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  • Radical Acceptance: Moving Beyond Mom Guilt
    Introduction to Episode

    Erica Vaughn, fellow mom and essential oil educator, chats with Michelle about the upcoming theme of their jointly taught classes in the Portland Metro area. This year, their ongoing essential oil education is all about moving beyond mom guilt.

    Podcast Episode Summary

    Mom Guilt is something that can affect anyone who cares for another. Erica and Michelle share examples of when they have experienced and do experience mom guilt. They discuss ways in which they have recognized the phenomena and steps they have taken to transform from it. This naming inspired them to theme their essential oil continuing education classes around the theme, Radical Acceptance: Moving Beyond Mom Guilt.

    Be sure to email Michelle with your Mom Guilt story at [email protected].

    Some things that helped Erica and Michelle transform include:

    • Name that you are experiencing mom guilt.
    • An external source saying it’s okay to have boundaries.
    • Get older. Truly, age and maturity help.
    • Use your essential oils.
    • Create rituals to support the life you want.

    • Quotables
      • Name the thing [because] you can’t effectively address a thing until you name it.
      • Someone else giving you permission to do (or not) a thing…
      • A boundary is where you end and I begin.
      • No is a complete sentence.

      • Recommended Resources
        • Interview with Laura Rowe
        • Safe People, by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
        • Boundaries Books
        • Henry Cloud and John Townsend
        • Introducing Mom Guilt, January 23 class 
        • Essential Oil Continuing Education Eventbrite

        • For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com.

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          42 min
        • Interview with Laura Rowe
          Introduction to Episode

          Laura and Michelle discuss women, empaths, human consciousness, the number 13, and most importantly - co-creating our world into one we all want.

          Podcast Episode Summary

          Laura and Michelle begin discussing what is an empath, how people become or are empaths. They continue weaving in co-creation, stopping the pendulum, and other thought topics. Get inspired about co-creating a new feature with this episode!

          Quotables

          “An empath is someone who has the ability to feel other people’s feelings.”

          4 Ways to Become an Empath

          1. Biological
          2. Genetic
          3. From a happy household with the instruction to think about other people
          4. Trauma-based childhood

          5. Boundaries exist and you can use them. “A boundary is where I end and where you begin.”

            “Our aura is about three feet all around you.”

            Top 3 things about being an empath

            1. Bullshit meter 
            2. Depth when examining life and seeing connections 
            3. Explore things in a holistic way 

            4. “Frigg’s Day, Freya’s Day, Venus’ Day” … “Yea, Female’s Day.”

              Recommended Resources
              • Alpha’s, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183865/?ref_=lgn_fn_al_nm_2a 
              • The Vital Spirit, https://thevitalspirit.net 
              • Instagram, @thethrivingempath
              • Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/thevitalspirit/ 
              • Sacred Commerce, https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/sacred-commerce/19404415/all-editions/ 
              • ThriftBooks plug: https://www.thriftbooks.com/share/?code=0hcLPcATBPZ7kl7jB%252b3X6g%253d%253d 
              • New Renaissance Bookshop, https://www.newrenbooks.com 

              • For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com.

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                35 min
              • Happy New Year! This is an invitation for my grace, your purpose, and joy.
                Introduction to Episode

                Michelle discusses going into 2020 with grace, purpose, and joy.

                < h1 >Podcast Episode Summary

                Listen as we discuss why it’s important to show up with grace, have purpose, and show up in joy. Need more purpose or joy, there’s an invitation at the end to join Michelle for a 3-day workshop on visioning.

                < h1 >Recommended Resources

                2020 visioning retreat: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/74243639725.

                Don’t forget the code: VISION2020.

                One on one joy sessions: https://michellelasley.as.me/oneononejoy .

                For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com.

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                13 min
              • Merry Christmas!
                Introduction to Episode

                Take a listen to various traditions around Christmas as we celebrate the hope of new light.

                Podcast Episode Summary

                Michelle asked friends to share their Christmas traditions. Hear from some written reports and a few who shared their traditions in their own voice.

                Recommended Resources

                For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com.

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                12 min
              • An Interview with Lacey Beaty, Candidate for Beaverton’s Next Mayor
                Introduction to Episode
                In episode 7, Michelle and Lacey sit down and discuss her campaign for mayor, how she got here, why it’s so important for women to run in politics and her plans for change in Beaverton. She describes some of her recent projects and her passion for engaged community members.
                Podcast Episode Summary
                Lacey Beaty shares with Michelle the importance of service, the loneliness in serving in the army. She discusses what it's like to serve in politics with no young people, and certainly no moms. And, she expresses how she is actively working to change that landscape. Lacey is a mom with an active-duty military partner working to normalizing the process of women and mothers serving in politics. She also discusses systemic issues women face running for politics.
                Quotables
                “I knew one day I wouldn’t be a political spectator, I would get into policy.”
                “[Working moms] bring a different perspective to policy making.”
                “Emerge gave me a network of other women who want to change the world.”
                “Every time a woman gets elected, it normalizes the process and makes it easier for another woman to run.”
                “I believe that people who work in our community deserve to thrive and live here too.”
                Recommended Resources
                See Lacey’s platform and support her at www.beatyforbeaverton.com.
                Learn how to run your own campaign at Emerge Oregon (https://or.emergeamerica.org).
                Learn more about the City of Beaverton (https://www.beavertonoregon.gov)
                Check out the family support Family Forward Oregon (https://www.familyforwardaction.org) wants to create.
                For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com.
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                31 min
              • Interview with Maree Bento
                Introduction to Episode

                In today’s episode, you host Michelle Lasley interviews a practitioner of healing and mystical arts, Maree Bento.

