Body Philosophy

🚨Giveaway Alert!

While you wouldn't know it by the weather, we are already a month into spring and quickly headed towards Mother's Day! I acknowledge Mother's Day can be a tricky time for some, myself included. At the same time I want to shout out all of those who are moms, stepmothers, mother figures, and animal moms and celebrate you all where I can.

This year, I am giving away two Mother's Day gifts.
🌸The first is my favorite trio of essential oils (lavender, lemon, and peppermint)and a tin of wildflower calm balm [valued at $43 from Plant Therapy]. 🌼The second are four of my favorite face oils [YoungerGlow, Vitamin C serum, Restorative, and Frankincense/Argan - all from Plant Therapy, valued at $74]. If you'd like a chance to win one of these gifts for you, for your mom, or anyone you love and appreciate as a mother figure, you can post a photo, a story about motherhood, or a memory below in the comments for an entry. You can check out mine in the comments 👇🏽

Feel free to tag someone you think might want a chance to win one of these gifts and I will give you a second entry just for tagging them! If they also leave a Mother's Day anecdote, they too will be entered and have a chance to tag someone else to enter as well.

You have until May 2nd at noon to make an entry and I will put all entries into an electronic randomizer and draw two winners on May 3rd. Winners can pick up your winnings the week of May 4th from the studio. *Local pick up only, no shipping. You do not have to be a client to enter.

See you soon!
-Michelle

One final thank you to everyone who participated in our companion animal food supply drive benefiting Captain Dave's Pet Pantry !

Your support this year has meant the world to them. Our last delivery will go out to them this week. 🫶🏽🥰

Y'all did it again!
Peep the newest batch of amazing donations you all brought for Captain Dave's Pet Pantry 🤩
They will receive it today and put it to use keeping local pet's bellies full 🙌
There is still time to donate until the end of February at your next appointment. I will reach out to remind you about it if you are scheduled for a wax or if you booked the "special" winter charitable massage. I've said it before and I will say it again: I have the WORLD'S BEST CLIENTS 😃

Thank you, thank you, thank you.
-Michelle

Well, I wish I were reporting that its "hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk" today 🍳, but with the impending polar vortex, this announcement is more of a curate's egg🥚:

Firstly, I am excited to announce the return of the 90 minute massage! It will be available to book starting March 1st and beyond! You can continue to book the 70 minute service that everyone is currently enjoying, too. I am also making available a 30 minute massage (designed for those needing to target a specific problem) where the client benefits from coming in more often for shorter bursts of time.

The less pleasant news is that a price increase is coming. In a time where everything seems to be costing more and more, I am certainly feeling that as a business owner as well (mainly due to rising insurance costs, some increases with certain supplies, and yearly rent increases). Beginning March 1st, the new costs for massages will be as outlined in the attached menu and all waxing services will raise $2 each as well. As always, you still get:

☑️16+ years of experience in the industry
☑️A body positive visit in a welcoming and inclusive environment
☑️No credit card fees or surcharges
☑️Prices around 20% less than competitors of the same caliber
☑️A gratuity-free checkout experience

Body Philosophy only exists because of the clients who choose us for their wellness and self-care needs. This is never lost on me. Every day I step foot into my studio, I thank the universe for just how lucky I am to get to work with each of you. Y'all are an amazing blessing in my life. Thank you 🫶

-Michelle

Look at the amazing donations you all brought in this first little stretch of our charitable campaign benefiting Captain Dave's Pet Pantry! I am going to drop this first batch of items off on Monday!

If you're an existing massage client, don't forget you can book the special charitable service and bring companion animal food of any size, brand or value and contribute that way or if you're a waxing client, you can take $5 off any wax service by bringing a donation as well! This will continue through January and February.

I truly have THE WORLDS BEST CLIENTS ✨️🫶🏽🐕

Much love,

Michelle

I was surprised and honored to find out that Body Philosophy was the highest rated waxing facility in Outagamie County in 2025 based on Google reviews verified through Business Rate (tabulated each November).

We have built something really special here by being exactly who we are; a welcoming and inclusive, safe, respectful, body positive and experienced destination for esthetics, specifically body hair removal. We strive daily to give the service we would want to receive and our clients often go out of their way to leave Google reviews.

I am incredibly grateful to each of you for continuing to recommend us and for your loyalty to Body Philosophy over the years!

We adore you 🫶🏽😃✨️

Also a special thank you to Kendra for being a huge part of our 2023-2025 successes.

