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I’ve been thinking a lot about the people in my book, “the characters” in my stories.

Many names have been changed and identities protected.

With that, the people in the stories, should they read the book— they’ll know.

To those looking from the outside I was on a beautiful trip with a man I had met months before.

While in reality I was about to turn 35 feeling trapped in another country.

That’s the thing about social media, it’s a highlight reel. You never know what is truly going on behind the scenes.

Besides me my first book sits on my bookshelf.

It’s as though the timelines have finally shifted and my book no longer lives inside of me. The stories and pains from my past that I once carried physically, mentally and emotionally have melted away ~ and by melted I mean through a whole lot of deep healing work and writing the very book I mention.

Early praise has been received and continues to roll in.

"GLOW UP YOUR CHAKRAS makes you feel like you are nestled into a cozy corner booth at your favorite café with Lauren. She's not only sharing life-changing information and spiritual activations, but you're nodding your head, giggling, and squeezing her hand as she tells stories that make you feel seen. Her words heal, hold, and help shift you from the inside out."
— Cassandra Bodzak, Author + Manifestation Coach

So there I was on the cold, snowy New York evening doing my first reading at The Tortured Blogger’s Society event.

We had just come back from the first break during which I ordered myself a club soda (and spiked it with a little packet of low dose thc/cbd) and the next round of readers were to begin.

The girl on my right said, “I’m up next”.

I recently learned that I grew up in a dysfunctional household.

By a show of hand’s who else grew up in a dysfunctional household?

(Maybe there was an alcoholic parent. Maybe a codependent one. Maybe one with OCD, rage, or simply a parent who didn’t communicate love or emotions in the way you needed.)

Backstory: What began as an outlet, a blog, a place to share my thoughts evolved into something greater. While I have been quiet on the blog these last 5 years I have been busy living, experiencing, growing and WRITING.