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Stand Your Ground

by Michelle Vassallo

To my readers,

It is my hope that as you read this story, embroidered with life’s tapestry of highs and lows, that you uncover your own jewels and gems of wisdom. The treasures that lay locked inside you waiting for the right set of circumstances to set them free.

This book culminates everything that I never had the time to say in my classroom teaching days. The bright and deep conversations that we would tip toe around as time constrained our explorations. The deep wisdom that we all have within us as we experience this journey called ‘human’.

It is also everything that I have learned in life’s classroom. And just like our days at school when we were kids – some days were definitely better than others.

Step into the light my friends, it is your time to shine.

Stand Your Ground is an enlightening and empowering journey of unstoppable human fortitude in the face of an increasingly oppressive world”.

— Kate Mantello – Author “Rock On”



“A book you can pick up again and again. Honest and raw with a go get what you want attitude. It gets you off your ass to make it happen!”

— Daniela Schillaci – Author of “Meditation and Mindfulness for the Soft Tissue Therapist”

“This book will wake you up to what is possible when you rise above your stuff. Inspirational, funny and filled with practical tips to level us up in every waY. I loved it!”

— Sussanah Mitchell – Author of “Wild and Free”

About mICHELLE

Michelle Vassallo is many things.

Wife, mother, teacher, farmer, gardener, lover of nature, and most recently author.

This book is the culmination of her life's biggest lessons, the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright dastardly.

It is everything that she never had the time to share in the classroom. It is everything that she has learned in the classroom of life.

It is the story of a life well lived, a path well-trod, and a journey that continues to inspire and test at every turn.

Her words of hope are meant to transform, transmute and kick start anyone looking to turn their hardest trials into their greatest treasures.