Mikyla Limpkin
Nice to meet you
I'm Mikyla
I trained as a Product Designer but spent my career developing projects with and for communities, always aiming to improve the most lives. My most treasured role is as a mother, and my outlook towards everyone is maternal. I have had a long and varied life, with times of great challenge, but through it all I have collected some very valuable lived experiences.
My Approach
I blend storytelling, coaching, neuroscience and spirituality.
The creative path to the book
As a child I loved to draw and write stories and moved into journalism and filmmaking, but it was working with people and building the strength of communities that motivated me. However, it was trauma that sent me on the deep dive of researching and experimenting with how to love and be loved. Today I write, I draw, dance, seek joy, love and am loved.
Drawing and telling stories
As a child I loved to draw and write stories.
Learning how ideas take shape
I trained in product design, then moved into journalism and filmmaking.
Working with communities
It was working with people and building the strength of communities that truly motivated me.
The research deep dive
Trauma sent me on a deep dive. I read, observed, experimented, learnt, designed, tested and designed again.
Indigo Violet arrives
Then I was given a box of inks. I began doodling and out climbed Indigo Violet, the essence of my bestie and the mischievous guide I needed.
Words, worksheets and 130 drawings
I brought together stories, prompts, worksheets, chapter summaries and 130 drawings. I wanted the book to be useful, inviting and easy to return to.
How to Love and Be Loved is published
How to Love and Be Loved became a finished 276-page paperback, published by The Company of Smiles Ltd.
Beyond the book
Speaking and sharing ideas
I'm also a public speaker. I share the ideas behind the book with groups and organisations, talking about overwhelm, connection and ways to make information easier to take in.
Creative HEAD magazine featured my work in an article about the book, its approach to overwhelm and why I designed it with neurodiversity in mind.
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