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Life Lessons with Lesa & LaurenLife Transitions and Grieving the Loss of IdentityLesa has had an Ah-ha Moment.
She's unknowingly been grieving for a long time.
In this episode, she and Lauren discuss why this is important and normal and why it needs to be recognised and even celebrated.
When one door closes, you don't have to pretend it never existed!
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What's wrong with doing everything yourself?
Is there an up-side to accepting vulnerability?
Can you be both independent and vulnerable?
And how can Lauren sneak in another weird metaphor for this one?!
All these questions and more will be answered in this episode of Life Lessons with Lesa and Lauren.
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https://www.instagram...2023-03-0817 minLife Lessons with Lesa & LaurenIs it New Year's yet?Is it too late to start the year over?
Is it too late to change my New Year's Resolutions?
Why make them at all if we never stick to them?
If you're asking yourself any of these kinds of questions, feel like the years are flying by without much improvement, or are feeling stuck in a rut, THIS is the episode for you.
No - you didn't miss our New Year's episode, we're purposely putting this out in Feb and you'll see why when you listen in on t...2023-02-2221 minLife Lessons with Lesa & LaurenTitle goes here.This episode is about procrastination.
I was gonna write a blurb here... but, ya' know.
Doing stuff is hard.
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Several weeks into the year, many people have already dropped their New Year's intentions, so it's time to refocus!
Lauren puts Lesa in the hot seat, to get some answers about this elusive topic.
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"What do I do if I don't know what I want?"
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Link:2022-12-2816 minLife Lessons with Lesa & LaurenQuestion your defaults.This episode was inspired by a conversation between Lauren and her 14 yo son and her discovery that she needed to take a different approach to help him.
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While there are many strategies to manage or overcome anxiety, in this episode we focus on choosing a different feeling and harnessing our power.
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How does it happen? What does it feel like? What can we do about it?
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We're giving you permission to have it your way this holiday season.
Unwrap and enjoy.
For more on this topic, check out Lauren's Free Christmas planning workshop "Simplicity Christmas with Lauren Winzar" on Facebook: https://fb.watch/gH2f-foU6P/
AND Lesa is all about helping you recover from your people-pleasing ways! (she also has a snazzy new website: https://www.lesablackham.com.au/)
2022-11-0932 minLife Lessons with Lesa & LaurenYour feelings are valid - whether I say so or not.What is external validation?
Why do we want it? Do we need it?
In this episode Lesa and Lauren discuss the feeling of wanting validation from those around us and what to do about it.
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Can what we focus on really make a difference to our experience of a 'bad' situation?
2022-10-2019 minLife Lessons with Lesa & LaurenMirror MirrorTell me what you see when you look at me.
What do you see when you look in the mirror? Literally. How do you see your physical appearance and how can you learn to love it?
Even when looking at the same image we can all see something a little different depending on what we focus on as well as our own experiences and emotions.
In this episode, Lauren shares some lightbulb moments on her journey to self-love and Lesa helps us to understand how we can all get there.2022-10-0641 minLife Lessons with Lesa & LaurenFunhouseAre we having fun yet?
Lesa and Lauren are working on fun, scheduling it in and sneaking it into the everyday.
What is fun, and how and why do we need to work on it?
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You might notice a little improvement in this episode... see if you spot it.
In this short episode, we're going to walk you through how to show your support for your favourite podcast and it won't cost you a cent!
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Life Lessons with Lesa & Lauren32 - Can you hear me now?We can all improve our communication skills.
In this episode, Lesa explains why it's important to listen to hear rather than waiting to speak, and how to do it!
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Fortunately, she has Lauren, Decluttering & Organising Coach ready and willing to help.
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People Pleasers AnonymousEpisode 25 - Meet my Guest Lauren Winzar Decluttering & Organising CoachToday I'd love to introduce you to my friend and biz buddy Lauren Winzar, the queen of simplicity.
We People Pleaser's are prone to experiencing too much, too many, too much... too much everything! Basically we overcomplicate I.T .A.L.L!
Life CAN be simpler, and Lauren is the perfect expert to have on the show to tell us exactly how we can do that. Lauren is your Decluttering and Organisation Coach.
Lauren brings a light-hearted and non-judgemental approach to decluttering, she reduces stress and overwhelm in her clients...2022-06-3034 minLife Lessons with Lesa & Lauren28 - What's keeping you up at night?Now Lesa has covid. She found she was sleeping well while sick and now her sleep patterns have gone "back to normal"... anyone else hear those alarm bells?
Let's work through this one together. What's keeping you awake?
