LauraAura

09/01/2026

My guest this week, Samantha Hawley, told me something that drastically reduced her work stress last year: a “should experiment.”

Anytime she felt that “should” nudge, she would literally stand up and leave her desk. Because when you physically remove yourself from the should, you finally have the space to ask: okay, what can I do? What do I want to do?

The result of the experiment was way less stress during her workday and the ability to be more present when she wanted to be!

🎧 Episode 595 with Samantha Hawley is now live on Apple, Spotify, or at https://www.buzzsprout.com/231124/episodes/19206356

08/30/2026

I've found myself mentally taking in tiny, seemingly insignificant moments a lot more this year.

Having a kid that graduated makes you realize just how quickly life is changing.

I stood and took in the last few times his art supplies were piled up at the bottom of the stairs that are now no longer there.

I looked at the notifications from the school app a little longer, an app that I have since deleted from my phone.

And just recently, I looked at this pile of shoes a little longer. This was the last sleepover the boys had before half of them left for college.

Things are changing at a rapid pace, and at first I wasn't the greatest at letting go.

There's an enormous identity shift that happens when the center of your world begins to create their own.

My responsibilities are different. Parenting an adult child is different. And everything we've known up until this point is different.

Next up: helping him prepare for his first international trip - 2 weeks on the other side of the world where I can't do a damn thing but love and trust.

Letting go sucks. And yet there's a lot of freedom and excitement for ALL of us in it.

My heart is still adjusting. But seeing him happy, healthy, and doing what he's called to do makes it a lot easier.

08/26/2026

It's Time you start acting like the talented MF you actually are.

08/26/2026

Six months of my own paychecks. Uncashed. Sitting on my desk.

That's not a metaphor, First name / friend. I ran a business for 16 years and there was a stretch where I stopped paying myself. I let the checks pile up because I was so wrapped up in keeping everyone else happy that I dropped myself completely.

Then my employees' paychecks bounced.

Then the letters from the mortgage company started. Foreclosure warnings.

I didn't get there because I wasn't paying attention. I was people-pleasing so hard that I ignored ever signal my business (and my body) was screaming at me. I told myself, “a little more time” until there was no more time left.

I had to sit with the fact that I let this happen. Not because I meant to. Because I was so busy taking care of everyone else that I abandoned the one person who needed me the most. Me.

Sometimes we have to go through the worst version of something before we're willing to change it. And boy, did I change it.

Listen to the full episode on “The Real Reason You Can't Make The Change You Already Know You Need” on Beyond Awareness Podcast 👇🏻

Beyond Awareness: Closing the Gap Between Knowing and Doing · Episode

08/25/2026

What if you actually went for it?

“It” being the big, wild, audacious idea you can't stop thinking about, the one you have a secret Pinterest board for.

In this Powerback®, we're playing in the space of what if. What if you actually claimed it? It's only wild and audacious until it's your regular life. And for that to even be a possibility, we've gotta own what that thing is in the first place.

🎧 Powerback® 594 is now live on Apple, Spotify, or at https://www.buzzsprout.com/231124/episodes/19206295

08/20/2026

Gutsy Moves Challenge ✨ Tell me a big, wild, or audacious goal/idea you often think about.

Not the filtered one.

Not the "logical" one.

The one you have a secret Pinterest board for.

The one you find yourself smiling about when no one's around.

The one that feels ALIVE in you.

You don't need to know the "how" in this moment... I just wanna hear your heart talk for a second.

Go 👇🏻

08/20/2026

Had my own realization around “getting back” to the old ways of doing something… can you relate?

08/19/2026

Auralign is where all the sticky, unclear, or frustrating things finally start moving.

Actions get simplified and focused.

You'll shed all the stuff that's been keeping you in the same cycle.

And your business finally gains the traction you've been working so hard for.

No modules or pre-recorded stuff.

No more staring at your wall trying to figure things out alone.

In Auralign, things finally start moving in your favor.

DM me if you have q's or if you're all in, apply at https://lauraaura.com/mastermind

08/18/2026

Stop looking for a better dating app. That's not your problem.

If you're unhealed in who you are, unaware of your own limiting beliefs, you can try every strategy that exists, and it won't stick.

You'll run the script until it runs out, and then what?

This week, Laura Nagiel and I get into the beliefs and experiences quietly running your dating life without your permission.

🎧 Episode 593 with Laura Nagiel is now live on Apple, Spotify, or at https://www.buzzsprout.com/231124/episodes/19206264

08/16/2026

What decision or move have you been dancing around?

The success you keep saying you're ready for is on the other side of your literal movement.

You know the thing.

It's time 😘