As always, it has been the honour of a lifetime to be able to work with each of you in 2025. There are no words that could accurately express how lucky and blessed I feel to be running a business where I get to interact with amazing people every day, doing something I truly enjoy, while simultaneously bringing home a paycheck that seems nearly effortless because of what each of you bring to my life. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I would like to end the year with a playlist of 26 songs that I have curated for y'all with the highest intentions for love and goodness in 2026. I am releasing it early because I feel that listening to it before heading out to travel or see family (which can be very difficult for many) or to unwind and heal from those interactions, could help transport you to another place or help provide you a peaceful, grounding, or empowering moment.

You can click here to listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/71eOv4hhwhgKZJoYNdMEOC?si=2aIOCLNZRcO7wcd1E9-jaA

Otherwise, I have the songs listed for you to check out below;

Hymn of Healing - Beautiful Chorus
I Release Control - Alexa Sunshine Rose
That's a Them Problem - Terry Kaye, Jamison Bethea
Sacred Stones - Sheila Chandra
Abundance - Lisbeth Scott
Eternal Sunshine - Jhene Aiko
Gayatri Mantra - Deva Premal
Energy Budget - Tori Jones
Blessed We Are - Peia
Drunk on Myself - Anees
Pachamama - Beautiful Chorus
So Ham (I am) - Vidua Barrios
Lokah Samastha - Jane Winther
Lagan Love - Sheila Chandra
Inner Peace - Beautiful Chorus
Grandmothersphere - East Forest
Thrive - Anees
Ho'oponopono - The Emmit Sisters
I am Everything - Beautiful Chorus
Be Like Water - Lo Wolf
Divine Surrendering - Doe Paoro
Hold Yourself - Jai Chand + Grayson
Koyangwuti - Deya Dova
Stardust - Savanna
Ho'oponopono (108 times) - Modern Headspace
I am surrounded by Love - Beautiful Chorus

*I have two additional songs in the comments that are a little more edgy but could be useful after a stressful interaction.

With love, gratitude, peace and a reminder of your inner goodness - Om Shanti (ॐ शान्तिः),

-Michelle 🫶

Wishes for all of Life's Goodness: 2026 Playlist · Michelle · 26 items

LAST MINUTE OPENINGS TODAY 🍂🍁

Happy Monday! Due to an unexpected cancelation in my calendar, I have the following opportunities for self-care open today offered to y'all at 20% off!

2:00PM - 70 Minute Swedish Massage or any body areas we can wax in 70 minutes or less.

3:50 PM - 40 Minute upper-body Swedish Massage or anything we can wax in 40 Minutes or less

4:30PM - Anything we can wax in 40 Minutes or less

To reserve this time for you, simply DM or text 920-460-9920.

Warmly,

Michelle

"Your body is not your masterpiece — your life is.

It is suggested to us a million times a day that our BODIES are PROJECTS. They aren’t. Our lives are. Our spirituality is. Our relationships are. Our work is.

Stop spending all day obsessing, cursing, perfecting your body like it’s all you’ve got to offer the world. Your body is not your art, it’s your paintbrush. Whether your paintbrush is a tall paintbrush or a thin paintbrush or a stocky paintbrush or a scratched up paintbrush is completely irrelevant. What is relevant is that YOU HAVE A PAINTBRUSH which can be used to transfer your insides onto the canvas of your life — where others can see it and be inspired and comforted by it.

Your body is not your offering. It’s just a really amazing instrument which you can use to create your offering each day. Don’t curse your paintbrush. Don’t sit in a corner wishing you had a different paintbrush. You’re wasting time. You’ve got the one you got. Be grateful, because without it you’d have nothing with which to paint your life’s work. Your life’s work is the love you give and receive — and your body is the instrument you use to accept and offer love on your soul’s behalf. It’s a system.

We are encouraged to obsess over our instrument’s SHAPE — but our body’s shape has no effect on it’s ability to accept and offer love for us. Just none. Maybe we continue to obsess because as long we keep wringing our hands about our paintbrush shape, we don’t have to get to work painting our lives. Stop fretting. The truth is that all paintbrush shapes work just fine — and anybody who tells you different is trying to sell you something. Don’t buy. Just paint.

No wait — first, stop what you are doing and say THANK YOU to your body — right now. Say THANK YOU to your eyes for taking in the beauty of sunsets and storms and children blowing out birthday candles and say THANK YOU to your hands for writing love letters and opening doors and stirring soup and waving to strangers and say THANK YOU to your legs for walking you from danger to safety and climbing so many mountains for you.

Then pick up your instrument and start painting this day beautiful and bold and wild and free and YOU. "

-Glennon Doyle