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We're sick of medical professionals who don't see the whole patient and don't listen to them either.
In this episode we let off a bit of that steam and grant you permission (not that you ever needed it) to seek a second opinion and keep asking questions until YOU are satisfied.
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How can we use music to help us process our emotions and boost our moods?
Join us for this episode discussing just that and then share your thoughts and how you use music as a tool.
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How do we cultivate self-worth in our young ones and how do we protect them from losing the self-worth and confidence they have?
Let's ask Lesa!
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Get ready to be inspired!
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We recorded this episode while Lauren was staying with her sister, brother in law and their newborn son Hari.
Through mind blanks and emotional waves that apparently are not reserved solely for new mums but anyone living in baby-land, Lesa and Lauren discuss the lessons this one-week-old is already teaching us.2022-05-1225 minLife Lessons with Lesa & Lauren22 - On Playing Catch-upThe Lifers discuss the constant feeling of falling behind and needing to catch-up... but with whom?
We consider this gem that Lauren spotted on The Gram, "If 'catching-up' worked, you'd be caught up by now."
And compare it to this other quote that has been doing the rounds, "She silently stepped out of the race that she never wanted to be in, found her own lane and proceeded to win."
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2022-05-0521 minLife Lessons with Lesa & Lauren21.1 - Post-Covid Catch-up - Lauren has a whingePart 1 of this Double Drop episode.
You wouldn't know it but, it's been a month since Lesa and Lauren hit record on the podcast.
Lauren's been sick and in this episode, she shares with Lesa (and YOU!) how she handled it.
2022-04-2827 minLife Lessons with Lesa & Lauren21.2 - BONUS Post-Covid Catch-up: How's Lesa Going?In the second half of this double drop episode, we catch up with how Lesa has been going this month. You don't have to have Covid to feel isolated or need some time to feel shitty!
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Catch up on Episode 18: https://anchor.fm/lifelessonslesalauren/episodes/18---Mother-Knows-Best-e1fnta9
and Episode 19: https://anchor.fm/lifelessonslesalauren/episodes/19---Only-Quitters-Quit-e1fo33k
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Catch up on Episode 18: https://anchor.fm/lifelessonslesalauren/episodes/18---Mother-Knows-Best-e1fnta9
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Why? How did it work out? Tune in to find out all about out pushy pushy ways.
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There is always more to learn.
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Listen to episode 8 on Boundaries here: https://anchor.fm/lifelessonslesalauren/episodes/8---Boundaries-e1amj12/a-a6v41dk
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We decided not to discuss our choices until we hit record. Our choices are completely different and yet we've each found a similar message and freedom by reading them.
Listen in and then share with us your experience of these books or your own favourite life-altering book!
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...2022-03-1619 minLife Lessons with Lesa & Lauren14 - Self Help vs Self DevelopmentLesa and Lauren describe what lead them to seek "self-help" and how that evolved to "self-development", what's the difference anyway?
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You already have the tools you need.
You already know what you need to know and what you need to do.
You know you can do hard things.
In times of uncertainty, this is how we get through, by knowing we will.
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Lauren: ht...2022-03-0231 minLife Lessons with Lesa & Lauren12 - Stress and your bodyAre you listening to your body when it whispers? What about when it yells?
What does Lauren's foot have to say about her overthinking life?
In this episode, Lesa & Lauren discuss how our bodies communicate and the effect stress can have on us physically.
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2022-02-0947 minLife Lessons with Lesa & Lauren9 - How did Lesa become a Coach?In which we learn the hows and whys of Lesa becoming a coach.
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Listen to this episode to help Lesa and Lauren help you out with helpful answers to all your helping questions!2021-10-2826 minLife Lessons with Lesa & Lauren4 - Our Self-Help ToolboxAfter both experiencing some low moods recently, Lesa and Lauren share some of their most-used self-help tools.2021-10-2628 minLife Lessons with Lesa & Lauren3 - Lesa's got a hangover!Lesa shares some insight into the Excitement Hangover from ground zero. We discuss self-talk and how to nurture yourself to avoid burnout.2021-10-1940 min
Life Lessons with Lesa & Lauren2 - comparing childhoodsFollowing our first chat about our similarities and differences, Lesa and Lauren compare some basics of childhood like growing up in different decades and how it may have affected their behaviour and expectations as parents.2021-10-1337 min
Life Lessons with Lesa & LaurenPilot - Life Lessons with Lesa & LaurenThis is our introductory episode of Life Lessons with Lesa & Lauren. 2 Aussie mums, half a generation and almost a full country apart, sharing their experiences and observations to help each other and their audience clear the way to their best lives.
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