Ep. 63 - Every Day's the 14th: Musings From a Silent Retreat on Being a Valentine for Yourself, Year-Round
A special Valentine's Day message... with a twist! Freshly emerging from a silent retreat, Lauren introduces a concept she resonated with that was shared by a fellow participant and ties it to a Hall...
15 Feb 20247min
Ep. 62 - Dancing Through the Highs and Lows of This Earthly Life
In this tearful episode, Lauren reflects on recent highs and lows of life that she experienced in a matter of hours: from meaningful connections to news of a friend's death, and dancing her way throug...
8 Feb 20249min
Ep. 61 - Guest Shawn Decker: Musician, Author, and Internet Pioneer, on Living a Life Driven by Creativity and Shaped by Medical Adversity
Shawn Decker is a musician, author and internet pioneer and has commandeered a life driven by creativity and shaped by medical adversity. Diagnosed with HIV at age 11, before the advent of the effect...
31 Jan 20241h
Ep. 60 - Becoming a Voice for Compassion and Human Dignity with Guest Marsha Gray Hill, Author of Grief and Grit(s): A Daughter's Journey of Love and Loss When the World Was Upside-Down
Marsha Gray Hill was born and raised in Kinston, North Carolina, before marrying her husband, Gregg, and becoming Mrs. Marsha Hill in 1976. Her adventurous life of raising five children alongside her...
24 Jan 202440min
Ep. 59 - Three Minutes of Silence: A Call to Collective Consciousness
The world is war-ridden; scores of innocent people are dead and actively dying. What can we do, when we feel powerless in the face of human suffering? Mother Teresa said "Small things done with grea...
18 Jan 20248min
Ep. 58 - Like Sands Through the Hourglass, Life is Swiftly Passing: What Can You Do Today to Awaken Your Spirit?
"Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives." Last week, in Episode 57, Re-envisioning by Releasing: How to Make Space for the New, by Courageously Letting Go of the Old , Lauren ...
11 Jan 202411min
Ep. 57 - Re-envisioning by Releasing: How to Make Space for the New by Courageously Letting Go of the Old
This is one you'll want to save and come back to, anytime you find yourself on the bittersweet cusp of change! It's now 2024, and many use the New Year as a time to re-envision what they would like to...
4 Jan 202414min
Ep. 56 - Fall on Your Knees: Lauren's Story of Visiting her Mother's Grave on Christmas Day
On December 25, 2023, Lauren drove 300 miles to see family, and her first stop was her mother's grave. She shares reflections of her experience of the visit, as well as her understanding of what it m...
27 Dec 20239min
