Celebrating this goddess today! Zuleika has been working with me for... about 9 years now, I think. She not only does BOMB hair and makeup for my clients but brings the good vibes, is the best hype girl, supports me in so many ways, and makes us all laugh our butts off during sessions. She is also a badass business woman, fellow crazy cat lady, and budding astrologer. This pic is my fave from a recent mini shoot we did, and if you've met her you know it captures her essence so perfectly! Love you, Zu!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #jointherevolution #ownyoursexy #empowermentcoach #pleasurecoach #sexualitycoach #lifecoach #fiercewomen #empowerment #empowermentphotography #boudoirphotography #portraits #sistergoddess #loveyourself #feminist #selfcare #selflove #selfpleasure #selfloveclub #radicalselflove #selfloveisyoursuperpower #personalgrowth #bekindtoyourself #loveyourself #effyourbodystandards #bodypositive #girlpower #likeagirl #thefutureisfemale #wakethematriarchy #smashthepatriarchy 
Are you going to war with yourself? You might automatically say, "Of course not!" to that question. But if you are spending time criticizing yourself and your body, then the answer is actually yes. Those critical thoughts and statements are basically starting a fight with yourself on a subconscious level. And you know what they say about "killing" with kindness? Well, that 100% applies to yourself, too. Give yourself some kindness today, my sweet. xoLB⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #jointherevolution #ownyoursexy #empowermentcoach #pleasurecoach #sexualitycoach #lifecoach #fiercewomen #empowerment #empowermentphotography #boudoirphotography #portraits #sistergoddess #loveyourself #feminist #selfcare #selflove #selfpleasure #selfloveclub #radicalselflove #selfloveisyoursuperpower #personalgrowth #bekindtoyourself #loveyourself #effyourbodystandards #bodypositive #girlpower #likeagirl #thefutureisfemale #wakethematriarchy #smashthepatriarchy 
I’ve only cried three times today! Beyond thrilled, moved and relieved to witness this historic day. Celebrating President Biden, MADAM Vice-President Harris and also the amazing Amanda Gorman for her wise and beautiful poem. #anewday #madamvicepresident #bidenharris #amandagorman 
📸Low key obsessed with the new Boho Bedroom set in the studio. We still have the classic set with the gray velvet headboard, but I wanted a second option to play with and I am loving this sooo much. Who wants to come shoot in it?!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ HMU by @zuzubeauty⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #wakethematriarchy #smashthepatriarchy #jointherevolution #ownyoursexy #empowermentcoach #pleasurecoach #sexualitycoach #lifecoach #fiercewomen #empowerment #sistergoddess #loveyourself #feminist #selfcare #selfcarematters #selflove #selfpleasure #selfloveclub #radicalselflove #selfloveisyoursuperpower #personalgrowth #bekindtoyourself #loveyourself #effyourbodystandards #bodypositive #girlpower #likeagirl #riseup #thefutureisfemale 
Take a few deep breaths. Just a reminder.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ xo Laura⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #wakethematriarchy #smashthepatriarchy #jointherevolution #ownyoursexy #empowermentcoach #pleasurecoach #sexualitycoach #lifecoach #fiercewomen #empowerment #sistergoddess #loveyourself #feminist #selfcare #selfcarematters #selflove #selfpleasure #selfloveclub #radicalselflove #selfloveisyoursuperpower #personalgrowth #bekindtoyourself #loveyourself #effyourbodystandards #bodypositive #girlpower #likeagirl #riseup #thefutureisfemale 
I think and talk a lot about the idea of smashing the patriarchy.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But HOW THE FUCK do we do that?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I used to think this was impossible. NEWSFLASH: It's not.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I also used to think it was something that could only happen on a broad systemic level. We do need that. But the macro approach is not the ONLY approach.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It is really easy to get super mad about patriarchal bullshit and then think, "Yeah well what can little old me do to change this?" Especially if you are not the type of person to get involved in politics or activism.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The secret is that the inner work is just as powerful as the outer. Looking at your shadow is just as powerful as showing up to protest. Healing your trauma is just as important as passing legislation.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Don't get me wrong. The legislation NEEDS to be passed. POWER to the Protesters. But we also need a massive collective mental and emotional shift.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ How does a massive collective mental and emotional shift happen?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ONE PERSON AT A FUCKING TIME.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ That is why the empowerment work I do is so important to me. Because I LOVE the magic of watching one person have revelations and transformations and come into her power, but I also know that every single woman who comes into her power adds up. It's contagious.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The internal work you do that helps you show up in a bigger way in the world, makes a difference. Maybe you loving your body and asking for what you want in your relationship and at work doesn't cause a seismic shift.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But MILLIONS OF WOMEN loving their bodies? Asking for what they want?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ THAT IS A REVOLUTION.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It starts inside. It can start small.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It is ok if you are not an activist or you don't have political aspirations. (That's me, too.)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ CONTINUED IN COMMENTS... 
