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# Laura Coe

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## Posts
- [Becca Stevens – Music, Identity, and Composing Your Truth](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/becca-stevens-music-identity-and-composing-your-truth): From a serendipitous Instagram message to an unforgettable backstage meditation on 11/11, Laura and Becca reflect on the invisible threads that guide us when we’re willing to listen. They examine the dance between the muse and the critical mind, the fear of “getting it wrong,” and the discipline required to serve something larger than the ego.
- [Akashic Technique – How Do You Know It Is Not Your Ego?](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/akashic-technique-how-do-you-know-it-is-not-your-ego): In this episode of The Art of Authenticity, Laura begins a technical series on how the Akashic Records actually work. She answers the most common question she hears inside the Little Soul School: “How do I know it’s not just me?” She breaks down the three ways the Records come through — auditory, physical, and visual — and explains why correct technique matters more than doubt.
- [Nicole Wagner: The Psychology of Authentic Truth](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/nicole-wagner-the-psychology-of-authentic-truth): In this intimate conversation, Laura sits down with her longtime friend and clinical social worker Nicole Wagner to explore what it really means to heal. From DBT and IFS to mindfulness and “wise mind,” this episode unpacks the practical tools that help us move out of all-or-nothing thinking and back into clarity, connection, and self-trust.
- [Come Out of the Spiritual Closet](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/come-out-of-the-spiritual-closet): In this episode, Laura speaks directly to the loneliness that often arises on the spiritual path. There are institutions and communities for religion and science. But for the explorers in the middle – the ones navigating meditation, the Akashic Records, yoga, psychedelics, and self-inquiry – there can be a strange stigma. A sense that you are “weird” for wanting to look at life through multiple lenses.
- [What is An Akashic Record Reading?](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/what-is-an-akashic-record-reading): What actually happens in an Akashic Record reading? In this episode of The Art of Authenticity, Laura Coe walks through what the Records are, how a reading works, and what kind of guidance this ancient system is designed to offer.
- [Kevin Kaiser – Living as Spirit in the Human World](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/kevin-kaiser-living-as-spirit-in-the-human-world): In this episode of The Art of Authenticity, Laura sits down with longtime friend Kevin Kaiser for a grounded, unscripted conversation about identity, awareness, and the quiet pull toward truth that many people feel but struggle to name.
- [What Are the Akashic Records and Why This Ancient Tool Matters Today?](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/what-are-the-akashic-records-and-why-this-ancient-tool-matters-today): In this episode of The Art of Authenticity, Laura explains the Akashic Records in clear, practical terms. The Records are described as an ancient informational field that holds the complete history of your soul – every thought, action, lifetime, and the original soul plan created before incarnation.
- [Sat Dharam Kaur – Compassion, Awakening and Soul Service](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/sat-dharam-kaur-compassion-awakening-and-soul-service): In this episode of The Art of Authenticity, Laura sits down with Sat Dharam Kaur to explore trauma, identity, and the deeper mechanics of healing. Drawing from her personal history, naturopathic medicine, Kundalini Yoga, and Compassionate Inquiry, she offers a clear and grounded perspective on why suffering persists — and how it can unwind.
- [Why The Art of Authenticity Is Back](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/why-the-art-of-authenticity-is-back): After a long pause, The Art of Authenticity returns. In this episode, Laura shares why she stepped away — and what called her back. What began as an exploration of authenticity through mind, heart, and lived experience expanded into something deeper: A multi-year journey into the Akashic Records challenged everything she thought she had “figured out” and revealed a systematic, teachable way of accessing a deeper knowing of self.
- [Danielle LaPorte: How to be Loving](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/danielle-laporte-how-to-be-loving): Danielle LaPorte is the creator of the Heart-Centered Membership and the Heart Centered Leadership Program, with 400+ leaders in 30 countries hosting conversation circles, retreats, and workshops in all kinds of communities and businesses.
- [Rupert Spira: You Are the Happiness You Seek](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/rupert-spira): In this episode of The Art of Authenticity, Rupert Spira, teacher, spiritual leader, and writer, teaches us about the nature of reality and the source of lasting peace and happiness. He explains the direct path and non-dual philosophy, as well as elaborating on his latest book, You Are The Happiness You Seek.
- [Josh Trent: Discover Physical & Emotional Intelligence to Thrive in Our Modern World](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/josh-trent): Josh has spent the past 19+ years as a trainer, researcher, and facilitator discovering the physical and emotional intelligence for humans to thrive in our modern world.
- [AnnMarie Chereso: Discovering your Truth with Conscious Parenting](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/annmarie_chereso): In this episode, AnnMarie Chereso comes on the show to talk about taking fear out of conscious parenting. For almost two decades, AnnMarie has taught and spoken at schools and universities, facilitated workshops and trainings for teachers, and coached adults and young people.
- [Kevin Kaiser: Unlock Your Purpose](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/kevin-kaiser): Kevin Kaiser—a good friend—joins us on the show to talk about how to unlock, discover, and uncover your purpose. For 25 years, Kevin has worked with some of the world’s top-performing individuals, from New York Times bestselling authors to Grammy Award–winning musicians. Despite their external success, he realized they often struggle internally.
- [Kute Blackson: The Magic of Surrender](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/kute-blackson-the-magic-of-surrender): In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Kute Blackson. Kute joins us to discuss his newest book, The Magic of Surrender. Learn why surrendering brings more into your life, not less. Why surrendering can open doors, not close them. And how surrendering can bring about a life that you could never have believed possible. It is a topic that I love, practice, and have found essential to my growth! He has been featured on Larry King, Dr. Drew, Inc mag, as well as receiving the 2019 Walden Award in New Thought Wisdom.
- [Bryan Reeves: Choose Her Every Day (or Leave Her)](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/bryan-reeves-choose-her-every-day-or-leave-her): In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Bryan Reeves, Relationship Ninja. He just released his second book, Choose Her Every Day (or Leave Her). In 2010, at age 36, while going through yet another agonizing breakup, Bryan had an epiphany: He knew nothing useful about how to do intimate relationship well. In that moment of painful realization he vowed to never suck at intimacy again. Thus began an extraordinary journey into the realms of love, sex, relationship. In summer 2015, with already legions of readers all over the world following his adventures, his essay “Choose Her Every Day (Or Leave Her)” went viral, exploding to over a million readers daily. This book (which includes that essay) is Bryan’s anthology of stories, insights, practical tools, and secrets (that should never be secrets!) to help guide you on your own journey to thriving in love and intimacy.
- [Marci Shimoff: Love and Happiness for No Reason](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/marci-shimoff-love-and-happiness-for-no-reason): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with Marci Shimoff, author, teacher, and transformational leader.
