LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - This month marks one year since we started our series: Living Your Best Life. We’ve covered a wide variety of topics from health and beauty, mental health, and learning to live a happy and productive life. Here’s a look back at some of those lessons.

Letting Go of the Past

It’s hard to live your best life when you haven’t dealt with things that have happened in the past. For some, it’s a bad relationship, but for others, the trauma goes all the way back to childhood.

“We were poor as dirt,” said Michelle Trahan. “We went weeks without electricity in the summertime. No hot water to take baths. We had one meal a day, there was no food in the pantry.”

But Michelle didn’t let adversity stand in her way. She now thrives with a beautiful family, a happy marriage, a

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