I am still seething over the @WSJ piece and the asshat who dared call @drbiden, our future first lady, KIDDO. 🤬 If anyone besides your dad or your favorite uncle calls you kiddo, especially in a professional environment, I want you to punch them in the throat. (Only half kidding. I hate violence.)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Women are still living in a world where their accomplishments and even their very existence are belittled, diminished or downright dismissed in order to keep them small and to make men feel better about themselves. We may have just crashed one major glass ceiling but we have so so so far to go in dismantling this toxic patriarchal culture.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I have more to say about dismantling patriarchy from the inside out, but I just needed to get this off my chest. Are you as pissed about this as I am?!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #NOTAKIDDO #wakethematriarchy #smashthepatriarchy #jointherevolution #ownyoursexy #empowermentcoach #pleasurecoach #sexualitycoach #lifecoach #fiercewomen #empowerment #sistergoddess #loveyourself #feminist #selfcare #selfcarematters #selflove #selfpleasure #selfloveclub #radicalselflove #selfloveisyoursuperpower #personalgrowth #bekindtoyourself #loveyourself #effyourbodystandards #bodypositive #girlpower #likeagirl #riseup #thefutureisfemale 
A loving reminder that you are FABULOUS no matter how much you ate for Thanksgiving, no matter how much weight you have gained during the pandemic and no matter how many Christmas cookies you consume this month. 🍪⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I invite you, as we embark on December and inevitably start thinking about New Year goals, to consider something different than the same old war with yourself for New Year's. Instead of punishing yourself, can you invite in body acceptance, body love, self-love, and self-care?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Need help with that? DM me! This is my jam. #fabulous⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #wakethematriarchy #smashthepatriarchy #jointherevolution #ownyoursexy #empowermentcoach #pleasurecoach #sexualitycoach #lifecoach #fiercewomen #empowerment #sistergoddess #loveyourself #feminist #selfcare #selfcarematters #selflove #selfpleasure #selfloveclub #radicalselflove #selfloveisyoursuperpower #personalgrowth #bekindtoyourself #loveyourself #effyourbodystandards #bodypositive #girlpower #likeagirl #riseup #thefutureisfemale 
Just a little Saturday reminder that you are worthy. You are deserving. And you are perfect. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Sending you love! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ xo Laura ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸Photo of the fabulous @zuzubeauty taken before sunrise in Paris in a dreamy time called 2019.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #wakethematriarchy #smashthepatriarchy #jointherevolution #ownyoursexy #empowermentcoach #pleasurecoach #sexualitycoach #lifecoach #fiercewomen #empowerment #sistergoddess #loveyourself #feminist #selfcare #selfcarematters #selflove #selfpleasure #selfloveclub #radicalselflove #selfloveisyoursuperpower #personalgrowth #bekindtoyourself #loveyourself #effyourbodystandards #bodypositive #girlpower #likeagirl #riseup #thefutureisfemale 
Happy 49th Anniversary to these cool kids. #relationshipgoals #seventies #truelove❤️ 
Celebrating our first female Vice President! A huge piece of the glass ceiling just shattered. #wakethematriarchy #madamvp 
I had an intense session just now with one of my coaches (yes, I have multiple coaches – coaches need coaching, too). I showed up to the call full of fear and anxiety. My body was so activated and practically screaming at me, "THE WORLD IS ON FIRE! Danger! We are not safe! Apocalypse!" 🔥 Whoooooo. Feelings have been INTENSE lately. Using the same embodiment methods I use with my clients, I went deep. I met my fear. I watched it take form in front of me. I listened to it. I gave it my love and compassion and empathy. And I felt it calm itself down. I felt my nervous system begin to soothe itself. It may feel like the world is burning down all around you right now. But YOU are not. The fact that you are reading this post on social media right now, lets me know that you are SAFE right now. Take a moment to notice that safety. No matter what stress and anxiety and fear you may be holding onto, around the election or anything else, I invite you to drop into your body. Put one hand on your heart and one hand on your belly. Take some deep breaths. Remind yourself that you are, in this very moment, safe and held inside your body. Send acceptance and compassion to your fear and anxiety. Remind it that, yes there may be things out there to worry about, but you are ok. Right here, right now, you are ok. Give yourself a hug. Give yourself pleasure. Do what you need to do this evening and this week to stay grounded in the safety (and pleasure!) of your body. I am sending you so so so much love. We've got this. Love always wins in the end. 💕⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ xo Laura 
I pretty much feel like staring at a wall and rocking back and forth for the next week (or more). The election stress is GETTING TO ME, y'all. That plus a perfect storm of global pandemic + economic catastrophe + extreme political bullshit + mercury retrograde is pushing me and my nervous system to the LIMIT.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ How about you?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Dealing with day-to-day stress is hard enough, but when the world feels like it does right now your system can go into trauma response. We are literally in a collective trauma situation right now, on several fronts.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So first of all, BE GENTLE WITH YOURSELF. Allow yourself to unplug and relax in a way that soothes you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Some of my current self-soothing methods.... Turn OFF the news. Take a bubble bath. Read some delightful fiction (I just finished Alice Hoffman's Magic Lessons). Workout. Have a mini dance party. Scream into a pillow. Repeat as necessary.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you want to go deeper into nervous system regulation, feeling your own pleasure, and being so beautifully gentle with yourself even in this time of intensity, DM me. This is what I do with my coaching clients, and I have a couple of spaces left in 2020.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I also invite you to grab my Self-Care Toolkit for some of my favorite practices that are really great at helping you move from anxiety to pleasure. (Link in bio!) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📸Photo from The 2019 Paris Sessions during dreamier times⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 💄Hair and makeup by @zuzubeauty⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #wakethematriarchy #smashthepatriarchy #jointherevolution #ownyoursexy #empowermentcoach #pleasurecoach #sexualitycoach #lifecoach #fiercewomen #empowerment #sistergoddess #loveyourself #feminist #selfcare #selfcarematters #selflove #selfpleasure #selfloveclub #radicalselflove #selfloveisyoursuperpower #personalgrowth #bekindtoyourself #loveyourself #effyourbodystandards #bodypositive #girlpower #likeagirl #riseup #thefutureisfemale 