- [B. Jeffery Madoff: Creative Careers: How to Make a Living with Your Ideas](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/b-jeffery-madoff-creative-careers-how-to-make-a-living-with-your-ideas): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with B Jeffery Madoff, Professor, writer, director, and photographer.
- [Dr. Margaret Paul, Ph.D. Empower Yourself To Heal Within](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/dr-margaret-paul-ph-d-empower-yourself-to-heal-within): MARGARET PAUL is a bestselling author, popular MindBodyGreen writer and co-creator of the powerful Inner Bonding® self-healing process, and the related SelfQuest® self-healing online program - recommended by author Marci Shimoff, actress Lindsay Wagner and singer Alanis Morissette. She has appeared on numerous radio and television shows(including Oprah). Her book titles include Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved By You (and subsequent titles Do I Have to Give Up Me to Be Loved By God, and ...By My Kids), Healing Your Aloneness and Inner Bonding, and the recently published, Diet For Divine Connection and The Inner Bonding Workbook. Margaret holds a PhD in psychology, is a relationship expert, public speaker, consultant and artist. She has successfully worked with thousands and taught classes and seminars for over 50 years. Go to http://www.innerbonding.com/welcome for a free Inner Bonding course and join Dr. Margaret for her "Love Yourself" Course at http://www.innerbonding.com/show-page/224/love-yourself-a-30-day-inner-bonding-experience.html. Margaret lives in Colorado. She has three children and three grandchildren. In her spare time, she loves to paint, ride her horse, read, make pottery and kayak.
- [Dominick Quartuccio: Helping High Performers with Burnout](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/dominick-quartuccio-helping-high-performers-with-burnout): On today’s podcast, we welcome international speaker, author and executive coach, Dominick Quartuccio. He exchanged his 15-year corporate career in financial services for his passion, which is helping people to design futures that they can be excited about! In this episode, Dominick gets candid about his past struggles with addiction, describing how repressed emotions as a young boy eventually created a fracture in his identity, causing conflict between his public and private life. He talks about the terrifying experience of vulnerability when someone sees beyond that which is protected to the outside world and the role that genuine acceptance has played in helping him to remain authentic. We pivot to a discussion about the dangers of drifting, how to recognize when you are stuck in this state and what to do to get yourself back in alignment with your authentic self and living the life of your conscious choosing. For more on all these facets of self-development, check out his podcast Man Amongst Men and be sure to join us for this conversation!
- [Silvy Khoucasian: Love with Integrity](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/silvy-khoucasian-love-with-integrity): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with Silvy Khoucasian, relationship coach and founder of, Love with Integrity.Today we have a really special show in store for you! We welcome relationship coach Silvy Khoucasian to share her expertise and personal work with relationships. Silvy has her masters degree in psychology and is particularly interested and specializes in attachment and boundaries and how codependency arises in relationships. She helps clients to show up and stay authentic with their partners, a balance that most people will find to be a constant challenge, even with the best intentions. How do we negotiate selfishness, selflessness and offer and receive the security and comfort so many of us look for? In our conversation, Silvy does a great job of defining some of the important concepts at play, talks about the influence of family systems on our later life and identity definition and shifts in relation to someone else. We unpack the different styles of attachment and how to go about getting a map to your partner, knowing their biggest triggers and the continual task of compromise. For a truly enlightening chat with a wonderful and amazing guest, tune in today!
- [Hamilton Souther: Master Shaman](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/hamilton-souther-master-shaman): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with Hamilton Souther, CEO and Master Shaman
- [Michelle Lederman: The Connector’s Advantage](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/michelle-lederman-the-connectors-advantage): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with Michelle Lederman, speaker, author, coach, and CEO. Welcome to another episode of Art of Authenticity! Joining us today for a second time is the resourceful Michelle Lederman who has just released her new book The Connector’s Advantage: 7 Mindsets to Grow Your Influence and Impact. One of her many accolades include being named by Forbes as one of the 25 networking experts to watch. She’s a former NYU professor who has since made her mark as an accomplished speaker, trainer, coach and, of course, esteemed author. Her passion is really to help individuals and organizations build better relationships and achieve greater results through her company, Executive Essentials. Michelle has worked with an array of big-name organizations of all kinds, has been featured in The New York Times, and she’s here today to advise us on implementing the most important networking skills that she has learned over the years. Michelle shares with us what it means to be a connector, the different type of connectors, how we are to approach our networks and the mindsets that are required to become better at relationships on all levels. This thought-provoking conversation is guaranteed to pique your interest, so don’t miss out on this one!
- [Cal Callihan: Wall Street to Spiritual Warrior](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/cal-callihan-wall-street-to-spiritual-warrior): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with Cal Callihan, Trader, Sport's Team Owner, and Coach. Today we are so lucky and happy to have an old friend on the show, none other than Cal Callahan! Cal is here to talk about his authentic life and the journey that he has been on from leaving a high paying job on Wall Street, leaving Chicago for Austin to own and run an athletic team, to immersing himself in a spiritual and philosophical works.  Cal will be the first to admit that he has been through trials and tribulations on his life’s path, but wouldn’t have it any other way. We speak a lot about following your truth and intuition and becoming a spiritual warrior in the fight for authenticity.He has such a beautiful story and his honesty and openness blew me away and I am confident it will impact you as well.  There is so much wisdom and many nuggets of truth for all of our listeners in this conversation, so listen in close! We discuss cutting ties, moving on, fulfillment, and the amazing value of forgiveness and surrender. For all this and more, tune in to today’s episode!
- [Dr. Frankie Bashan: How to Find Authentic Love](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/dr-frankie-bashan-how-to-find-authentic-love): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with Dr. Frankie Bashan, psychologist, matchmaker and relationship guru.On the show today we are joined by Dr. Frankie Bashan, psychologist, matchmaker and relationship guru! She has over 20 years of experience working with couples and individuals and has managed to find her calling and passion in a life devoted to helping others to find love. Her company, Little Gay Book, serves the lesbian and bisexual community but you better believe that the ideas she shares on the show are applicable to everyone!Frankie is so honest and hilarious as she tells us about her early pull towards matchmaking and how she found her father a new partner when she was just 14-years-old! In our conversation we dive into online dating, setting up her business, balance, vulnerability and she offers a strong message about the powers of hope and love. For this beautiful and inspiring chat, be sure to join us!Dr. Frankie Bashan has specialized in working with the LGBT community, and specifically with couples and individuals with relational difficulties. After nine years of clinical experience Dr. Frankie Bashan sought a less formal and more dynamic setting to apply her talents. She followed her passion of connecting people and bringing happiness to their lives by becoming a professional matchmaker. Dr. Frankie Bashan launched Little Gay Book and quickly became the premiere lesbian matchmaking service in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, Boston, San Diego, Hawaii, Denver (and growing).
