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Emma Barfield's avatar

Adore this Lauren - you are truly a gift and it's been a pleasure walking alongside you xxx

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Kelly Hargie's avatar

Lauren, this is such a beautiful share. Thank you for writing it. I related to so much of it! Especially when you talked about how it felt in your body when you had run out of desire to work in a certain way/job. I have experienced that too and try now to work with the rise and fall of my own rhythms. You've put into words how I have felt at many points in my life so I am very grateful to you. I have often considered that I have no stickability but in reality that's not the case, I have simply been called to walk life in my own way which means following the call of my heart too! Beautiful words and work that you offer x

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Lauren Barber's avatar

Ahhh Kelly, thank you for this beautiful comment. I think as I grow older I seem to ONLY be able to work in those rhythms… it is quite a challenge to go against them and my body just says NO! Really glad this spoke to you and you are following this similar path of the heart. xxx

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Lyndsay Kaldor's avatar

Thank you for writing this Lauren, it is so inspiring to see you deepening into your Heartwork and to see the process of how you have reached this point. I absolutely agree with you about doing things sustainably and the necessity to integrate heart and nervous system, roots and expansion. I feel as though I have been in the roots stage for a while which is important and I’m still working on but thank you for the reminder that there comes a point to tip into expansion. And also yes community and connection always xx

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Lauren Barber's avatar

Thank you for reading lovely, the roots stage I think often takes longer than we imagine, but if we spend enough time there then what we build is really strong and grounded. This is the deep work I think, the bits where we can't see all the fruits of our labour... yet... and the temptation is to skip ahead but that is not really an option anymore I don't think. We know this in our bones. So glad you are here. xxx

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Aleesha Neal's avatar

Oh my heart. I absolutely have felt so much of this. Having my children bringing this deepening desire to journey with other families, starting my job and finding so much fear in doing something different, realizing that community and connection IS at the heart of what I do. I have been challenged to release the need to perform, to compare, to impress in order to embrace just…being. And every time I embrace messy authenticity, I find that other people are given permission to do the same. There’s so much healing in this journey when I’m willing to move away from societal norms to listen to those subtle, yet scary nudges to a different path.

Thank you for being someone I look to when I need encouragement to keep choosing my knowing 💕

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Lauren Barber's avatar

Ahhh Aleesha you are a constant inspiration. What you are creating and holding is so deeply needed. I’m so glad we get to share this experience together in some way, even from a distance! Xx

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