Bringing Play to your Work

Hello Love!

Ending our month-long theme of PLAY, with a really important question: What are you most passionate about? Whether you answer immediately or take some time, it’s most likely something you deeply connect with:

• Something you find really fun

• A creative outlet that you can get completely absorbed in

• Feels like part of who you are

You may call it being “in your groove” or “in flow”, but this kind of playful, soul-satisfying energy helps to raise your vibrations. And it might come as a surprise, but this is the goal feeling, all the time.

Many of us are fortunate to have this feeling through our work, whether as entrepreneurs or in a corporate setting. But if you haven't been able to tap into your passion in your professional life, there’s lots you can do to still activate that playful side. Here’s some questions to consider:

• How can you do more of what lights you up at work? Maybe it’s asking to take on a new project, expanding your exposure via a cross-functional team or trying to delegate/systematize some of your least favorite repeat activities.

• What do I love most about my job? Even if it’s not ideal, connecting to the beneficial aspects of your work and feeling truly grateful for them can be a simple, but powerful mood-booster.

• What are some ways that I play off-the-clock, that I could incorporate into my 9-5? Perhaps there’s an opportunity for movement, music, an activity or other creative outlet you haven’t yet considered.

We spend so much of our lives "working" in one capacity or another. I hope this month you've started to see the value incorporating more fun into all aspects of our lives!

If you want to infuse your life with more passion and play, reach out to schedule a Human Design or Soul Session. These are two incredibly powerful and insightful ways to instantly access more of your authentic self and achieve more alignment.

As always, I'd love to hear from you, so please visit my website and follow me on social at Instagram and Facebook. Also, my Open to Alchemy podcast is dropping weekly! I would love for you to download, subscribe, rate and review. It’s available on the Apple Podcast app, Spotify and lots of other platforms.

With hope for more play,
Lauren

Becoming more Abundant: a Formula

Hello Love,

As I mentioned in last week’s email, tapping into the energy of play can majorly activate your manifesting abilities. When you choose to spend time having fun, laughing and doing the things that truly make you feel happy and light, you are accessing one of the Universal Laws.

You might be familiar with the Law of Attraction, which states that like attracts like (who remembers The Secret?). So essentially, the more time you spend in the frequency of play, the more play will come into your life. Makes sense, right?

But why is that crucial for manifesting? While there are many different strategies for manifesting, most teachings share a similar basic formula:

Increase your positive energy
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Focus on an intention
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Attachment to the outcome
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Getting what you want

What better way to raise those positive vibes than embodying the spirit of playfulness. When you shift your attention to play, you find joy in the doing, instead of just the getting or finishing. It means remembering that the everyday journey is where the gold is, not the unicorn thinking of “when this happens, then I’ll finally be happy”. Aren't you ready to claim your happiness now?

Having fun isn’t something you need to reserve for weekends or vacation. Just because that’s what you’ve seen modeled by friends and family or what society shows you, doesn’t mean it’s true. And it certainly doesn’t need to be true for you. It’s our choice to create a life that prioritizes play.

If you want to infuse your life with more play and discover who you really came here to be, reach out to schedule a Human Design or Soul Session. These are two incredibly powerful and insightful ways to instantly access more of your authentic self and achieve more alignment.

As always, I'd love to hear from you, so please visit my website and follow me on social at Instagram and Facebook. Also, my Open to Alchemy podcast is officially launched! I would love for you to download, subscribe, rate and review. It’s available on the Apple Podcast app, Spotify and lots of other platforms.

With lots of manifesting love,
Lauren

Mindset of Play

Hey Love,

Did you know you can cultivate a more playful mindset? My family is gratefully enjoying some beach time this week, a setting that seems built for play. But, it’s easier than you think to rediscover fun in your everyday setting:

• Use guided meditations or creative writing prompts to re-discover what fills your fun cup

• Look at life through a kid’s lens; watching little ones play reminds you how simple it can be

• Try new things whenever you have the chance as you never know when you’ll find your next passion

I know that adulting can be hard and at times feel like really serious business. But perhaps it's time to consider where that belief comes from. Have you taken on certain rules about when you can and can’t be playful? Does it feel like there is some standard you are maintaining about what it’s supposed to be like when you are a grown-up, parent, boss?

While it might seem like work to find more time for play, remember your why:

• Finding more ease and less resistance

• It's an easy way to raise your vibration, increasing your manifesting and attracting power

• When you have more fun, life is well, more fun

One of my favorite ways to play is creating all the things for my business. And once I focused on prioritizing fun, I began manifesting at record speed. I’ll be sharing more on this incredible benefit of play next week! But if you want to get a jump on infusing your business life with more play, reach out to schedule a Human Design or Soul Session now.

And speaking about play, my Open to Alchemy podcast is officially launched! The podcast is based on my unique approach of woo + work, where I chat with amazing guests about spiritual journeys, transformation and the life of a soulpreneur, navigating a spiritual-based business. I would love for you to download, subscribe, rate and review. It’s available on the Apple Podcast app, Spotify and lots of other platforms.

As always, I'd love to hear from you, so please visit my website and follow me on social at Instagram and Facebook.

Sending you beach vibes,
Lauren

Getting Serious about Play

Hello Sunshine,

Splashing in April Showers, Pranks on April Fool’s Day, the energy of Spring Fever, and the Sandpiper. All of these have one thing in common - the idea of PLAY. You might not be familiar with the Sandpiper, but it’s the Oracle card I pulled for the month of April and it’s message is, you guessed it...Be Playful. Such a beautiful synergy, right?

It can be hard to even identify with PLAY, let alone make it a priority, especially after the year we’ve had. But to me, that’s a signal that our soul's need it more than ever. So what does it mean to be playful? Here are some prompts to get you started:

• What does Play FEEL like to you? Maybe it’s light, curious, open, silly, fun, grateful, excited

• What are some Playful ACTIVITIES you can easily incorporate? How about dance, music, art, sports, games, porch parties, exploration, playing hooky

• What shifts can you make in your INTENTIONS?

  • Approaching things with a child-like or beginner’s mind

  • Letting go of failure, expectations and resistance

  • Remembering the spirit of fun, with more flow and less formality

  • Being silly just for the sake shaking loose from the stiffness of life

Embodying the energy of playfulness can bring so much light, pleasure and laughter into your life. It can reconnect you with your youth and remind you who you were here to be...a bright light, a vessel for love and joy. So this month I’ll be sharing lots of content about Play and I’d love for you to play along (see what I did there 😄).

And the first thing I’ll ask you to Play is my new Podcast!! After months of dreaming and doing, the Open to Alchemy podcast is officially launched. The podcast is my unique approach to woo + work. It’s about spiritual journeys and transformation. How people started, what they’ve learned, where they are now, details on different modalities, how spirituality practically fits into their lives. And it’s about the life of a soulpreneur, navigating a spiritual-based business alongside the very real challenges of mindset, marketing, strategy, productivity.

I would love for you to download, subscribe, rate, review and all those good podcast things. It’s available on the Apple Podcast app, Spotify and lots of other platforms.

As always, I'd love to hear from you, so please visit my website and follow me on social at Instagram and Facebook.

Wishing you a playful day,
Lauren

Moving through Creative Blocks

Are you subconsciously closing off your creativity tap? If you’ve lost that creative flow, here are a few things to consider to get you back on track:

Mindset Matters - If you think you aren’t creative, odds are that’s a limiting belief you’ve picked up over time. Maybe you were raised to think creativity is primarily fine or performing arts and something that requires a natural talent or ability. But what if you could expand your creativity perspective to include any time you:

• Make something when you are cooking, writing or gardening

• Problem solve using technology, research or logistics

• Stretch yourself by going someplace new or trying something for the first time

Distractions - Creative flow, takes just that...flow. So everytime you stop brainstorming to check your email or put down your project to pick up your phone, you are causing your brain to stop and reset. Research now shows that multitasking doesn’t really exist. What you are actually doing is called switch tasking and it’s a productivity and creativity killer. So close down your apps, put your phone on silent and let yourself really focus on the creative project at hand.

Compartmentalizing - Are you a creative maven at home, but feel trapped in a box at work? Or maybe you are a creative leader at work, but don’t give yourself the permission and time to cultivate creativity at home? We were designed to show up as our incredible, creative selves in all aspects of our lives. So perhaps it’s time to take a deeper look at where and when you are letting your creative side shine.

I believe we are here to experience everything. Yes life will be hard, but it’s also meant to be messy, silly, fun. Don’t let these creativity blocks get in the way of you shining your brightest, most expressive self.

And if you’ve been feeling a creative spark, but aren’t sure what to do next, I’m launching a new program Accelerated Alchemy. In 30 days I will help you transform your passion into a plan, mixing just the right amount of woo and work to give you the clarity, confidence and creative strategy you need to bring your business, project or idea to life. Sign up for the launch list and you will be the first to know.

As always, I'd love to hear from you, so please visit my website and follow me on social at Instagram and Facebook.

Wishing you creative flow,
Lauren

How to increase Creativity everyday

It’s been a whole year since our lives were turned upside down. Along with so many challenges, many of us have been blessed (or maybe forced) to use creative solutions to help keep us safe and sane. But ironically, I’ve heard so many clients tell me they aren’t creative or don’t feel creative in the “traditional” sense. So for this month, I’m focusing on all the ways creativity flows and how to add more creative fun into your daily life.

• Think about your perfect day. On a beach vacay somewhere? Yeah, me too. So let’s use those #sunshinevibes to dig into the details of what really makes the day feel so perfect, besides the location. Here’s some questions to help you see what you can incorporate in your non-vacation life:

  • How and when do you wake up and go to sleep?

  • What do you eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner?

  • Are there rituals you get to enjoy? Or maybe things you take off your to-do list?

  • What kind of movement, hobbies or passions do you play with?

• Be a creativity detective. Have you ever considered where your creative inspirations come from? Perhaps you prefer to be organized first or like less structure. Do you have rituals like meditation or nature walks? Maybe you always get ideas in the shower or listening to music. By honing in on your natural links to creative energy, you can ensure you get in the right space before any project needing a more creative mind.

• Add in downtime. I get it, we all have so much to do, but moments of “nothing” are critical to clearing our mind of clutter and boosting our creative connections. Finding quiet, empty space might be simpler than you think:

  • Choose silent driving, instead of listening to music or talking on the phone.

  • Same with going for a walk. Rather than feeling like you should multi-task, turn off the podcast and tune-in to your surroundings.

  • Schedule it. If you are someone who loves a daily agenda, then add in 15 mins twice a day and make it non-negotiable.

While we are all creative, it's a muscle we have to activate in order to keep it moving, fresh and flowing. I’d love to hear what creative projects you are working on this month so let me know!

And if you’ve been feeling a creative spark, but aren’t sure what to do next, I’m launching a new program Accelerated Alchemy. In 30 days I will help you transform your passion into a plan, mixing just the right amount of woo and work to give you the clarity, confidence and creative strategy you need to bring your business, project or idea to life. Sign up for the launch list and you will be the first to know.

As always, I'd love to hear from you, so please visit my website and follow me on social at Instagram and Facebook.

Wishing you creative sparkles,
Lauren

The Lunar New Year

If January felt like just another month of 2020, you are right! In many traditions, January is actually not a month of new beginnings, but of rest, reflection, transitions. It's a bridge month that lets you more mindfully and effectively close out the past year and prepare for the new one.

So thanks to the Lunar calendar, you basically get a January do-over! With a history dating back at least 10,000 years, the Lunar calendar is based on the cycles of the moon. Accordingly, the new year starts with the first new moon (2/12/21). New moons are a great time for setting new intentions, cleaning out (both physical belongings and mental clutter) and starting fresh.

What does that mean for you? If you haven’t accomplished your goals or your new habits haven’t stuck, it’s okay! It's time to stop the shame spiral.

🤔 Maybe you are letting perfection get in the way of progress⁠ and need a new system for how you work best
🤔 Maybe it's been so long since you've focused on yourself that you've forgotten how
🤔 Maybe you are spending too much time in your head ⁠and not enough time in your body and soul
🤔 Maybe you are trying to achieve someone else’s dream and need to reevaluate what you really want

I'm working on some amazing tools and resources to help us all gain more clarity and confidence to create the real change we seek. As always, I'd love to hear from you, so please visit my website and follow me on social at Instagram here and Facebook here.

To a happy, healthy and high vibe New Year,
Lauren

How to be Successful

Are you letting other people define "success" for you? ⁠
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Let's stop right there. Only you know what you want. And only you can decide what success means to you.⁠

⭐ Maybe success is the feeling of freedom or peace or independence.
⭐ Maybe it's the ability to give all of your time to causes that matter to you.⁠
⭐ Maybe it's having good relationships with family and friends.⁠
⭐ Maybe it's feeling connected to your healthy body and getting to move it everyday.⁠

Most of us have been raised with a certain idea of what it means to be successful. ⁠Add in a culture that prioritizes influential fame, enormous wealth and superhuman athletic ability, and it's easy to feel like you will never measure up.⁠

But who are you living for really? ⁠Why are you allowing someone else to determine the value of your dreams?⁠

It's time to redefine what success is and look at achieving whatever you want from a completely different perspective. Finding where it feels easy and natural, using your energy in the most aligned way.⁠
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My new offering, Success by Design, highlights 11 unique ways you can rediscover what success means to you. Each guide is custom created using your specific Human Design. It's an invaluable tool in helping you learn more about yourself and how you were best designed to find success, in whatever you want to achieve.
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Learn your energy style, strengths, work pace, how to make decisions, the correct way to structure your day, manifest and more! The guide includes action items and activation techniques you can put into practice immediately.
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It's available now, at an intro rate of $21. Order your guide by visiting Success by Design.

As always, I'd love to hear from you, so please follow me on social at Instagram here and Facebook here.

To making all your dreams come true,
Lauren

What are Limiting Beliefs and how to combat them

I am a liar.

And so is almost everyone I know. Below is a list of lies I’ve told myself or heard from my friends and clients.

• I’m too busy.

• I need to put my {children, husband, parents, siblings, friends, boss} first.

• People will think I’m crazy.

• I’m too old to change or learn something new.

• My life is fine, I really don't deserve to complain.

• I don’t know where to start.

• No one has it all, so it’s okay that I don’t have everything I want.

• When my kids are older I’ll have time for myself.

But these aren't facts, they are limiting beliefs. And we’ve said them to ourselves so many times, that we’ve come to believe that they are true, but they aren’t.

I know this might cause some resistance, because that’s how our ego works. It wants to keep us safe and protected. Each one of these beliefs does just that, by preventing us from taking risks and fully committing to our goals. The ego also wants to always be right. So each time you allow yourself to go along with one of these beliefs, the ego reinforces it and solidifies it in your mind. So over time, it becomes true to you.

But here’s the amazing thing about self-discovery work - you can change, grow, evolve at each and every moment. You can break the cycle of these limiting beliefs and move forward in creating the life that’s calling you deep inside.

If you want to bust through your limiting beliefs about Success, check out Success by Design. These custom guides are created based on your unique Human Design. Highlighting 11 elements of success you can activate in the most authentic way, because they are specific to you.

⁠Learn your energy style, strengths, work pace, how to make decisions, correct way to structure your day, manifest and more! The guide includes action items and activation techniques you can put into practice immediately.
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It's available now, at an intro rate of $21. Order your guide by visiting Success by Design. And then get ready to flip the script on those limiting beliefs.

As always, I'd love to hear from you so please follow me on social at Instagram here and Facebook here & here.

All my best,
Lauren

Redefining Success

Let's be honest...2021 has not gotten off to the best start. If you are looking at your resolutions and wondering WTF happened, I hear you.⁠
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😬 Maybe those goals weren't realistic⁠
😬 Maybe you are following someone else's system⁠
😬 Maybe 2021 has just been a dumpster fire⁠
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Whatever the reason, I'm here to release you from that old paradigm of success. The one that says we all have to:⁠
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❌ follow a specific morning routine⁠
❌ be good at all the things⁠
❌ hustle all day⁠
❌ have a defined structure⁠
❌ go with your gut⁠
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Sure some of those ideas are correct for some of us, but we are all designed so uniquely.
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That's why I created Success by Design. Based on your unique Human Design, each Success by Design guide is custom created for you. It highlights 11 specific insights to help you find more success, on your own terms.

Learn your energy style, strengths, work pace, how to make decisions, correct way to structure your day, manifest and more! The guide includes action items and activation techniques you can put into practice immediately.
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It's available now, at an intro rate of $21. Order your guide by visiting Success by Design. And then get ready to crush your personal and professional goals like never before.⁠

As always, I'd love to hear from you so please following me on social at Instagram here and Facebook here & here.

All my best,
Lauren