- [Jacqueline Sinclair: Art, Personal Balance, Spirituality, and Jazz](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/jacqueline-sinclair-art-personal-balance-spirituality-and-jazz): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with Jacqueline Sinclair, Artistic Director for the Joel Hall Dancers and Center.Jacqueline is the Artist Director at Joel Hall Dancers in Chicago and has pursued a life in dance as long as she can remember. We chat all about her journey to this point and the decisions she made along the way that have defined her. We also talk about finding the passion for dance in high school and her early and instinctual attraction to jazz.
- [Neil Pasricha: The Happiness Equation](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/neil-pasricha-the-happiness-equation): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with Neil Pasricha, author, blogger, speaker,  and podcaster. 
- [Paul Jarvis: Company of One](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/paul-jarvis-company-of-one): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with Paul Jarvis, Writer, Designer, Podcaster, and Software Creator. His new book, Company of One 
- [Nadja Pinnavaia: The Other Side To Finding Peace](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/nadja-pinnavaia-the-other-side-to-finding-peace): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a conversation with Nadja Pinnavaia, Founder of  Euphebe. 
- [Kate Swoboda: The Courage Habit](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/kate-swoboda-the-courage-habit): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a deep dive into courage with Kate Swoboda, Coach, writer, and Director of the Courageous Living Coach Certification. 
- [Mike Bundrant: A Model To Live More Authentically](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/mike-bundrant-a-model-to-live-more-authentically): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a deep dive into meditation with Mike Bundrant, Coach, Therapist, and Founder of the INLP Center. 
- [Amy Owen: How You Can Change Your Life Just By Changing Your Breath](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/amy-owen-how-you-can-change-your-life-just-by-changing-your-breath): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a deep dive into meditation with Amy Owen, yoga teacher and dula. 
- [Amy Owen: Why We Need To Be Listening To Our Heart Brain: A Meditation](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/amy-owen-why-we-need-to-be-listening-to-our-heart-brain-a-meditation): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a deep dive into meditation with Amy Owen, yoga teacher and dula. 
- [Bryan Reeves: On Communication in Relationship, Avoid The Death Gap](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/bryan-reeves-on-communication-in-relationship-avoid-the-death-gap): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had an inspirational conversation with, Bryan Reeves, relationship coach, blogger, and author.
- [Dr. Sharad Paul: Hacking Our Genetic Codes To Become The Best Version Of Ourselves](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/dr-sharad-paul-hacking-our-genetic-codes-to-become-the-best-version-of-ourselves): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had an inspirational conversation with, Dr. Paul Sharad, geneticist and author.
- [Jake Eagle: How to Have Authentic Relationships](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/jake-eagle-how-to-have-authentic-relationships): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had an inspirational conversation with, Jake Eagle Psychotherapist and coach. 
- [Michelle Tillis Lederman: 11 Laws of Likability](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/michelle-tillis-lederman-11-laws-of-likability): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had an inspirational conversation with, Michelle Tillis Lederman.
- [Marcus Aurelius Anderson: Gift of Adversity](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/marcus-aurelius-anderson-gift-of-adversity): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had an inspirational conversation with, Marcus Anderson. 
- [Kute Blackson: Step into Your Authentic Self with Joy and Self Love](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/kute-blackson-step-into-your-authentic-self-with-joy-and-self-love): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, we had a favorite interviewee back on, Kute Blackson, transformational coach and author.  
- [Daniel Jordi: Dreams Manifest Through Having Trust in Yourself](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/daniel-jordi-dreams-manifest-through-having-trust-in-yourself): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a deeply honest conversation with Daniel Jordi, entrepreneur and Managing Director of Leadership Bridge.
- [Tara Mohr: Play Big](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/tara-mohr-play-big): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had an enjoyable conversation with TaraMohr is an expert on women’s leadership and wellbeing. She is the author of Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create and Lead.
- [Mark Aramli: Shark Tank Fail to Success](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/mark-aramli-shark-tank-fail-to-success): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had an enjoyable conversation with Mark Aramlli, entrepreneur
- [Karen Rinaldi: The End of Men](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/karen-rinaldi-the-end-of-men): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a thoughtful conversation with Karen Rinaldi, writer, editor, and publisher.
- [Elizabeth DiAlto: Wild Soul Movement](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/elizabeth-dialto-wild-soul-movement): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a thoughtful conversation with Elizabeth DiAlto, writer, coach, and podcaster.
- [Are You Afraid that You Will Be Self Absorbed If You Tell The Truth](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/are-you-afraid-that-you-will-be-self-absorbed-if-you-tell-the-truth): Where is the line between self-indulgent, self-absorbed and authenticity? If we cater to our own self-interest we are self-absorbed. We are self-serving. If we deny our needs are martyrs that can become resentful. How do we balance the needs of others with the need to take care of ourselves? The line of helping a friend and taking care of our own needs is not obvious. Today we dive into that conversation
- [Teju Owoye: A Serial Entrepreneur Share All](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/teju-owoye-a-serial-entrepreneur-share-all): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a thoughtful conversation with Teju Owoye, founder of Sulte Group, Blis Brands, and Growth Marketer. 
- [Can We Really Live in the Present?](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/can-we-really-live-in-the-present):  Most of us, if we’ve spent any time in any modern city, have heard about the idea of ‘mindfulness,' about the idea of being present, about the idea of how important it is to live our life in the moment. We've heard how it is important not miss the moments, to not be distracted by your iPad, your iTouch, your Android, the news, the endless news cycle, the stimulation that is everywhere. We've heard that we need to take time out to be in our thoughts when we’re having a conversation with our friends.We want to be present in that moment. We even talk about mindfulness and presence, mindful eating, walking... But the reality is that most of us are not achieving that goal. Most of us are anxious, most of us are medicating.American culture, I think 70%, takes some kind of anti-anxiety. Why is it that when we’re talking so much about being present and the key to having a life that is meaningful and a key to a life that is filled with happiness requires presence, requires stillness, requires being calm and focused on the moment at hand.American culture, I think 70%, takes some kind of anti-anxiety. Why is it that when we’re talking so much about being present and we accepted that the key to having a meaningful life, a life that is filled with happiness requires presence, requires stillness, requires being calm and focused on the moment at hand and we haven't found it?Why is it that so many of us are experiencing the opposite?
