Hi Reader, A few weeks ago, I was helping a friend prepare to leave their long-time job and job search for the first time in their career. Now I've helped people, especially impact professionals navigating career identity crisis, make career moves for a decade now. The opinions and advice about job searching came pouring out. I realized, "wow, I say these things ALL the time, but I've never written them down. I should do that!" So this is long overdue :) Happy to share: Lauren's Top 8 Job...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hello friend, I hope you get exactly what you need right now. Whatever that is. What I needed was a fun conversation that continues to fight for what I believe in: disability justice. I was thrilled to join Sara Chandran, Inclusion Consultant, Communications Specialist, and Founder at Fresh & Fearless, on her podcast Out of The Office.Using The Office episode “Goodbye, Toby” (Season 4, Episode 18) as a lens, we explore disability, inclusive language, and neurodiversity in the workplace. In...
6 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, In times that felt shaky, uncertain, and even scary this year...there was a sense of something that stuck with me and helped me see the light when in the dark (and not just because of the sun setting at 4:17 these days ha!). This perspective was a game-changer for me. Like everyone else and mother who creates content around Thanksgiving week, I shared this game-changing perspective on gratitude with my friend and fellow coach, Julia Firestone, for TechChange's blog. From the...
7 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, Noah Lyles is the fastest person in the world right now. He’s got the world champion title in both the 100 and 200 meter sprints last year and he’s chasing the World Record in those events, held by Jamaica’s Usain Bolt. Noah is one to watch in the upcoming 2024 Olympic Track & Field events. In the docuseries on Peacock called “Untitled: the Noah Lyles Project,” they highlight the details of his life and training in preparation for running some of the fastest sprinting races in...
11 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, Check out this text I got from a client this morning: Image Description: Text message to Lauren reads "thank goodness for you and for coaching- I was trying to get advice from parents and stuff and they’re just so concerned about career path and 401k and finances that I couldn’t get past it to get the type of support I was really looking for" Lauren replies "My pleasure. Really! I love coaching and it is absolutely necessary in the world! Can I share that? I think that’s a very...
12 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, There is power in the way we talk to ourselves. Many of us are already well-acquainted with the voice in our heads that nag us, criticize us, and constantly worst-case scenario-ing. When I talk about our inner bullies, I mean the negative self-talk that sometimes dictates more than we want it to when it comes to our decisions, self-beliefs, and how to approach the world. It’s important to note that this voice is NOT us or our personality. Rather, this voice is fueled by the...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
hi Reader, These are 3 Steps to Getting Unstuck. Have you ever dragged your feet in making a decision because you felt stuck? Then felt bad about dragging your feet and feeling bad? I know, we've all been there! Almost all of my clients want to know: what is the right path for me? There are common questions that I keep asking clients over these years. These patterns of questions became one of my main frameworks for coaching, around which I've built my body of work. This framework boils down...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, The beauty of working for yourself is that you get to give yourself a job title. And I’ve always kind of struggled with this. I often hesitate for that half a second after someone asks me “What do you do?” “I’m a…coach!” I’m very proud to be a coach, my practice, and the body of work I’ve built. But putting this thing I do into a little box so that others will understand it has been a challenge for me. I like to be verbose. Paint the full picture with all the details. Show people a...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
I was laid off in 2017 and had my job eliminated again in 2019. During my months of unemployment, I felt like I was entering a void. I had put so much weight in what I do for work as my identity, that when those jobs disappeared, I felt like I was in an identity crisis. It was during those months without a full-time job I started to fill the blank space. Beyond job searching, I started volunteering at the local food pantry in my neighborhood. I would bike to yoga a few mornings a week, then...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read