In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Lauren Lefkowitz, founder of the mindset and coaching brand Fine is a Trap Coaching. Lauren takes us on her journey from a two-decade-long corporate HR career, where she found herself burned out from 80-hour workweeks and chronic people-pleasing, to building a business dedicated to helping others escape the "fine trap" of mediocrity. The pivotal moment came from a freak accident that left her with two broken shoulders, forcing a period of reflection that ultimately led her to pursue her passion for coaching full-time.
Lauren details her unique dual approach to business: working one-on-one with executives and leaders in corporate America to help them rediscover joy and set boundaries to prevent burnout, while also offering fractional HR services to small businesses needing to build or up-level their people operations. She shares her effective, relationship-based marketing strategies centered on LinkedIn and networking, and her vision for the future, which includes taking her powerful message to live stages and publishing a memoir about her transformative journey.