- [Andrew Taggart: A Fellow Philosopher Bringing Wisdom to Every Day Life](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/andrew-taggart-a-fellow-philosopher-bringing-wisdom-to-every-day-life): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a thoughtful conversation with Andrew Taggart, practical philosopher, which involves speaking with entrepreneurs, business executives, artists, and spiritual seekers about the nature of a good life. 
- [Mark Lukach: My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/mark-lukach-my-lovely-wife-in-the-psych-ward): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a thoughtful conversation with Mark Lukach, author of My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward.Today on the show we have Mark Lukach. Mark is the author of international bestseller, My Lovely Wife in the Psyche Ward: a vulnerable personal story inspired by his wife Julia. Mark and Julia fell madly in love at 18, they got married and started living their dream in San Francisco. But some years later, Julia unexpectedly had a psychotic break, which landed her in a psyche ward for nearly a month and over the next few years, they both struggled with what was bipolar, depression, suicide and a lot of uncertainty and difficulty in their life and in their marriage.Mark managed his feelings by writing this book, My Lovely Wife in the Psyche Ward and above all, it is a conversation about loyalty, love, commitment and how to handle the challenges of mental illness, which many people struggle to talk about. In today’s episode, Mark shares his authentic story; delving deep into the gift of vulnerability, the resentments of caregiving, and ultimately the perseverance of love. Take a listen to this compelling conversation.
- [Pema Chodron: On How to Drop Negative Thoughts](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/pema-chodron-on-how-to-drop-negative-thoughts): Pema Chodron explains one of the essential challenges in finding peace is dropping negative thoughts. Can you drop a thought about something small that is currently bothering you? More importantly, can you notice when a negative thought is on your mind? Or do you wait until the thought has consumed your day, week, even a month before you drop it?Drop your current negative thought by bringing attention to something new!
- [JP Sears: How To Be Ultra-Spiritual](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/jp-sears-how-to-be-ultra-spiritual): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I chatted with JP Spears, author of the new book, How to Be Ultra-Spiritual.
- [Olivia Goldhill: Existentialism and Authenticity](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/olivia-goldhill-existentialism-and-authenticity): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I chatted with Olivia Goldhill, Harvard educated philosophy student and writer for Quartz. 
- [Can A Single Act of Compassion Make a Difference? The Answer is Yes](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/can-a-single-act-of-compassion-make-a-difference-the-answer-is-yes): Do you ever hear about this idea that each one of us matters in our everyday life, that each one of us is like a droplet in the ocean, a part of a wave and there's a universal energy? I think about these things and it sounds so nice and so abstract, but in the real world you wonder how is that possible. Can my actions actually impact others? Is there a ripple effect or do my actions make very little difference?
- [Jaimal Yogis: All Our Water Are Water](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/jaimal-yogis-all-our-water-are-water): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I chatted with Jaimal Yogis, award-winning author, teacher, and outdoorsman. 
- [Replace the Highs and Lows of Life with More Joy](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/replace-the-highs-and-lows-of-life-with-more-joy): Today I wanted to chat with you about a conversation I was having with a client. He was telling me that he was feeling really good. Here's what happened:He's said, "I just feel really good." And I said, "Great! Why?" And I was excited to hear the news, and he said, "Well, I'm not suffering anymore. I don't know what to tell you." And I thought, Hmm? I'm not sure that that's what I was hoping to hear. I was hoping to hear about maybe a breakthrough or just that his week had gone well.He began to describe that by letting go of pain and pleasure, he was able to start to even out, lose the highs and lows of life and live a lot more in a space of contentment. With that change, he felt his suffering diminished. But he found himself feeling at odds with this sense of calm because it wasn't the norm.Re-establishing a baseline of contentment as the norm is work when you've live in a state of overwhelm or chasing pleasure, running from pain and seeking approvals.
- [Emily Ann Peterson on Bravery](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/emily-ann-peterson-on-bravery): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I chatted with Emily Ann Peterson on Bravery.
- [Feeling Behind? Wonderwoman May Have the Answer](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/feeling-behind-wonderwoman-may-have-the-answer): Have you seen the Movie Wonderwoman? In the movie, Wonderwoman has lived on an island without any clocks, watches, or even the use of time. When introduced to the concept, she finds it funny that we bound ourselves to this concept so tightly.Most of us feel behind. This was a great opportunity to visit the idea of time, what our relationship to time looks like and how we can get a better handle on it!Thank you for listening.
- [Akshay Nanavati: Fearvana](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/akshay-nanavati-fearvana): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I chatted with Akshay Nanavati, Marine Corp Vet, adventurer, and entrepreneur.
- [Zach Benson: An Artist’s Life](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/zach-benson-an-artists-life): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a thoughtful conversation with Zach Benson 
- [Miguel Ruiz: Mastery of Love](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/miguel-ruiz-mastery-of-love): What is it that you are working to master? Is there something in your life that you are currently, actively, in the pursuit of mastering? Are you trying to run a marathon? Are you working really on in an instrument?  Are you asking your child to try to master anything; sports, music, math? Are you trying to become a great leader? Are you working on priorities, project management? Are you trying to rethink how you keep things organized in your life? What is it that you're currently really fixated on? Really organized towards mastering? Is it your relationship, in your relationship dynamics?I’ve have been totally preoccupied with this book, The Mastery of Love, by Miguel Ruiz.  And I quote, “To become masters of love, we have to practice love. The art of relationship is also a whole mastery and the only way to reach mastery is with practice.”  Practice Love? Tune in to hear more!  
- [Joe Wilner: Find Your Calling](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/joe-wilner-find-your-calling): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a thoughtful conversation with Joseph Wilner, licensed therapist, life coach, and drummer for the band, Yes You Are. 
- [Conquer Fear, Fear, and More Fear, a personal story](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/conquer-fear-fear-and-more-fear-a-personal-story): I ask them a question; what is the biggest challenge that you're having in your life right now? I asked my list of subscribers and I was really surprised, the number one answer by far was fear, fear of failure, fear of not being good enough, fear of getting started, fear of not finishing, fear of approvals, fear, fear, fear, fear, fear, fear of every single sort.It made me think, here I am in a very personal moment, I’m starting my next project, and that next project is going to be my second book.  I'm facing those fears. Most of you have jobs. Most of you do things with your lives that are outside of this self-development, self-help. This is all that I do, right? I write and blog and podcast and coach people on this concept all the time. The idea might be that I'm at a point where those things don't get in my way.Trust me, those voices came up, “Why is this happening? This is what I do. Shouldn’t I be above this, pass this, on the other side of it?” That's why I wanted to talk to you today about this.What's so cool is that the noise, the voice, the conversation in my head, it didn't have the impact. I didn't listen. I know that that's part of the game now. An expectation that that voice comes and I'm ready to face this voice and look him right in the eye, not care, not think because I'm having a thought that it needs to mean something, that I let that thought ramble around in my head all day until I'm destroyed. Just notice it, let it go. Notice it, let it go. Notice it, let it go.
