25/08/2026
Margaret Floy Washburn was the first woman to earn a PhD in psychology in the US, back in 1894 at a time when some universities wouldn’t even allow women to enrol.
One of the ideas she became known for was the connection between movement and thought. Her work proposed that thinking wasn’t completely separate from what our bodies were doing; movement was part of the process.
Which I LOVE when it comes to sitting in front of a blank canvas.
It’s also a big part of why we created my free 15-Minute Painter Guide, 30 prompts to give you somewhere to start when you want to paint but don’t quite know what to do.
Free via the link in the bio 🎨
