by Lauren | 26 May 2015 | Comparison, Self-awareness, Speaking & Events
I love my hometown. And I love doing live events, especially in my hometown. Add in a collaboration with a small business I love and I’m positively glowing. My friends at Project House – a boutique business services firm led by two wildly fabulous women – are...
by Lauren | 21 May 2015 | Curiosity, Self-awareness, Values
I gave birth to my second child almost four months ago, and the last time I wrote on this blog was a couple of weeks before then. I was hugely pregnant; the weather was dark and heavy with rain; and I was in the process of tying up loose ends on the work front before...
by Lauren | 16 Jan 2015 | Curiosity, Self-awareness
Some creative acts bubble up in the most convivial, bustling, even chaotic environments. Spontaneous and free, they spring forth with little to no midwifing or labour. Then there are the more epic tasks: writing a book or a dissertation; painting a large canvas;...
by Lauren | 6 Jan 2015 | Business, Community, Curiosity, Self-awareness, Values
A few weeks back, I posted about Chela Davison’s Be Cause, a 12-week group coaching program for seekers, leaders and changemakers that kicks off mid-January. Chela is an amazing coach and human being, and I know this program is going to light some serious fires....
by Lauren | 16 Nov 2014 | Curiosity, Self-awareness, Values
Yesterday I wrote about my balance matrix – the framework I devised for shifting the conversation about “work-life balance” to one that focuses more on fun and purpose. Perhaps the trickiest part of applying the balance matrix to our lives is addressing...
by Lauren | 15 Nov 2014 | Curiosity, Fun, Self-awareness
I had the huge pleasure earlier this week of being interviewed by Lizzie O’Leary from Marketplace Weekend about my take on work-life balance. (Hint: it involves ditching the “work vs life” dichotomy.) The best interviewers both put you at ease and...