- [Deepak Ramola: Life Lessons Applied to Daily Life](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/deepak-ramola-life-lessons-applied-to-daily-life): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a thoughtful conversation with Deepak Ramola, Founder & Artistic Director of Project FUEL. FUEL stands for: Forward the Understanding of Every Life Lesson.
- [Damian Mark Smyth: Do Nothing and Find Peace](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/damian-mark-smyth-do-nothing-and-find-peace): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a thoughtful conversation with Damian Mark Smyth, author of, Do Nothing, and founder of Rethinking Business. 
- [Joseph Sanok: Build a Private Practice that You Love](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/joseph-sanok-build-a-private-practice-that-you-love): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a thoughtful conversation with Joe Sanok, founder of the Practice of the Practice.
- [Change Your Thoughts: Psychology and Philosophy Agree on How](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/change-your-thoughts-psychology-and-philosophy-agree-on-how): Sharing the platform again with Mike Bundrant. He is the head of the INLP center, coaching if you are looking to take your coaching to the next level, if you are thinking about becoming a coach, check it out.
- [Suzanne Falter: A Heroic Story of Bravery and Faith](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/suzanne-falter-a-heroic-story-of-bravery-and-faith): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a thoughtful conversation with Suzanne Falter, internet marketer, writer, blogger, and coach for healing trauma.
- [How Being a People Pleaser Leads to Rejection](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/how-being-a-people-pleaser-leads-to-rejection): Have you ever thought that in the very act of trying to please to avoid rejection, you have already experienced the rejection you fear? It is a paradox. I don't want to be rejected so I try to please. But in the very act, I experience the feeling of rejection. tune in to hear more.Join me in a chat with Mike Bundrant at the inlpcenter.org to hear more.
- [Khe Hy: Why Fear Doesn’t Matter When Making A Change](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/khe-hy-why-fear-doesnt-matter-when-making-a-change): https://soundcloud.com/artofauthenticity/khe-hy-why-fear-doesnt-matterIn this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a thoughtful conversation with Khe Hy, former hedge fund partner turned writer. 
- [Perfection in the Midst of Chaos](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/perfection-in-the-midst-of-chaos): I’m going to take another question from someone who wrote in. I have an email here from Dave. Dave writes in and talks about how he is working really hard to live in his truth. Awesome Dave, very happy for you on that. He goes on to say that while he’s living in his truth, he is more aware of how much he dislikes his job. This awareness is driving him crazy and he would like to not feel this way, any advice?When you live in your truth, when you start to get the awareness of how you really feel, what’s really happening in your life, with that comes this level of clarity but that clarity doesn’t always tell us the things that we want to hear. Unfortunately, sometimes it just gets us more clear that we don’t like our job, more clear that the relationship we’re in is not working for us. More clear that we don’t like our apartment or the city we’re in or whatever it is, we start to get clear.Because normally, we have discomfort and we ignore it, we justify it, we have come up with great rationalizations, right? “I’m paid really well, my boss is super cool, the team is interesting, I’m doing impactful work.” Nonetheless, if all of those things are true, I still hate my job but I’m going to give myself all these reasons to deny my truth.In doing so, we think there’s something wrong with us. We say, “I just don’t know what my problem is, I’m not happy, I don’t feel so great, I’m just discontent in my life. Maybe I’m just somebody who is never going to be happy?” The good news is, is when you move it over and you get truthful and it starts to show up in the actual areas of your life that are a problem, it comes off of you and that inner dialogue that there’s just something randomly wrong with you starts to ease up. But it gets switched over to the actual problem in your life.Here's how to handle it.
- [Caroline Webb: How To Have a Good Day](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/caroline-webb-how-to-have-a-good-day): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a thoughtful conversation with Caroline Webb author of, How to Have a Good Day.
- [Authentic Rituals – Find Systems That Work For You](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/authentic-rituals-find-systems-that-work-for-you): Do you listen to other podcasts that suggest regiments? Do you read blog posts? Do you study the behavioral habits of anybody that you admire and try to figure out what they do? Have you read books on how to hack life and get the edge?If you’ve done any of these things, then you’ve probably got a list of things that are on your "should" list. What I mean by that is “I should get up at 5 AM and go jogging because I read that jogging in the morning is really effective to start your day." "I should have a healthy breakfast to start my day and have a kale smoothie." "I should read more books, I should read at least four books a month and the book should be a certain quality." "I should go to bed at a certain time, sleep a certain amount of hours, I should drink amount of water per day. I should have a healthy diet."The issue to me isn’t that one can’t take an interest in the various things in the world and all of their benefits. The problem is that when we look at a bunch of people or different sources and we start to cherry pick them, put them together into one really long laundry list of should’s. Things we should do that we read or seen that we believe will help us because we want to feel better in our lives and we’ve decided that these things are going to get us there.We also want success and we believe that these people who have had success, who are telling us that these are the things they’ve done in their lives, it’s really a good idea to just imitate a lot of what they do to get there.
- [Danielle LaPorte: White Hot Truth: Clarity for Keeping it Real on Your Spiritual Path from One Seeker to Another](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/danielle-laporte-white-hot-truth-clarity-for-keeping-it-real-on-your-spiritual-path-from-one-seeker-to-another): In this episode of Art of Authenticity, I had a thoughtful conversation with Danielle La Porte, author of the new book, White Hot Truth: Clarity for Keeping It Real on Your Spiritual Path from One Seeker to Another 
- [4 Step Breathing Technique to Do Anywhere](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/4-step-breathing-technique-to-do-anywhere): Yoga teacher and friend, Amy Owen, joined me to record a 4 part breathing technique that you can do anywhere in less than one minute. Stress? Overwhelm? Big decisions? Take a moment to practice this technique to find calm, space, and freedom whenever you desire.
- [Amy Owen: Feel Better in Minutes](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/amy-owen-feel-better-in-minutes): In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Amy Owen, Yoga teacher, dula, fashion model, and good friend.Many of you have written in and talked about stress, a sense of overwhelm, and a feeling that life has just got a lot going on and you’re trying to handle it all. I got to talking to my friend Amy Owen who teaches yoga here in Chicago at Yoga View Studio. Amy is somebody who I met in my yoga teacher training program, a dear friend of mine for about a decade now. She is somebody who has been meditating for 30 years now and she fell in love with yoga in 1994.Amy signed up for a meditation retreat in 1986 after learning that the Beatles had been touting its benefits a generation earlier. In 1994 she found herself on a meditation retreat in Nepal, where she discovered and fell for yoga. Since then, Amy has studied a variety of yoga forms around the world including Ashtanga, Iyengar and Vinyasa flow. Her individual teaching style combines these with a focus on breath awareness and alignment.On the podcast today, she is bringing in small things that you can do right now, in your car, in your bed before you fall asleep at night, or when you wake up. All little techniques that you can do quickly on the floor.If you are looking for a quick fix, stress relief today that you can apply to help take that edge off, feel a little bit better, feel a little more connected to get that process, today is your show. Plus, we hear the story of how Amy went from being a fashion model since the age of 13, before she decided to leave to have her three children and then later went into becoming a yoga teacher. Stay tuned to hear Amy’s real, and practical advice.
