by Michelle Lasley | Jun 14, 2018 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Food, Health, In the Home, The Balancing Act, The Green Life
My mother told me, when I was selling books door-to-door, to take my vitamins. I spent 20 minutes staring at the options in the aisle to the chagrin of my friend who I had just told, “I’ll be quick.” I had no idea what to buy. I had no idea what one...
by Michelle Lasley | May 31, 2018 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Food, Health, In the Home, Outside the Home, The Balancing Act, The Green Life
More than ten years ago I co-authored two green guides with a colleague. And, then she moved and I remained, and life kept coming. At that time, I had the itch to know more green stories. I am resurrecting a ten-year-old idea: the green interview to ask, “How...
by Michelle Lasley | Sep 5, 2016 | Blogging Before SEO, Food, The Balancing Act
My sister-in-law introduced it as another fine Yooper culinary treat. I had never heard of it. As a self-proclaimed Yooper (born, and raised until 8 when we moved to the land of trolls), I had only ever hard of and consumed pasties (not including the Polish food I...
by Michelle Lasley | Apr 7, 2016 | Blogging Before SEO, Food, Health, The Balancing Act
One of my favorite ways for getting the benefits of any oil in me is through internal use. When I started using the oils, I added orange oil to my water. At the time, I was locked into an 8:30 am – 5 pm desk job. I was a main point of contact, so my mobility was...
by Michelle Lasley | Apr 5, 2016 | Blogging Before SEO, Food, Health, The Balancing Act
Two full Whole 30 plans. The rest of the year was a loose 80/20 following, lowering our grain input, but not saying “no” to prohibited foods like Oreos when cravings arose. What does this mean? When we focused on eating right, managing stress, and getting...
by Michelle Lasley | May 12, 2015 | Blogging Before SEO, Food, Health, The Balancing Act, The Business Side
When I started the Whole 30, I started it as an experiment with my body. I started it to see if there was any reactions to food that I could weed out. I didn’t start the Whole 30 to see how I used food to confront emotions. In the third week of the challenge...