                Podcast Episode Summary

                Michelle and Maree discuss tarot, oracle decks, accessing your intuition, and Maree’s current projects. Maree has created the Antiquarian Tarot Deck. Her current project is the Divine Muses Oracle Deck, and her future project is an oracle deck on the inner child. Michelle and Maree play a little and both pull from the decks they have on their desks, which is a great reminder of how they both studied Art History.

                This episode works to demystify the Occult and really shares how amazing it would be if we all had deeper access to our own intuition.

                Quotables
                • “I believe that we are all intuitive, as children, we all have this ability to connect with source.”
                • “Listen to what comes through.”
                • “Occult, all it means is hidden … Christians … don’t understand that they created the myth of the devil… It’s really not scary; it’s just unknown. That’s what occult means.”
                • “All this stuff… that’s mystical… [they are] just tools for self-development… a way for us to reflect back at us information we already know.”

                • Recommended Resources
                  Maree’s Links

                  To learn more about Maree check out her website, her oracle deck, and her instagram!

                  • divineMuses.net, https://www.divinemuses.net
                  • The Divine Muses Oracle Deck, https://www.divinemuses.net/store/p6/divine-muses-oracle.html
                  • IG: @divineMuses, https://www.instagram.com/divinemuses/

                  • For more information discussed, check out the following
                    • Akashic Record, http://www.akashicrecordsofsouls.com
                    • Occult, https://witchcraftandwitches.com/magic-magick/related-occultism/
                    • Rider Waite Tarot Deck, https://www.usgamesinc.com/Rider-Waite-Tarot-Card-Deck.html
                    • The Toth Deck, https://www.gaia.com/article/aleister-crowleys-thoth-tarot-an-esoteric-primer
                    • Theresa Pridemore, The Sovereign Spirit, https://www.sovereignspirit.biz
                    • Phillip Pullman, His Dark Materials, The Golden Compass, https://www.philip-pullman.com/hdm

                    • For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com.

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                      37 min
                    • Interview with Cheryl DeClerque
                      Introduction to Episode

                      Michelle sits down with friend and colleague, Cheryl DeClercque. Cheryl is a virtual marketing assistant, mom to four, wife, and lives in the Pacific Northwest.

                      Podcast Episode Summary

                      In episode 5, Michelle interviews friend and colleague, Cheryl DeClercque. Cheryl is a mom of four and virtual marketing assistant. In this interview, the women discuss boundaries, setting expectations, and navigating family while pursuing career goals.

                      “It’s never too early to get help.”

                      “[Hiring a virtual assistant] will give you time and energy to focus on what you want to focus on and not be bogged down and feeling overwhelmed with those little tiny tasks.”

                      “Create content, create good content.”

                      Recommended Resources

                      Visit Cheryl on the web (https://pnwvirtual.com) or connect with her on LInkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryldeclercque/).

                      Cheryl’s Program Recommendations
                      • Wordpress: https://wordpress.org
                      • Elegant Themes, Divi: https://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/
                      • ConvertKit: https://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/
                      • ActiveCampaign: https://www.activecampaign.com
                      • Trello: https://trello.com
                      • Financial Peace University: https://www.daveramsey.com/fpu

                      • See Michelle in person at her workshop on Joy. “Joyful, Mindful & Munchies” still has tickets available! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/82289288477

                        For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com.

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                        38 min
                      • December Essential Oil Specials
                        Introduction to Episode

                        Michelle Lasley discusses three essential oil specials for the month of December.

                        Podcast Episode Summary

                        In this episode we discuss how to get Clove, Melissa, and Frankincense at a reduced cost or free. Michelle also briefly explains the emotional and physical properties of each.

                        Recommended Resources

                        To learn more about Clove, visit: https://doterra.me/No7sajpi.

                        To learn more about Melissa, visit: https://doterra.me/XhvBbCvN.

                        To learn more about Frankincense, visit: https://doterra.me/rXRQD9Lp

                        For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com.

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                        5 min
                      • Happy Thanksgiving and Introducing Interviews

                        In this episode Michelle Lasley discusses joy, why it’s important, and how to bring a gratitude practice into your days in order to live more in joy. She also describes how some upcoming episodes will work with interviews.

                        Recommended Resources

                        Email [email protected] for a list of references regarding Joy and why it’s important.

                        If you are interested in being interviewed on this podcast, please go to https://michellelasley.as.me/podcastinterview and find time on Michelle’s calendar.

                        For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com.

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                        8 min
                      • Essential Oils and a Toxic Free Home

                        Michelle Lasley explains more about the motivations of this podcast, Balance Shared, through the lens of using essential oils in the home. She discusses some basics on how they remove toxins, why you would want a clean home, and added benefits.

                        Recommended Resources
                        • 29 Uses of Vinegar: https://michellelasley.com/2019/11/29-ways-to-use-vinegar-in-your-home/
                        • Homemade Weed Killer (with Vinegar): https://michellelasley.com/2008/09/homemade-weed-killer/
                        • How can I clean my home naturally? https://michellelasley.com/2008/06/how-can-i-clean-my-home-naturally/
                        • Life of Toxicity: https://michellelasley.com/2017/10/life-of-toxicity/

                        • For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com.

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                          10 min

                        About Balance Shared

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                        Michelle Lasley believes to heal our world, we need to heal women. She focuses on teaching inner healing through joy, time management, and knowing yourself.