Balance Shared

Balance Shared

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Balance Shared episodes

  • Discovering your life’s purpose with Finn Lambourn
    Introduction to Episode

    Finn is a corporate dropout looking to co-create the future. After finding they were physically shutting down because of a stressful corporate job, they decided to switch to a path of discovery. That discovery has led to really assessing their impact on the environment and sharing a vision with the world.

    This episode is marked explicit for the name of a poem at the end called the D#ckless Unite.

    Podcast Episode Summary

    Finn and I discuss sustainability, concepts of enough, working on our discovery. I love talking big ideas with my guests, and Finn is no exception. We dive into tenets of Christianity, ways of communication, and ultimately, an invitation to co-create a future of collaboration.

    Quotables
    Wilderness Way Pillars
    • Shalom: work for justice and create peace in our environment.
  • Jubilee: the belief we can free ourselves from debt, poverty, wealth.
  • Sabbath: making sure we make sure we rest.

    • Non-Violent Communication
    • State how you feel about a thing
  • Observe and name the situation
  • Name the feeling that comes out and link it to your need
  • Make a request

    • The Skills of Loving
    • Seeing - seeing others and being seen by others as we actually are
  • Hearing - speak and hear others truths and our own
  • Responding to Needs
  • Having Goodwill
  • Honoring Everyone’s Experience

    • These are great tools for giving common language to groups.

    Top 5 things of self-discovery
    1. Take an inventory of what you have, need, and want
  • Find some sabbath time
  • Get out in nature
  • Find others on the journey as well, your community
  • Connection with the sacred

    • Recommended Resources
    • Interview with Laura Rowe, https://michellelasley.com/2020/01/laura-rowe-an-interview/
  • My New Year’s Resolution Episode, https://michellelasley.com/2020/01/happy-new-year/
  • Marie Forleo Everything is Figureoutable, https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/everything-is-figureoutable_marie-forleo/26368655/#isbn=0525534997
  • Wilderness Way, http://www.wildernesswaypdx.org
  • Ecotopia (https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/ecotopia-the-notebooks-and-reports-of-william-weston_ernest-callenbach/252922/#isbn=0553136232) and Ecotopia Emerging (https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/ecotopia-emerging_ernest-callenbach/345888/#isbn=0960432035)
  • Non-Violent Communication, https://www.cnvc.org
  • Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/big-magic-creative-living-beyond-fear_elizabeth-gilbert/9354312/#isbn=1594634726
  • The Frugalwoods, https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/meet-the-frugalwoods-achieving-financial-independence-through-simple-living_elizabeth-willard-thames/18021792/#isbn=0062668137

    • To reserve space at Magdalena Acres, email [email protected] with the subject “Retreat at Whidbey Island”. Magdalena’s website will be forthcoming.

    Contact Finn [email protected] with the subject “Balance Shared” to discuss more theology, sustainability, and learn about Magdalena Acres.

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

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    35 min
  • Grace by way of grief

    Introduction to Episode

    My late sister’s 42 birthday. Celebrating those who’ve passed and some tips to manage your grief.

    Podcast Episode Summary

    We are in an unprecedented time. We keep saying this. And, today’s episode coincides with my late sister’s birthday. She would have been 42. I still feel grief over her passing.

    Given that today is mixed with our stay-at-home orders and all that life has brought us, I wanted to share a few things. Some thoughts from the show “Dead to Me”, an article in the Huffington Post, and some tips from various sources.

    Quotables

    “You survived! Now go out and find the reason why.”

    “It’s like you have a choice. You can down with the ship or you grab a fucking life raft, and you hold on…”