- [Reclaim Your Success, Kick out the Impostor Voice](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/reclaim-your-success-kick-out-the-impostor-voice): Today I wanted to talk about the dreaded imposter syndrome. If there’s anything that I think causes people to feel that inner sense of discomfort and then shame, it’s that imposter voice. Imposter voice is the voice within you that tells you that no matter how much success you are having, you’re secretively not enough. I have clients that are so successful. If you saw what they have done on paper, you would say, “That person’s got to feel amazing!” But they don't feel they are enough, despite the evidence.Just because we succeed, we have success, we have all the boxes checked, just because things look a certain way doesn’t mean they’ll feel as good? So we go after that next award, we go after that bestselling book, we try to get the promotion at work, we launch a business, we work so hard, we see a future where we feel better.We may even have an image of ourselves walking around relaxed in the future, maybe we think we’re at retirement, that’s when we’re going to feel good.Any way in which you are putting off feeling good today for the future, that sense, that feeling that “when I get there, when I check these boxes, when I get these things done I will feel good” you've bought into your impostor voice. You are accepting you are not enough today.  I bought into this. I literary think it’s an epidemic, but what if it’s not true?
- [Daniel Gefen: On How to Never Give Up](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/daniel-gefen-on-how-to-never-give-up): https://soundcloud.com/artofauthenticity/daniel-gefen-on-how-to-neverIn this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a conversation with Daniel Gefen, entrepreneur and host of the podcast Can I Pick Your Brain. 
- [Stay Grounded In Difficult Times](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/stay-grounded-in-difficult-times): We can't control what life throws our way, but we can control how we respond to it. How do you accept "what is?" How do you accept the reality you find yourself in and still feel ok, not happy, but ok? Most of us hit a road bump and find ourselves looping in the negative moment. We tell our friends. We repeat it to our self. We question how life could result in this outcome. What if you have a bad moment and you find yourself still feeling fine. Wouldn't that be great?
- [Jared Angaza: Bring the Soul into Your Brand](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/jared-angaza-bring-the-soul-into-your-brand): In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a conversation with Jared Angaza, Strategist, Philanthropist, and creator of brands. 
- [The Still Point](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/the-still-point): Thanks for ListeningAgain, thank you so much for your support! Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes if you haven't already!Episode Resources
- [Gretchen Rubin: Habits, Tendencies and How to Be Yourself](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/gretchen-rubin-habits-tendencies-and-how-to-be-yourself): In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Gretchen Rubin, the author of The Happiness Project and other NYT bestselling books.Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, Better Than Before, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home. She has an enormous readership, both in print and online, and her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages.She also has a top podcast called Happier with Gretchen Rubin. It is a podcast where she discusses good habits and happiness with her sister Elizabeth Craft.I had so much fun on this podcast because Gretchen came in and laid out some incredible habits. Such as, how to structure you day or how to stay organized. I do think there are a couple of things to do that are simple and easy, but as far as wake up in the morning at five AM, going for a jog, and then meditate, I just don’t ever feel like there is a one size fits all answer.Gretchen comes in and she just crushes this point. Essentially, the answer is that you have got to do it in a way that works for you and let go of this prescriptive model that there is a one size fits all way of setting up habits in your life. Most of us are failing because we are not being honest about what works for us. We don't know how we operate, so we don't know how to make the changes we desire. Gretchen lays this out and I’m telling you, really worth tuning in.
- [Join Me In A One Week Cleanse](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/join-me-in-a-one-week-cleanse): Today, I have a little call to action. I am wondering if all of you will join me in a one week cleanse. We’ve talked about the five steps of what it takes to get to a more authentic life, we’ve talked about authenticity, talked to 60, 70 people on what authenticity means, we’ve heard all of these great stories.But what’s in the way of exactly what is holding you back? What is keeping you from taking that next step? What is most difficult for you? What is the biggest obstacle?It could be the inner critic. It could be fear of failure. The impostor voices in your head are just loud and giving you a hard time. It could just be an overwhelming sense of frustration and irritation and anger is just driving you crazy. Resentments. A need to be right or wrong.This is why I'm suggesting a one week cleanse.Thanks for ListeningAgain, thank you so much for your support! Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes if you haven't already!Episode Resources
- [Beth Richie: Gender, Violence and the Criminal System](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/beth-richie-gender-violence-and-the-criminal-system): In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Dr. Beth Richie, the Director of the Institute of Research on Race and Public Policy.Welcome to this week’s episode of the Art of Authenticity. Today is a really special day for me because I have one of my dear friends, Dr. Beth Richie, joining us. She is the Director of the Institute of Research on Race and Public Policy and a professor of African American study’s criminology, sociology, gender and women studies and criminal law and justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She’s also a senior advisor for the NFL on gender violence.Beth is somebody who, if you met her, you would love her as much as I do. She’s just this warm, amazing, charismatic human being. Plus, she's just brilliant. She is also somebody who has been an activist for her entire career and shares with us stories from early days in New York where she was one of the original six women who started the idea of women shelters, how that experience shaped her career and her focus in trying to bridge the gap between the women who were under privileged, experiencing domestic violence, and domestic violence as a whole for privileged white culture.Beth has been instrumental in moving this conversation forward but she is also honest, candid, open, and shares with us many ways in which she feels the system is still struggling today, as most of us are aware, with the movements like Black Lives Matter. Tune in, listen to this show. She’s just got so much insight and I feel like every point she made, I could have dove into for an hour. She’s got such depth of experience and knowledge, so I hope you enjoy today’s show.
