About Michelle Fortin

Michelle Fortin is a follower of Jesus, a wife and a mom. She's also an award winning broadcast journalist and public relations professional. Michelle spent nearly a decade working in television newsrooms across the country, both behind and in front of the camera. Training future broadcast journalists in her faculty associate roles at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University and at Arizona Christian University was a cherished focus of her post-TV career. Today, she maintains a roster of public relations clients focused on empowering fellow “momprenuers.” She also serves as a speaker for various women's and mom's events. Michelle received her bachelor’s degree from Biola University and Master of Mass Communication (MMC) from Arizona State University. She and her husband, two young kids and English bulldog call Scottsdale, Arizona, home.
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I am the Arizona mom “who called the cops on her 3 year old daughter”

There’s basically no better time to dust off the ol’ blog after more than year (WHA?) as one of my (fantastic) parenting decisions makes INTERNATIONAL NEWS. Did you hear about that Arizona mom who called the cops on her 3 year old daughter after she unbuckled her seatbelt? Yeah, that was me. Yep, we even […]

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Broken Down & Built Up

I got to the gym in plenty of time for the popular and crowded class I enjoy (along with about 50 other local gals). It was early Monday morning and I was jazzed. I actually made it there. On time. With two kids in tow. We started with a warm up and I was giving […]

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Playroom Gallery Wall

Soon after I began to reset the rhythm around here, I found myself with time to do a project I’ve been wanting to do for a while… update the playroom! I spent a naptime pulling together this fun and colorful gallery wall. I love how it adds color and whimsy to this room, which is […]

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Reset the Rhythm

I’ve been busy. So busy. Too busy. But I liked it. Until I didn’t like it. On a particularly rough day – when one of my many commitments took more time than I had to give – I put my kids down for their naps and sat at my computer. I perused Facebook and noticed […]

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Christmas Card Displays (because no one sends you those to have them tossed in a box)

Has anyone else noticed how social media killed the Christmas newsletter? Growing up, I would love to read newsy letters from our family and friends. In my mind, I awarded prizes to the family with the most newspaper-esque newsletter. The more pictures, the better! I loved reading how people bragged about – err – described […]

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