    Recommended Resources

    • Dead to Me, Season 2, episode 3: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8064302/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
    • This Huff Post article explores commonalities from the HIV epidemic and today and offers guidance and hope: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aids-epidemic-covid-19-pandemic_n_5eb441ccc5b6b92917060e77?fbclid=IwAR1e-ejlF4G3F5CYfb0B8QxRhevi1fW3LmPKD28Ae1RzeUCLXHE16tGZ0Kc&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFjZWJvb2suY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKDMUzpD5cEY-W77hzr5kwNiJKxmBm6-ibVrzKLV4VkvzE9dqJJdQBxsmuPVeN7u8UP_s4QvE1qKW_m2LE6VAopJBG_SeYVvp-tm7rKsk3o8h0BRfPg8-AVj_gEW5nSN5F2DC-JS2rRUizlNr3b1K2F-CVwxygv4qb_ZObI_9C_g
    • https://www.nhpco.org/patients-and-caregivers/grief-and-loss/the-grief-experience/types-of-grief-and-loss/
    • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/between-the-generations/201904/4-types-grief-nobody-told-you-about
    • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4018291/
    • https://www.hov.org/media/1062/72877why_do_i_feel_guilty.pdf
    • https://www.grief.org.au/uploads/uploads/Rosemary-Branch-Autumn-2014.pdf
    • https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

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

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      12 min
    • From Air Force to Retired, and not even 50, an interview with Misty Gremaud

      Introduction to Episode

      My guest today is Misty Gremaud, currently serving as PTA mom. Misty started her career in the air force to travel, to see the world. And, it was an adventure that led her through her 20s, 30s, and to retirement at 44. We discuss her path and next step aspirations.

      Podcast Episode Summary

      I wanted to chat with Misty because she does some interesting things, shares non-traditional roles with her husband, and has some fun stories. So, we talked about her journey from high school to air force to retirement. We discussed who cleans and cooks what, and of course, her fasciation with yoga.

      Misty makes 9-16 almost quarts per week. Farm Fresh Eggs.

      Top 5 ice cream flavors:

      1. Classic vanilla
      2. Cookie dough
      3. Lemon lavender
      4. Peppermint with doTERRA peppermint oil
      5. Coffee ice-cream

        6. The most off-the wall ice cream is pickled beet!

        We ended our conversation with Misty encouraging everyone to do two things, but my technology ate one. The invitation that was eaten was a call to travel. Go explore, go do something outside of your norm. And, also, do the other thing, which is push yourself outside your comfort zone.

        Quotables

        • “9/11 changed everything.”
        • “You make friends who become your family.”
        • “I’m the ice cream pusher.”

          • Recommended Resources

          • DIY Vanilla Extract: https://michellelasley.com/2020/05/100-pure-vanilla-extract/
          • How to Talk About Race > So You Want to Talk About Race: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35099718-so-you-want-to-talk-about-race
          • Home Hot Yoga: https://www.homehotyoga.com

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

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            40 min
          • Beltaine Pontifications

            Introduction to Episode

            In this episode, I discuss Beltaine - a pagan fire festival. I share some things I have noticed over the seasons, what makes this time of year different from others, where we came from, and what we can look forward to. I also bring up the aspect of the God and Goddess and as it relates to this time.

            Recommended Resources

            • Alexander, Sky. The Modern Guide to Witchcraft: Your Complete Guide to Witches, Covens & Spells. © 2014, Adams Media an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., Avon, MA.
            • Lister, Lisa. Witch: Unleashed. Untamed. Unapologetic. © 2017. Hay House, London, UK.
            • Llewellyn’s 2020 Sabbats Almanac. © 2019. Llewellyn’s Worldwide Ltd., Woodbury, MN.
            • Starhawk, Diane Baker, and Anne Hill. Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions. © 1998, Bantam Books, New York, NY.

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

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              12 min
            • A discussion of immersive art with Cheri Riznyk

              Introduction to Episode

              My guest today is my friend Cheri Riznyk. We dive deep into the world of imagination discussing how she creates magical worlds for kids to perform. Oh, and she does improv, but you’ll have to wait for season 2 to hear more about that.

              Podcast Episode Summary

              Cheri has been a performer and interested in performances her entire life. She weaves a tale from when she was young and initially introduced with immersive theater. Now, one of her passion projects is facilitating kids in an improv theater through an amazing co-creative process.

              Quotables

              “Bringing something completely magical to every day life that you would never expect… because it makes you alive to all the possibilities.”

              [On co-creating with the students and insisting they come up with their own characters.] “It’s a lot more imaginative and fun if you are using your own original ideas.”

              [On describing her secretive, complex subplots that are like treasurers for the participants to find.] “Those kinds of discoveries are really fun.”

              Recommended Resources

              The Game https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119174/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

              Westworld https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475784/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

              Village Home Learning Resource Center https://www.villagehome.org

              Saturday. Academy https://www.saturdayacademy.org

              Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko, Julia Meitov Hersey https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38633526-vita-nostra?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=3sJsfYL9LM&rank=1

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

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              34 min
            • Following up with Beaverton’s Next Mayor

              Introduction to Episode

              My guest today is Lacey Beaty, candidate for Beaverton Mayor. We discuss how motherhood affects campaigning, how the city works, and what it will take to co-create a future we all want.

              Podcast Episode Summary

              I begin my discussion with Lacey on the importance of a new class “City 101: Governance, a brief overview” We first discuss how Beaverton is not a full service city. Rather it has special districts that manage parks, fire, and even the schools.

              Lacey went on to explain how the mayor is basically a city manager, overseeing the police department, public works, and the finance department. The mayor is charge of everyone where the council is in charge of how much is spent.

              The most important thing that comes out of our discussion is that you need to vote. The Oregon primary (vote by mail) is on May 19. Ballots and the voters’ pamphlet will start going out after this podcast drops.

              Quotables

              • Government is customer service. When your customers are upset, your service isn’t very good.
              • People come to the northwest for their athletic adventures.
              • People don’t realize how student loan debt is crippling millennials.
              • We don’t have the best public transport. Our population runs north and south while transit runs east and west.
              • We are building less parking because it is expensive and hoping people will use public transit.
              • I think the best way to influence these decisions upstream is making sure that the people on our boards and commissions are more reflective of the people using services.
              • Campaigning while female is different.
              • The number one important thing we can do is voting.

                • Recommended Resources

                Visit Lacey on the web: https://beatyforbeaverton.com.

                Sign up to volunteer: https://beatyforbeaverton.com/contact/.

                Visit Lacey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/laceybeaty.

                Visit Lacey at her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/laceybeatyforbeaverton/.

                Learn more about Politisit: https://www.politisit.org.

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

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                44 min
              • The Trauma Whisperer, Janine Wirth talks About Trauma

                Introduction to Episode

                The Trauma Whisperer, Janine Wirth, a licensed psychotherapist, clinical hypnotherapist, and coach, has a virtual global practice where she works with women to help them heal from those experiences.

                Podcast Episode Summary

                Janine shares a pivotal story of her car being hijacked, unpacking her own trauma, and using this revelation and gifts to help support other women going through their own trauma.

                She shares her vision of working through intergenerational trauma, the difference between big T and little t trauma, and how children take things so personally and how that shapes their future years.

                She pairs psychotherapy with coaching.

                We even discuss our current situation in this global pandemic and what we can do to work through this grief and cacooning.

                Going through this time:

                1. Acknowledge it and give yourself time and space
                2. Try and reframe what you are missing
                3. Choose to see the gift in this space

                  4. Quotables

                  • Give your children the childhood they don’t need to recover from.
                  • The body is a good indicator of how much baggage you have lying around.
                  • [Some] people are being shamed for their things they are missing.
                  • I want people to validate their experiences… to stop playing the comparison game… and know that they matter.

                    • Recommended Resources

                    Connect with Janine on www.janinewirth.com

                    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janinewirthrtt/

                    Twitter @JanineWirth

                    LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/therapist-janinewirth/

                    YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYOB3DcKvALrJJOc9kel2mg

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

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                    40 min
                  • Astrology, sacred commerce, and business with Vanessa Couto

                    Introduction to Episode

                    My guest today is Vanessa Couto, an astrologer with a mission to help people align their gifts, their purpose with their livelihood through their business. We discuss astrology, philosophy, art, and business - all with the lens of elevating where we are now.

                    Podcast Episode Summary

                    Vanessa shares a lot of thinking and philosophy weaving astrology, philosophy, art, and history into one. She asks us all to bring sacred and spiritual back into our businesses and our exchanges. And, she discusses how we can use astrology to do just that.

                    Quotables

                    • “We wouldn’t force people to do work out of necessity because they have to do the job. [People] would notice kids’ natural talents … and give all the resources ... so [people] can do the thing they enjoy.”
                    • “In astrology we have something that says, ‘When you were born, you were the answer to a question at the time.’ Your configuration has a clue as to what you’re here to do.”
                    • “How can we heal capitalism from its virus that’s attacked the system and taken over like a mutant?”
                    • The temple for the Oracle of Delphi read both, “Know Thyself,” and, “Nothing in Excess.”
                    • “I would like to bring spirit back into business.”
                    • “I would like to bring beauty back into commerce.”

