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Are you suffering in silence?
Showing vulnerability can be hard, and in some cases, dangerous. CEOs and entrepreneurs are called to be emotionally stable and...
Lauren Douglass
Sep 22, 20221 min read


What’s held you back before will hold you back again when you try to jump levels.
The difference is the triggers are new. Without courage to confront your personal darkness, you stay at your level and the people who...
Lauren Douglass
Sep 21, 20221 min read


Words matter
How you label yourself matters. Would you describe yourself as this or that? Detailed or Over-thinker Helpful or people pleasing...
Lauren Douglass
May 7, 20221 min read


What room do you live in most?
Some of you survived brutal environments. I did too. I suffered and so did you. I didn’t want to spend my whole life suffering. It’s the...
Lauren Douglass
Feb 19, 20221 min read


What is my purpose?
When someone asks me what their purpose is, here’s how I respond... To be happy. I believe we are God’s children. And as a parent, what...
Lauren Douglass
Jan 17, 20221 min read


“Hey honey, what do you want to do for New Years?”
My husband is quite unique. He is the most responsible, reliable person I’ve ever met. If he says he is going to do something, he does...
Lauren Douglass
Dec 28, 20212 min read


Let’s play Barbies.
What would 9-year-old me say to me now? “Hang in there. It is all for purpose. Let’s play Barbies.” What would 90-year-old me say?...
Lauren Douglass
Dec 22, 20211 min read


God whispers.
My clients inspire me. One recommend this book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson. In it, the...
Lauren Douglass
Dec 20, 20212 min read


“God, use me for your will. I am ready.”
When I was younger, I modeled. I saw the ugly in a beauty industry, and it was no longer appealing to me. I changed my path. I graduated...
Lauren Douglass
Dec 16, 20212 min read


Did life demand you become the person you most needed?
Isolation ends in self-destruction. In the absence of an abuser, we may abuse ourselves. Whose love did you need most as a child? Are...
Lauren Douglass
Dec 15, 20211 min read


Employee Performance Improvement Plans may indicate challenge somewhere else.
I’ve been requested to build a talk on accountability. This is anecdotal, but I’ve noticed a pattern. Leaders who don’t like using some...
Lauren Douglass
Dec 10, 20211 min read


How do you STOP being lonely in leadership?
2 Words: Team Creation. Most problems in business originate with people. The people you surround yourself with will uplift or downgrade,...
Lauren Douglass
Dec 7, 20213 min read


Are You Lonely in Leadership?
Being lonely in leadership isn't because you are without friends; it's because there is no one coming to your rescue and you know it. The...
Lauren Douglass
Dec 6, 20212 min read


The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
As a teenager, I volunteered at a retirement community and would listen to residents tell me their stories. They wanted someone to talk...
Lauren Douglass
Dec 5, 20211 min read


I serve a singular mission: Reduce emotional suffering.
Covert manipulators will convince others to deny inner knowledge. Trusting intuition is the highest protection against this trauma....
Lauren Douglass
Nov 29, 20211 min read


What is your differentiator?
All human beings are 99.9% identical in their genetic makeup. Differences are in the remaining 0.1%. A few years ago, I was at a client...
Lauren Douglass
Jun 14, 20211 min read


My first entrance into work was as a greeter for a restaurant.
I say job loosely because I was helping out after school. I can’t remember if I ever made any money. I do remember feeling like an adult....
Lauren Douglass
Jun 3, 20211 min read


I’ve had difficult moments in life as many others have.
Fearful. Embarrassed. Abandoned. But there’s one person who never left. Me. I was with me. I could never be abandoned again, because I...
Lauren Douglass
May 28, 20211 min read


To be a child of a narcissist, it feels like...
Walking a tightrope with a shifting end. Abandoning inner peace to manage the latest blowup. Performing well but not too well to trigger...
Lauren Douglass
May 27, 20211 min read


Feelings Are Useful
I’m not good enough. I make too many mistakes. I am a failure. I should be better. The demanding negative voice is hard to fight and easy...
Lauren Douglass
Jan 15, 20211 min read
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