- [What Authenticity is NOT](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/what-authenticity-is-not): After the 5-part series I did earlier this year, I was thinking, “What is it that I really want to talk about next?” and it hit me. I’ve talked to over 65 people about what authenticity means to them right? At the end of every podcast, I ask them this question, what does an authentic life mean to them? If you've listened, you know there is definitely a pattern. People say similar things.But I've never asked them about what authenticity is not. What isn’t it? Everybody’s talking about what it is, what their definition of it is. What it looks like in life, what it looks like over a career or over decades, how it changes? How you could get more in touch with it...but what is it NOT?Thanks for ListeningAgain, thank you so much for your support! Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes if you haven't already!Episode Resources
- [Jeff Brown: Read To Lead](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/jeff-brown-read-to-lead): In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Jeff Brown, the host of the popular podcast, Read to Lead.Jeff Brown a podcaster, mentor and speaker. His goal: to help you bridge the gap between intentionality and implementation.He spent 26-years in radio. He even co-hosted an award-winning and nationally syndicated morning show from 2002 to 2008.Since January 2014, He has leveraged his radio background to coach numerous podcasters, helping dozens create, launch, grow and monetize their shows. People like Brendan Hufford, Liz Covart, Harry Duran, Darrell Darnell, Ben Castleberry and Nicole Welch have all been his clients. I’ve even been blessed with the opportunity to consult with the US government and several multi-million dollar companies the last few years.
- [Why Living Your Truth Takes Daily Practice](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/why-living-your-truth-takes-daily-practice): Welcome to this week’s episode of the Art of Authenticity. This is part five of a five-part series. If you’re still with me, thank you for sticking it out through to the end. I hope you like it. Send me a note, laura@lauracoe.com. Let me know your thoughts.Hopefully this was helpful, inspirational, and everything that I intended it to be. Because these steps are what have freed me from my path to my truth, and hopefully it has helped you along your way. As always, you can also reach out if you’re interested in getting private coaching to help you in your journey towards finding a life that you feel is meant for you.So here we are, day five, Practice Your Truth. We went through awareness, taking responsibility, making choices, and taking action from your truth. Why is step five, practicing your truth, so important?Thanks for ListeningAgain, thank you so much for your support! Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes if you haven't already!Episode Resources
- [Tony Wrighton: Travel, Zen, and Productivity](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/tony-wrighton-travel-zen-and-productivity): Today on the podcast we have Tony Wrighton joining us. Tony is the host of the popular podcast, Zestology: Live with energy, vitality, and motivation. On his podcast, he interviews a wide range of experts in the field of health and personal development. Obviously we have a lot in common given that the Art of Authenticity is all about how to live life with meaning and his passion is talking about energy, vitality, and motivation.Tony is a personal development author and presenter. He has published three books in 12 different languages and is one of the country's foremost experts on Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and if that wasn’t enough, Tony is also a popular presenter on Sky Sports in the UK, hosing several different sports including football, golf, basketball, hockey, and many more.In today’s chat with Tony, he shared with me an incredible trip he took, where he went to three or four different countries. On this trip he stopped in at a place called 40 Years Zen, where he had the opportunity to attach probes to his mind and engage in meditation done on a scientific level. This gives you the benefits in a ramped up, incredible way inside a very short window. It sounds amazing and is really expensive, but Tony shares with us his experience and all the updates of his life.We dive into a lot of secret tips on vitality and energy, why Tony keeps a tracking log of all the things he does, how to increase energy and feel better, and how he manages to get a significant amount of work done in a day. There are a lot of incredible suggest of wisdom in this episode, so I hope you enjoy it! Be sure to also check out my interview and feature on Tony’s podcast, Zestology.Thanks for ListeningAgain, thank you so much for your support! Please subscribe to the podcast if you haven’t already!Show Notes:
- [How to Live Your Truth](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/how-to-live-your-truth): https://soundcloud.com/artofauthenticity/how-to-live-your-truthToday, we are on step number four of our five-part series to living an authentic life. We have been doing a series of how to make a life, how to build a life that is meant for you. Every life is different. We’re not trying to build lives that are for our friends, our neighbors, some collective group of people. We want to build a life that is meaningful and purposeful for ourselves, but how do you do that? We have gone through awareness.We have talked about taking radical responsibility. Last time we talked about making choices and how to ditch the victim mindset, get rid of blame. Today we’re going to talk about the actual action of taking action from your truth, your truth.Thanks for ListeningAgain, thank you so much for your support! Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes if you haven't already!Episode Resources
- [Joshua Spodek: Becoming The Person Others Follow](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/joshua-spodek-becoming-the-person-others-follow): In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Joshua Spodek, an astrophysicist, entrepreneur, leader, and author of the book Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow.
- [How to Make Choices That Matter](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/how-to-make-choices-that-matter): Welcome to this week’s episode of the Art of Authenticity. This is the third part of a five-part series that we’ve been working on over here. I hope that you’re still tuning in. It’s all about how to make decisions to build a life that you love. We talked about the idea of awareness and how to think about awareness in a redefined way.If you haven’t checked out that episode, you can go back and listen. Without awareness, we cannot even start the process.Then we talked about taking radical responsibility. You have to get rid of the blame, completely. No matter has happened in your life that gotten you to this moment, this moment is completely all about you and what you decide to do with it.Thanks for ListeningAgain, thank you so much for your support! Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes if you haven't already!Episode Resources
- [Mike Bundrant: Overcome the Hidden Cause of Self-Sabotage](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/mike-bundrant-overcome-the-hidden-cause-of-self-sabotage): In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Mike Bundrant, an NLP practitioner and the founder of the iNLP Center and the A-ha process: the end self-sabotage.
- [Authentic Affirmations Can Change Your Life](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/authentic-affirmations-can-change-your-life): Today's episode comes from a reader, Abby. It's all about authentic affirmations. About practicing personal affirmations and how to connect the affirmation process to living a more authentic life. Do I think affirmations are effective at guiding us to our goals? If so, is there a best place to start? Find out in this episode.Thanks for ListeningAgain, thank you so much for your support! Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes if you haven't already!Episode Resources
- [Jennifer Brown: Diversity and Authenticity](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/jennifer-brown-diversity-and-authenticity): In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Jennifer Brown, an entrepreneur, author, and diversity inclusion specialist.
- [Radical Responsibility](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/radical-responsibility): Today, we’re going to talk about step two on how to build a life of purpose. As I thought about this more and more and more, it started to become clear to me interviewing 50 different people in authenticity, spending several years thinking about authenticity, reading all the greats; Plato, Aristotle, everybody on authenticity.What makes a life with meaning? What makes a life with purpose? What is this all about? It’s actually so complicated. The more I dove into it, the more complicated I realized it was. But then I started to realize, “Maybe it’s not that complicated, it’s just complicated to take it from concept into action.”Thanks for ListeningAgain, thank you so much for your support! Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes if you haven't already!Episode Resources
- [Ryan Holiday: How Your Ego Can Block Authenticity](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/ryan-holiday-how-your-ego-can-block-authenticity): In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Ryan Holiday, an author, marketing genius, and media strategist.
