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The Luminaries

by Michelle Lasley | Dec 21, 2018 | One a Day, Post a Day 2018, Relationships, Society at Large, The Balancing Act, The Business Side

C 2002 or 2003, Me, in my Petulant Early 20s They say, and I have observed this to be true, the older you get the less you know. I had a lot of petulant confidence in my early twenties. Though I have always had a penchant for understanding the grey areas of life, I...

Post Event Recap

by Michelle Lasley | Dec 5, 2018 | One a Day, Post a Day 2018, Relationships, Society at Large, The Balancing Act, The Business Side

For the fourth year in a row, I have sold my wares at the Essential Wellness Holiday Bazaar. This bazaar caters to the essential oil community, which proves a pretty good platform to sell my essential oil holders. In other venues, people tend to scratch their...

Apple Feedback

by Michelle Lasley | Dec 1, 2018 | The Balancing Act

I have an iPhone 6. I bought it when it launched 4 years ago. I upgraded from a 4s, which I had purchaed about a few months after the launch. I don’t mind buying tech new, with the hope that it will have the longest life with me. You see, we are the type...

Reframe the Behavior

by Michelle Lasley | Nov 28, 2018 | Blog, Family, Health, Motherhood, One a Day, Parenting, Post a Day 2018, The Balancing Act

“Kids do well if they can,” Dr. Ross Greene My kid is pretty clever, spends too much time on screens that we don’t adequately regulate, scores average or above average on standardized tests, is generally liked by his peers, and still doesn’t...

Your Kids’ Pajamas

by Michelle Lasley | Nov 5, 2018 | Blog, Family, Health, Motherhood, One a Day, Post a Day 2018, Relationships, Society at Large, The Balancing Act, The Green Life

Encased in chemicals. Endocrine disrupting chemicals. That is your kids’ pajamas. And, if you are my age, my pajamas as a kid too. I don’t often truly understand the Chemical Life we live. How those 80,000 approved chemicals truly affect my – our...

Not Blacking Out

by Michelle Lasley | Sep 30, 2018 | Family, One a Day, Post a Day 2018, Relationships, Society at Large, The Balancing Act

I received a few requests by Facebook messenger last night to “black out” my profile. The last one I received was just a few weeks prior, and before that maybe a year. The thinking is that women, in solidarity, will simply black out their profile picture...