Goodness gracious, how are we already to April?   2018 so far has been a WILD ride for me, and I’m so excited to tell you what I’m looking forward to, specifically in the month of April. Why do I share what I’m looking forward to? Well, because I believe we ALL need something to […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Single-Longer-Than-Expected.m4a Click the link above to hear this post straight from me!   Hey girl, Have you been single longer than expected? Me too. I think about that sweet little naive 20 year old girl who thought she’d be married by 22. Were you one of those too? Precious, isn’t it? Sometimes I think, “If […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Three-Ways-We-Need-To-Change-The-Conversation-About-Christian-Dating.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “Why can’t you just relax and have fun?”   That’s what people always used to say when I went on a date and came home tangled in anxious knots. Which was always. “What do you mean? How am I supposed to […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-Worst-Happened_-I-Turned-30-And-Was-Still-Single-1.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “Mom, if I turn thirty and am still single, can we try on wedding dresses for my birthday, because clearly I’m never going to get to otherwise?”   I distinctly remember saying that to my mom in my early twenties. It […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Why-We-Should-Be-Fighting-For-Most-Improved-1.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “And the most-improved award goes to…” It’s fifth grade and we are sitting at the general assembly watching the year-end awards be handed out. The teacher arrives at the “most-improved” award, and everyone holds their breath, hoping that it isn’t them. […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/When-There-Seems-To-Be-No-Reason-For-This-Never-Ending-Season.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “I can’t. I just can’t anymore. This just won’t end. My life is emptying out, with nothing to fill it up again. I’m going to be old. And alone. With no friends. And nowhere to go on Friday night for the […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/You-Dont-Need-To-Feel-Brave-To-Do-Brave-Things.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “You’re so brave!”   I’ve heard this time and time again over the last several years as I’ve pushed to explore the world beyond my comfort zone. I spent a large part of my twenties making a list of a few […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Searching-For-A-Husband_-Some-Days-I-Want-To-Settle-Heres-Why-I-Wont.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   “I will literally take ANYONE”   That’s what I say whenever I get tired of waiting for “the one”. Just give me a warm body. If he can walk and talk and has a job, I’m in. Just give me SOMEONE. […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Why-I-Refuse-To-Be-Anything-But-Happy-About-Turning-30.m4a   Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   Well, here we are folks.   The eve of my 30th birthday. The day that seemed so far off for so long. The age that kids say is “old” when you ask them. And the year that everyone makes sure […]

https://lauraemichael.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Hey-Ladies-Its-Ok-To-Ask-A-Man-Out.m4a Want to hear this post straight from me? Click the link above!   Ok ladies. It’s time we talk about something that seems to still be taboo in our culture, and I just can not stay silent about it anymore. It’s time to take this idea that women have to stand idly by, waiting […]