                      • Recommended Resources

                      • Episode with Maree Bento https://michellelasley.com/2019/12/interview-with-maree-bento/
                      • Episode with Laura Rowe https://michellelasley.com/2020/01/laura-rowe-an-interview/
                      • Episode with Jeffrey Hahler https://michellelasley.com/2020/03/interview-with-jeff-hahler/
                      • Sacred Commerce by Ayman Sawaf https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/sacred-commerce-the-rise-of-the-global-citizen_rowan-gabrielle_ayman-sawaf/1895285/#isbn=0980175550&idiq=1714390
                      • The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-soul-of-money-transforming-your-relationship-with-money-and-life_teresa-barker_lynne-twist/252582/#isbn=039332950X

                        • See Vanessa’s latest at www.vanessacouto.com.

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

                        My Thrift Books Referral Link https://www.thriftbooks.com/share/?code=0hcLPcATBPZ7kl7jB%252b3X6g%253d%253d

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                        42 min
                      • Engaging with Brandy Henry

                        Introduction to Episode

                        Engaging on Social Media with Brandy Henry. That’s what Brandy does. She uses her teacher archetype and now demonstrates to businesses how to authentically engage on social media.

                        Podcast Episode Summary

                        In this episode, Brandy sits down with Michelle and they discuss different ways to engage on social media. She really enjoys breaking down social media into digestible bits. Brandy shares her expertise, thinking, and how she works with clients. Some fun bits at the end (like why they are doing an 8am interview!).

                        Brandy has a unique way of approaching social media that is tailored to each of her clients. And, she absolutely shares that magic in this episode.

                        Quotables

                        “More people are paying attention and seeing what you are doing than you can really tell because they don’t always interact with it.”

                        “In many ways, we’re hiding behind the algorithms. We’re using it as an excuse to not show up.”

                        Brandy’s Top 4

                        1. Don’t get caught up in the paralysis of perfection / analysis paralysis.
                        2. Just start.
                        3. Stay rated to great content.
                        4. Be flexible and nimble.

                          5. Recommended Resources

                          anchor.fm - our current podcast tool

                          Some episodes from Brandy (these links point to Apple Podcasts):

                          • Likes, Links, and Profile Visits: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/engaging-on-social-media-with-brandy-henry-m-ed/id1477885752?i=1000457345238
                          • Algorithms Smalgorithms: Let’s Stop Fearing Them! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/engaging-on-social-media-with-brandy-henry-m-ed/id1477885752?i=1000457722829
                          • Your Message, Your Truth: How to Find Your Fuel https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/engaging-on-social-media-with-brandy-henry-m-ed/id1477885752?i=1000462275374

                            • See Brandy online https://brandywhenry.com

                            Get Brandy’s newsletter: https://fantastic-experimenter-8496.ck.page/584a961385

                            Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/everything-is-figureoutable/20172406/#isbn=0525534997&idiq=36359303

                            The Dip by Seth Godin https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-dip-a-little-book-that-teaches-you-when-to-quit-and-when-to-stick_seth-godin/247834/#isbn=1591841666&idiq=146681

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

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                            38 min
                          • Ostara’s invitation to co-create a different future

                            Introduction to Episode

                            Michelle reflects on the world at large, what that can mean for our changing seasons, and she invites you, dear listener, to intentionally co-create a future we can all be proud of.

                            Podcast Episode Summary

                            In this episode, Michelle considers how this time of year might be telling us something. She reflects on the current state of affairs amid COVID-19, schools being closed and students engaging in “distance learning”, social distancing, and more. She discusses steps to help be free of fear, consider what this message might mean, and to question what future we are truly co-creating.

                            At the end, she invites you, listener, to intentionally co-create something you want.

                            Recommended Resources

                            • Melissa Etheridge on Facebook, every day at 3pm, https://www.facebook.com/MelissaEtheridge/
                            • Byron Katie’s the Work (https://thework.com)and the Judge Your Neighbor Worksheet (http://thework.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/jyn_en_mod_6feb2019_r4_form1.pdf)

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

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                              14 min

                            About Balance Shared

                            From the publisher's feed

                            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.