- [Awareness Re-Defined](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/awareness-re-defined): We've talked about the broader idea of purpose, but now I want to break down the critical parts of finding your authentic voice and bringing it into the world.This episode is about awareness - you kind of hate it because everything in self-help has to do with awareness. But give me a few minutes...you won't regret it.Thanks for ListeningAgain, thank you so much for your support! Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes if you haven't already!Episode Resources
- [Ali Shapiro: Truce With Food](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/ali-shapiro-truce-with-food): In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Ali Shapiro, a health coach and the founder of the Truce with Food ™ method for health coaching and weight loss.
- [How Do We Define a Happy Life?](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/how-do-we-define-a-happy-life): Today I wanted to kick off a new series all about the idea of authenticity. I mean, that's what this show is all about and I figured I haven't exactly spoken to it. I asked my guests about it, but I wanted to dive into it and unpack it over a handful of episodes.So to kick this week off, I wanted to talk about authenticity on the broadest level because this idea, this idea of following a path in your life where you have a life of your making is very, very complicated idea. One that when I set out to do it way back 10-15 years ago I thought would be really simple, figure it out, get there, be happy, and what I found is that this is the most difficult but most important process of my life.So I want to break that down for you; what's worked, what hasn't worked, and what I've learned over those years. Essentially, everyone wants to make good choices that lead to a life that works out in the end, right? We want to make a bunch of choices, who to marry, what city to live in, what foods we eat, whether they're healthy and they get us to the physical shape that we'd like to be in. All sorts of choices. But what does that mean? What does it mean to make a lot of choices that create a life that you're eventually happy about? The problem becomes how we define a life that makes us happy and how to make the choices that land us there.You may try to define your life by looking to friends, family, trusted mentors, for the answers. But the problem is, the only person that can tell you what you want is you. Within all of us is a deeper wisdom that knows what we want, but most of us railroad right over that wisdom in favor of a life that "makes sense" or meets other people's' approval, or give us the hope of fame or fortune. I was that person. I followed the advice of others and I picked a life that wasn't of my own making. I knew that it would bring a life of potential financial freedom, and that was amazing.But the best part about the decision I made was that I knew in the moment that I was making it that wasn't what I wanted. I just rationalized it because it made a ton of sense, and I was successful. The worst part was, I was successful. I built a business, I sold it to a Fortune 500 company. I was an executive in a business of 27,000 employees. But in my heart, at every moment I knew this wasn't the life for me. So even though it made a ton of sense, and even though it met the approvals of so many people, I wasn't happy.So what happened? What happened was I made choices from an inauthentic place and I didn't know it. I made choices that spoke to my logical mind, right? The analytic mind. It made sense, but it just wasn't right for me. So decision after decision, we create a life. Some decisions are small like, "Where do I want to eat dinner?" And some are bigger like, "What relationship do I want to be in? What career do I want to have?" But this is the question, this is ultimately the deciding factor in what creates a life that will bring you long-term, not momentary happiness, but long-term sense of contentment, freedom, joy, that satisfaction.It's asking yourself the question, "Where do my choices come from?" Do they come from approvals? Fears? Judgements that lead to resentments, anger, and sadness? Or do these choices come from my truth? It's that simple; make choices from your truth and you'll build a life, choice by choice, that you love. Doesn't that make sense? It's so simple, but the question is, "How?" Maybe you're just starting out in life and you haven't made a ton of big decisions that have gone in the wrong direction. But maybe you're very influenced by the people around you? The question is, "How do I find that deeper wisdom? Where do I find that truth -- because all of us have it within us -- and start trusting it to make choices from that space?"I don't always get it right. This isn't about suddenly you're making all these amazing choices and they're always coming from this deep authentic place, and you're just feeling amazing all the time. Life is stressful, life is difficult, it can be really, really challenging. The pressure to pay the bills and competing issues with family and children, it can wear you down and you can make decisions out of fear, but that's okay. Once you learn how to tell the difference, to know the difference between the deeper wisdom within yourself, nobody else can tell you the answer but you. When you find that space and you know how to get back to it when you've lost your way, it creates the ability to backtrack and come back to building a life that's meant for you.So I get off course, I make decisions sometimes and I'm like, "What was I thinking? I knew it didn't feel right, but I rationalized it." But the time spent between the decision that got me off track and course correcting, is a lot shorter. So I don't find myself waking up two, three, four years later wondering, "How did I get here?" So the next few episodes are going to be specifically on the how. We're going to cover five steps. Awareness: I know everybody talks about awareness but truly, without it you cannot start this process. It is impossible. So we'll talk about breath and your body and how it has indications and value for beginning this process.The second step is removing blame completely and switching over to total personal responsibility as your life model. The third step is getting out the victim mindset, ditching it completely and recognizing that you have a choice in every moment and how you to switch that framework around in your life. The fourth step is taking action from your truth. Because we don't know anything about ourselves. Life is an endless iteration. So we want to take action, iterate, pivot, keep going. So we'll talk about what that means, and then the fifth step is to learn who you are through that process of taking action, without blame, without victim, with awareness, you're going to start to locate that inner wisdom, you'll find what your talents and joys are because through that action you'll see what works and doesn't work if you know how to function from your deeper self.So you're going to start to learn again how to locate that wisdom and take action from it through action. Finally, living your authentic life. When we get there we learn where the space is and we love making choices and we trust ourselves again, life keeps moving, creating new challenges, really big decisions and choices that can kick all of this stuff back up. So how do you navigate through the storm? Hope you liked this episode. Thank you so much for tuning in. If you have any issues with this, questions about it, feel free to send me a note Laura@lauracoe.com, and thank you and listening.Thanks for ListeningAgain, thank you so much for your support! Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes if you haven't already!Episode Resources
- [Terri Cole: The Real Love Revolution](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/terri-cole-the-real-love-revolution): In this episode of Art of Authenticity I had a thoughtful conversation with Terri Cole, a psychotherapist, meditation expert,and founder of the Real Love Revolution.
- [From Awareness to Action](https://lauracoe.com/podcast/from-awareness-to-action): If you're out there right now and you have a concern that something isn't where you want it to be, you might ask yourself, "What do I want?"And when you ask that simple question, you immediately start getting this horrible, stressful, anxious feeling. "I don't know what I want." Or, "I try different things, but I can't quite figure it out." Or, "I know what I want, but I'm just so stressedout with the finances, or time, or fear that I can't take action."In this episode, we're talking about how to take the first steps in getting rid of those three obstacles and building a life that's really from your truth. One that's choice after choice designed for you and a life that you love.Thanks for ListeningAgain, thank you so much for your support! Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes if you haven't already!Episode Resources

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