Balance Shared, Michelle’s Substack

Balance Shared, Michelle’s Substack

Home
Notes
Moon Deck
Moon Circles
Archive
About

July 2025

Rewrite Your Story, Rewire the World
What happens when we stop internalizing the system’s lies — and start telling the truth together?
 • 
Michelle Lasley
2
My Burnout Story — and Why It Was Never Just About Me
Late-stage capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy don’t just shape policy. They shape our daily lives.
 • 
Michelle Lasley
What Are We Really Celebrating?
On the 249th anniversary of “No kings,” I’m pressing pause on fireworks — and telling the truth about who freedom was built for.
 • 
Michelle Lasley

June 2025

Choosing the Third Way
Between control and collapse, there’s a radical alternative — rooted in rhythm and collective care.
 • 
Michelle Lasley
Grief for a House. Silence for the Enslaved.
When a plantation burned, media mourned a wedding venue. But Black voices named the truth: it was always a graveyard.
 • 
Michelle Lasley
Business as a Living System: Beyond the Robber Baron Legacy
We’ve inherited a system built on control and exploitation. But we don’t have to keep it.
 • 
Michelle Lasley
Midsummer Light, Capitalist Haze
Nature knows when to grow, when to compost, and when to sleep. Can we?
 • 
Michelle Lasley
Being Actively Anti-Racist: It’s Not a Gold Star — It’s a Way of Life
From hotline calls to parenting to protests — I’ve learned that silence is never neutral.
 • 
Michelle Lasley
In the Meantime: A Brief Pause Between Posts
Graduation, travel, and a full heart — I’m still writing, just not on time.
 • 
Michelle Lasley
Raising a Man in a World That Still Discounts Women
Parenting, patriarchy, and preparing our sons for justice — not just success.
 • 
Michelle Lasley

May 2025

© 2025 Michelle Lasley
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture