Episode 79: How Do We Heal After a Tragedy?
I wish I didn't have to record this episode.
I wish I didn't have to talk about another mass shooting, but thoughts and prayers are not the solution.
We're angry. We're scared. We're confused. We're frustrated. We're emotionally spent.
How do we take care of ourselves following a tragedy?
It's time to have a different conversation.
I wish I didn't have to record this episode.
I wish I didn't have to talk about another mass shooting, but thoughts and prayers are not the solution.
We're angry. We're scared. We're confused. We're frustrated. We're emotionally spent.
How do we take care of ourselves following a tragedy?
It's time to have a different conversation.
Episode 78: Self-Care Confessionals
Confession: I suck at self-care.
Confession: I am nasty when I don't take care of myself.
Confession: I need help taking care of myself.
Ever notice how what we do best for other's we suck at doing for ourselves? Even coaches aren't immune - we're human too!
Hear what Lauren's doing about it and what you can do to get real about your self-care.
Confession: I suck at self-care.
Confession: I am nasty when I don't take care of myself.
Confession: I need help taking care of myself.
Ever notice how what we do best for other's we suck at doing for ourselves? Even coaches aren't immune - we're human too!
Hear what Lauren's doing about it and what you can do to get real about your self-care.
Episode 77: How and When to Leave a Toxic Workplace
If you get ready for work every day with a pit in your stomach and a nagging “here we go” feeling, you just may have found yourself in a toxic environment.
While it might be tempting to run away with your middle finger high, this won’t prevent similar issues from occurring again somewhere new.
To tackle your toxic workplace once and for all, it’s time to take accountability and assess your role in the situation.
If you get ready for work every day with a pit in your stomach and a nagging “here we go” feeling, you just may have found yourself in a toxic environment.
While it might be tempting to run away with your middle finger high, this won’t prevent similar issues from occurring again somewhere new.
To tackle your toxic workplace once and for all, it’s time to take accountability and assess your role in the situation.
Lauren shares how to determine whether you have the power to make positive changes, or whether it’s time to move on for the sake of your well-being.
Episode 76: Pinpointing Workplace Stress
While occasional workplace worries are normal, that daily panicky feeling isn’t “just part of the job.” In fact, constant stress can eventually cause a serious impact on your health, productivity, and overall performance.
Let’s talk about stress, baby!
While occasional workplace worries are normal, that daily panicky feeling isn’t “just part of the job.” In fact, constant stress can eventually cause a serious impact on your health, productivity, and overall performance.
Today’s episode is all about getting real on the root of your work stress, and finding the freedom to make some much-needed shifts.
Lauren shares strategies for identifying your problem areas and personal power zones, so you can stop taking stress home with you and start living your best work life.
Episode 75: Converting Feedback Into a Gift
If you shudder at the thought of giving feedback, you’re definitely not alone. Many people consider this to be the most anxiety-inducing aspect of their job.
If you shudder at the thought of giving feedback, you’re definitely not alone. Many people consider this to be the most anxiety-inducing aspect of their job.
Sugar-coating is often used in these situations as an attempt to “soften the blow,” but this strategy can add a whole new level of confusion and frustration to an already uncomfortable conversation.
Ready to ditch the discomfort for good? Start packaging feedback as a gift.
In today’s episode, Lauren introduces a teachable approach to feedback that prioritizes professional growth, offers a co-creative space, and empowers people to thrive.
Episode 74: Your Operating Principles and Universal Rules
Organizations rely on operating principles to put their values into practice and get things done efficiently. While this is a typical process in the corporate world, what would happen if you applied this framework to yourself?
Organizations rely on operating principles to put their values into practice and get things done efficiently. While this is a typical process in the corporate world, what would happen if you applied this framework to yourself?
Today’s episode is all about standardizing YOUR standards, and communicating expectations from the start to avoid challenges in the long run.
Lauren shares strategies for getting clear on your must-haves and deal-breakers, and prompts to help you develop a structure for showing up as your strongest SpitFire self.
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Episode 73: Getting to the Core of Your Frustration
Do you find yourself getting frustrated on a regular basis? If you're like most people, you may be pointing the finger at a person, situation, obligation or annoyance.
But what if you could shift the impact of your frustration and own your role in the impact of it?
In today's episode, Lauren dives into her own experience with "putting her frustration on the table" and examining where it came from and what she could do about it.
Episode 72: New Beginnings: Reemerging after Grief
If you've ever beaten yourself up for falling off course after a traumatic event or substantial change in your life, this episode is for you.
After almost two months, Lauren emerges to share what she's learned in the process or reemerging after the loss of her furry companion, Rico Suave.
We're all humans being the best we can. So it's time to drop our judgment, perfection and go-go-go mode and start listening to what we really need.
Episode 71: For You Not For You
Lauren goes on a walk-about and shares the recent success her clients have had using the "For Me/Not For Me Tool". If you've experienced challenging people or situations, this episode is for you.
Hear how you can get your power back even in the most draining situations.
Episode 70: What Do You Deserve?
In this episode, I'll walk you through the three questions that helped me not only define my goals, but open the pathways in my head to attract in and receive what I deserve.
These are the three questions that catapulted my business and my business owner mindset.
In this episode, I'll walk you through the three questions that helped me not only define my goals, but open the pathways in my head to attract in and receive what I deserve.
These are the three questions that catapulted my business and my business owner mindset.
Episode 69: Active v. Passive Voice
How do you retell the stories from your past? Are things happening to you or are you making them happen?
In this week's episode, Lauren reflects on an impactful session with a client where they see the difference between active and passive story telling.
Spoiler Alert - You mind will be blown!
How do you retell the stories from your past? Are things happening to you or are you making them happen?
In this week's episode, Lauren reflects on an impactful session with a client where they see the difference between active and passive story telling.
Spoiler Alert - You mind will be blown!
Episode 68: The 4 Dimensions of You
Fresh off a client session, Lauren shares a breakthrough using the four dimensions of all of us - mental, emotional, physical and spiritual.
Hear how resentment and overuse of single dimensions can be impacting your energy and what you can do about it.
Episode 67: Fear of Success
What do you do when everything you wanted, everything you planned for, everything you dreamed of starts coming true?
We should be happy. We should be proud. We should be leaping for joy.
But what about the other side? The fear of success.
Lauren gets personal as she peels back the layers of success-based fear and what we can do to leverage that fear.
Episode 66: Balancing Priorities
How do we make time for the things that matter when everything feels like a priority?
In Episode 66, Lauren dives into strategies to take ownership of decisions that serve you instead of feeling like an obligation and distraction.
Episode 65: Taking Risks
This past month, I was asked to present on a workshop to encourage employees to take risks. So I got curious on what it really takes to take risks within a corporation and in your own business.
Episode 64: Help V. Support
Inspired by a recent coaching session, I wanted to dive into the difference between help and support. So many times we think we "need to" or "have to" help someone, but what are attaching and assuming about ourselves and the other person.
Listen to episode 64 and hear the subtle difference between help and support and decide for yourself which word empowers you more.
BONUS: Personal Branding Playbook Workshop from March 5, 2019 at Mindspace for International Women's Week
[Recorded on March 5th, 2019] - Lauren hosts a workshop on Building Your Personal Branding Playbook at for Innovation Women's presentation of International Women's Week.
Learn the components, frameworks, and drivers for to build and maintain your personal brand. Take a listen to the live recording of Lauren's presentation and the hot seat moments when participants worked out their personal brand with the crowd.
