About Heather & Wayne


Acting Balanced Blog Profile

Acting Balanced is a collaborative blog authored primarily by Heather and Wayne S.  We have three fabulous children (born in 1998, 2006 and 2010) who regularly appear in the blg.  We also have a number of guest bloggers and interviewees who help to shape Acting Balanced.

Topics found on Acting Balanced–  family, recipes, travel, autism, gluten-free living, special needs children, Autism, memoirs, product and book reviews and and any topic that strikes our fancy.

Acting Balanced began in November of 2009 and has continued to grow and diversify as our family changes and grows!


About Heather


Heather is a thirty-something never-stay-at-home mom of three wonderful children.  She lives in South Carolina with her hubby Wayne and the kids. She has no pets, unless you count the dust bunnies that gather while she's blogging instead of dusting.  She often gets homesick for Ontario, Canada where she grew up and her family still lives...

Heather loves exploring new places and taking her kids out to enjoy the world around them!  Her philosophy is that the world is a classroom and every minute you spend in it you are learning!  She is also passionate about sharing her opinions about products, books, services and more!

Heather can be reached at heather@actingbalanced.com

About Wayne:
  • I was born in Toronto in my mid 70s.
  • As a kid I enjoyed playing baseball and going on camping trips to Killbear Provincial Park.
  • My first job was working in the same factory as my dad - errand boy, grass cutter and unfortunately bathroom cleaner.
  • I went to St. Brigid's Catholic School for elementary ummmm...education.
  • We adopted Robyn in January of 2002. Liam was born in 2006 followed by Erik in 2010.
  • I taught for a year at the California University of PA before moving to Charleston in 2006.
  • I earned tenure & promotion to Associate Professor in 2012.
  • Currently, I have published over 75 pieces (journal articles, book reviews & conference proceedings) in since 2004 (flip over the the publications page to see the journal articles).
Wayne can be reached at profwaynewsmith@gmail.com