Life is too short to hate your body.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Your body is a TEMPLE. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And that is something that I used to kind of roll my eyes at. You know, I thought it was a very "crunchy granola" thing to say. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But the older I get – and, frankly, the creakier my temple gets – the more I am learning to see it that way and TRULY understand what a gift and what a one of a kind beautiful creation my body is. And I only get one of them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So why, WHY WOULD YOU SPEND EVEN ONE SINGLE MOMENT HATING YOUR BODY?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It is the vessel that carries you through life. It is the vessel that gives you giant belly laughs, it is the vessel that gives you amazing orgasmic pleasure, it is the vessel that carries babies and gives hugs and dances and swims and... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Name any beautiful experience that you have had and it was your body temple that held you through that experience. And she remembers every experience and she remembers every feeling and thought. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And so the more that you fill your body temple with beautiful loving thoughts, the more joyous and pleasurable and ecstatic experiences she will be able to give you, the more love and healing she will be able to experience with you and for you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ One thing that we have all witnessed this year is the fragility of life, as we are still in the midst of a pandemic with ungodly amounts of death around us and fear of sickness and death. You never know what is going to happen tomorrow. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You are not guaranteed tomorrow. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So let's not waste another single moment hating our bodies, k?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Sound great in theory but impossible in real life? I hear you and I can help. DM me, girl. 
You've had the power all along, Dorothy...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ One of the most amazing things about our bodies and our brains and our nervous systems is that we hold the most TREMENDOUS power of healing within ourselves. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We tend to look outward for so much. We read all the self-help books and we do try everything under the sun we can think of to solve our problems. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But the thing that gets overlooked and what is truly the most transformative for the vast majority of issues that people are facing is to GO WITHIN. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I have a candle on my altar that says, "Inquire within." Because that is where the magic is. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There is MAGIC in dropping into your sensations. Simply being aware of the sensations in your body allows them to move, allows them to transform, allows them to loosen their grip on your everyday life. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When you are dealing with, for example, massive anxiety... All you want to do is just push it away, push it away and get rid of it. That is the tendency of everyone, really, is to just push it away, shut it out, lock it in a box and try to ignore it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But what you REALLY need to do is FEEL it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Say, "Ok anxiety, where do you live in my body?" Take your awareness to that place and pay attention to it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Simply observing it can transform it. Observing it, accepting it, sending it love. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you lock it up like a little beastie in a cage in the basement, it will just rattle the cage and scream and cry and continue to cause trouble. But if you pay these feelings the attention that they need, if you give them the compassion and the love that they need and the acceptance – unconditional love and acceptance – then they are able to calm down and they won't disrupt you constantly anymore. (KEEP READING IN THE COMMENTS...) 
THE SECRET TO CHANGING BODY HATE TO LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE? HINT: It's not complicated. 💕 It's bringing love and acceptance to your body. So often we hate on ourselves, we nitpick everything, we judge our bodies and our looks by what we see in the magazines and we can't bear to look at photos of ourselves. (HAVE BEEN THERE!) But what if I told you that’s actually a choice and a pattern that you can SHIFT? It's not your fault that you feel that way, first of all. The conditioning around this shit is POWERFUL and designed to keep us striving for unattainable standards. Our self-hate fuels entire industries (see also: The Patriarchy). But the way to start undoing this conditioning is to START. And it is so simple. HERE IS MY THREE STEP METHOD TO LOVING ANY PART OF YOUR BODY: 💕STEP 1. Bring your attention to whatever part of your body that you tend to focus on the most with your negative feelings, with your self-hate, with your shame. And I want you to bring your attention to it, directly to it. Take some deep breaths here. Just bring your attention to that part (WITHOUT JUDGEMENT). Drop your awareness right into that part. (For me, it has always been my tummy. Sometimes it is other places but definitely my belly.) Drop right into that. 💕STEP 2. Now give it acceptance. "I accept you just as you are. I see you. I feel you. You are here with me. You are an integral part of my body temple." 💕STEP 3. And now send that part love. As much as you can muster. Send any amount of authentic love to that part that you can. "I love you." And send your compassion to that part, too. Sound TOO simple? This is a practice that WILL transform you but it takes some dedication. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ KEEP READING IN THE COMMENTS....