Lauren Michelle Dowler
THE COVER STORY
"Optimism is powerful, but #perfectionism is blind." My life is tucked in, not a pillow touched or a streak on the bathroom mirror. Every...
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Lauren Michelle Dowler
- May 11
- 4 min
I'M GOING TO BE OK
Upon waking up, I look at myself in the mirror and after taking a deep breath I say these five words: I’m going to be OK. From...
Lauren Michelle Dowler
- Feb 20, 2021
- 3 min
THE DICHOTOMIES OF LIFE- A TIME TO KEEP & A TIME TO THROW AWAY
Over the course of this past year, I’ve been rummaging through my closet, under my bed, searching my cupboards, and even sifting my...
Lauren Michelle Dowler
- Oct 16, 2020
- 4 min
THE DICHOTOMIES OF LIFE- A TIME TO MOURN & A TIME TO REJOICE
I’ll be the first to admit that life is more than just a dichotomy. It’s a trichotomy, it’s cyclical it’s____. There are so many facets...
Lauren Michelle Dowler
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T CAUGHT WIND OF IT YET...
Definitely not trying to be avoidant, just took a different direction when the world was going into lockdown. Strange times, not gonna...
Lauren Michelle Dowler
- Mar 18, 2020
- 2 min
THE UGLY & THE AMAZING.
If I said that the Corona Virus wasn’t UGLY, I’d be lying. In the mountain town I’m living in, there have been mass layoffs as the local...
Lauren Michelle Dowler
- Jan 30, 2020
- 4 min
RESENSITISING MY STORY
At times it’s difficult to recount my story because it’s hard to believe that it was even mine to begin with. As life advances and I’m...
Lauren Michelle Dowler
- Nov 17, 2019
- 3 min
ADVəKəT PART 3: THE STRUGGLE IS REAL
A friend and I cracked up as we verbalized some of our pitfalls in life. “I need a bracelet that says, ‘I need support,’” I laughed, “And...
Lauren Michelle Dowler
- Oct 18, 2019
- 2 min
ADVəKəT PART 2: MOLD SHATTERING RISK
The fashion world is continuously changing, and this year proves to be a change in the right direction. The stereotypical image of what a...
Lauren Michelle Dowler
- Oct 2, 2019
- 2 min
ADVəKəT.
Recently I came across two public interest articles that caught my attention. The first being the story of a fourth grader from...
Lauren Michelle Dowler
- Aug 26, 2019
- 2 min
REST? WHAT'S REST?
I had no grid for rest. I was absolutely clueless as to how to define it. Ok, God wants me to rest so… that must mean lounging around in...
Lauren Michelle Dowler
- Aug 2, 2019
- 2 min
BURN OUT.
Have you ever been burnt out? I have. And far too many times I've found myself on the fringe. After graduating from college, I continued...
Lauren Michelle Dowler
- Jul 15, 2019
- 4 min
OH, THE IRONY!
After all the drama- 4 countries, 9 flights and multiple methods of transport later- I CAME HOME RESTED! Yeah, I know, it doesn’t...
Lauren Michelle Dowler
- Jun 24, 2019
- 9 min
Lauren Michelle Dowler
- May 6, 2019
- 2 min