coco's Coffee TWICE ☕☕💖☕☕

~Wednesday @ Noon for $5 chair yoga

~Sunday from 12-2 for a Mixed Media class called The Perfect Day project where we explore how creativity fuels healing chronic pain! Cost is $25

🔥 Saturday, Sept 19 @ 7pm Garden Fire gathering for Women 🔥

PRIVATE SESSIONS: I work with folks one on one to heal chronic pain, anxiety and depression. You can find out all the details here: www.tammychouinard.com

Sending Love to all on a healing journey today and always💖

09/01/2026

I will be at Mo Coco's Coffee every other week teaching Chair Yoga! I'd love to see you there!

🧘‍♀️✨ CHAIR YOGA IS COMING TO MO COCO’S! ✨🧘‍♂️

Looking for a gentle way to move, stretch, and take a little time for yourself? Join us every Wednesday at noon for a beginner-friendly Chair Yoga class! 🌿

This will be a very gentle class, making it a great option for beginners or anyone looking for a relaxing way to incorporate movement into their day.

🗓️ Every Wednesday
⏰ 12:00 PM
💵 $5 drop-in fee
Gentle & beginner-friendly

Who’s going to join us? 💚 Please comment below if you plan to attend so we can make sure we have enough seating ready for everyone!

Grab a friend, take a midday break, and come stretch with us! ☕🧘‍♀️

09/01/2026

Come on now, you know it is true. Doing NOTHING is sometimes the ONLY thing we need 💖

Move into NOTHING with great love and intent and see what happens!

09/01/2026

One of the most helpful steps I took when coming to learn and understand my chronic pain symptoms was to create a list of every pain or symptom I could remember having in life. A Neurosurgeon I was working with offered the suggestion. Then, after the list was made, he told me to consider the life events around the pain/symptom. Without exception, every pain/symptom had happened during a stressful event.

The pain we experience in our bodies is caused by either a physical or an emotional injury. Physical injuries heal quickly. I've had two knee replacements and have watched the miraculous process. It is mind blowing.

Emotional injury is a little more tricky though. These wounds are deep and so is the pain. The healing is slow, but it does come. I've healed so many chronic symptoms (including severe depression and anxiety) with simple practices that change how we view our pain.

If you hurt in your body, I'd love to help.

Home page of Made for the Garden Healing Home Studio. Tammy Chouinard- trauma informed artist and yoga teacher

08/31/2026

Are you a woman looking for connection with other women who love being outdoors and in nature...who love FIRE? 🔥💖🔥

I am doing my best to build a community of female friends here in my new home in mid MI and I am far more comfortable around a fire than out at a bar or loud restaurant. I'm looking for meaningful conversations with gals who love talking quantum physics, religion, politics...while also laughing and joking till you p*e. I love fun, lightheartedness and play and am looking for friends who seek the same 💖

If you love to dance and sing or play an instrument, that would be super cool too. 🥰 All are welcome.

I hope you come 💖

08/27/2026

While I am no blonde bombshell, Dolly and I do share the same spirit 💖

God, S*x and Music (she later added food!) = LIFE 🥰

Life is so much more simple when we embrace the gifts God has given us- ones that are both in us and all around!

The tears just keep coming feeling this great loss.

What a soul.
What a soul.
What a soul.

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08/25/2026

Merrill's own little coffee shop ~ Mo CoCo's~ has the BEST space for gathering and creating.

Gathering and creating are both great tools to relieve stress and heal chronic pain and have been instrumental in my own journey to heal chronic pain.

Come learn and heal 💖

www.tammychouinard.com

08/23/2026

It took me years to develop a love of Self and, when it happened, everything in my life changed.

I FREAKING LOVE BEING ME 💖

Without deep self love, we become unwilling to even look in the mirror or our hearts and minds.

Without deep self love, we tolerate all sorts of harmful people and circumstances.

Without deep self love, we succumb to others instead of ourselves.

Without deep self love, we are never able to realize our own potential.

I have 3 daughters, 3 granddaughters and 6 grandsons and my ONE hope is that they learn to LOVE themselves so much that they protect themselves in the way LOVE does, with care and tenderness.

If you lack self love, you are likely struggling in one or more areas in life and it's not a quick fix, I know. Decades of self loathing feels so real and so right, but it is the greatest LIE you will ever believe. It's also a wall that keeps a the beautiful Life you deserve from you.

If you are ready to step out of self hate and into SELF LOVE, I'd love to be a help. The work I do as a trauma informed artist and yoga teacher compels people to remember who they are and what they are made for, the Garden (this beautiful planet) and all the good things in it. Nature and one another. This simple realization and mindset shift can change everything.

My hair is short right now because I gave myself a real bad haircut a few months back.😁 For a minute I felt that "ohmygodiamsohideouswithoutmyhair" feeling, but then remembered how much I love Me and that I am beautiful with or without hair.

This is what it is to Love Self. 🥰

www.tammychouinard.com