In this Beautiful Work Beautiful Life episode, host Laurel Boivin invites listeners to pause and check in with how the first month of the new year has actually felt. While fresh starts often bring motivation and momentum, they can also create pressure to push harder, do more, and stay productive.
This episode offers a gentle reframe: ease isn’t something we earn after working harder or reaching a future milestone. It begins with awareness, self-support, and compassion. Rather than forcing progress, noticing what drains or supports us can create more sustainable energy, clarity, and connection.
Laurel invites listeners to consider a different way forward—one where ease exists alongside ambition, responsibility, and meaningful goals.
Listeners will hear:
Why the pressure of a new year can drain energy instead of creating momentum
The difference between discipline-driven effort and living with more ease
How constant over-efforting disconnects us from ourselves and what matters most
Why ease begins with awareness, not action or fixing
How ease can coexist with ambition, responsibility, and meaningful goals
Journaling prompts are suggested to further your exploration.
What comes up for you when you think about the word ease?
Does ease feel possible in your life right now? Why or why not?
In what ways do you believe you need to earn ease?
Where in your life are you pushing harder than you need to?
What feels harder than it needs to be right now?
Where in your life does ease already exist?
With whom do you feel the most ease?
Which people, places, or commitments require extra effort or force from you?
What currently drains your energy, and what fills it?
What would bring more ease into your life right now?
What would it look like to let ease exist alongside your ambition and responsibility?
How might you pursue your goals without forcing or over-efforting?
The email to send questions to Laurel Boivin is laurel@fluxflowcoaching.com and for Laurel Holland - laurel@liveyourinnerpower.com
Host/Cohost/Guest Info
Guiding others to become effective leaders of their own lives, Laurel Holland has been on a journey of awakening and transformation throughout her life. Writing about inner work, Laurel has authored four books, including Crossroads and Love’s 8 Laws. Her books, Live Your Inner Power, the Journal, and Courageous Woman, introduce, share, and explore the eight foundational practices for creating transformation from the inside out. Through her books, programs, and innovative talks, Laurel’s great desire is to lift others up and courageously step into the life they came here to live. You can learn more about Laurel, her books, and work she does at www.liveyourinnerpower.com.
Laurel Boivin is a leadership coach, speaker, and workshop facilitator. Founder of Flux+Flow Professional Coaching, Laurel works with high-performing professionals and mission-driven organizations to shift from achievement to alignment — helping them connect deeply to purpose, lead with confidence, and create environments where people thrive. A Reiki master and yoga practitioner, collector of sea glass and antiques, she lives in New Hampshire and summers in Maine. You can learn more about Laurel and the work she does at www.fluxflowcoaching.com.
