Lara Baidoo

08/08/2021

24/03/2021

I have traveled through the darkness
Shadowed holes and portals
Of my psyche and my soul
I have tangoes with my shadow
Shifted dark to light
And let the pendulum of my journey
Swing me back upright
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I have shed layers of the old me
And pealed back old aged conditioning
So I could feel the real me
The one that expands freely
Each time this ebb and flow
Of dark to light
Enlightening me to parts ready to depart
Bring me closer to a me I know is true
A part of me that is revealed and I surrender to its will
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I last travelled through the darkness
To meet my old needs
And greet old fears
Heal age old wounds
Masking as doubt and lack of self belief
And old expectations
That I could never meet
I greeted these old friends kindly
And witnessed what they had to say
We’re tired old friend
We’d like to try another way...

11/06/2020

17/04/2020

Surrendering to our higher power is perhaps the most powerful practice in creating emotional freedom in our life.
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At this time, there is so much uncertainty. There are so many conflicting narratives, agendas and overall perceptions of the reality and the world as it is.
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Surrendering my life and my will to your higher power has often been the only thing that has given me lasting peace and lasting power in the face of chaos.
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Trusting that no matter what, there is a divine plan for us, our life and the world at large helps to support our lives in miraculous ways. We stop holding so tight to our will, and learn to float in the sea that is Life. That is a Higher Power. From that place, what is meant to come to us can come to us. Whether it is something to support us, someone to help us support others, or simply finding within ourselves a power we forgot was there.
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From this place, we become vessels of light, designed to support ourselves, families and the world around us. At this time, where so many have lost so much, I am eternally grateful for all that I have.
I am also aware that with some many global agendas, it is so important not to get lost in the vortex of others, but simply to remind myself to seek within, the answers to the questions I have. 🙏🏽🌺🌿

18/01/2020

It’s my birthday!!! Very grateful that god has given me another year around the sun. 30 was wonderful, humbling, painful, and deeply transformative. It was magic and everything I needed. So happy to walk into 31 with even more wisdom, stronger boundaries, deeper self respect and discipline. Still got my I turned 30 glasses, still smiling and still a Queen. Albeit a humbler one. (Thanks Saturn!)

07/01/2020

With all the emotional turmoil and outrage present on social media, it is important to remember that you can have care for yourself, have peace and make change for the causes you care about.
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You do not need to take on the outrage of the world as your own. In fact, it is counter productive to making true change. In order to truely change the world, often we first need go within, and listen for the quiet voice within tells us we should do. We can ask, what is the next best thing for me to do in regards to this situation.
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Ultimately when we are uncentered and out of balance, it is extremely easy to be manipulated and influenced by the agendas of others. In this social media sphere, I simply ask you to remember to connect in with yourself. To place energetic boundaries between you and the external world, so you can learn to distinguish how you personally feel about something, before adopting the agendas of others as your own.
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This is not the same thing as apathy, which is a lack of interest in what’s going on around us. It is not the same thing as spiritually bypassing which is trying to explain away the truth of a situation with spiritual rhetoric.
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Detaching from the anger that surrounds us, and turning into our own feelings is an extreamly loving and empowering act. It allows us to step into our power, as we respond to the world around us from a cantered and grounded place, instead of from a reactive place. It allows us to tune into our feelings, as they give us powerful Information about how we truely feel, seperate from the outrage that different agendas would have us subscribe to.
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There is no power is subscribing to the agendas and outrage of others, without first truely investigating if it is a cause you truely want to subscribe to.
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With all the noise of the outside world, and all the different agendas the world has ( some of them very needed and Nobel) it’s easy to get outraged about many things. But without focus our efforts and emotions are scattered.
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As you navigate the current climate, are you processing your feelings and responding? Or are you reacting? Are you prioritising your peace? Your wellbeing? I hope so!

28/12/2019

Amen! 🙏🏽

10/09/2019

Poetry & Musings Her Initiation Into Womanhood Posted on 2016-11-08 by Lara with 0 Comments Tweet Share Plus One Pin it She falls into Womanhood where the floor feels firmer and it seems harder to get up again to believe again to love again to live again but she has forged her path inwards towards h...

04/09/2019

I have worked to accept all of myself. Complexities, contradictions and all. When I was in my twenties, I based my value on how others perceived me, particularly men. As I have matured, I’ve learned more about myself that I am layered, with depths and complexity that others may not like or understand. They will judge it, and you, when you do not fit into their understanding of reality.
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I know I have come far, because I no longer allow anyone to determine my value or worth except me.
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What other people think of me is not my business. I can choose to process and feel my emotions about it...that is my job. I can choose to manage how I show up. But ultimately,I have an obligation to continue being as bright, bold, and challenging of a woman as I’ve always been. I’ve have an obligation to be true to myself always.
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Because it’s okay to have sides. This outdated version of women as the “good girl” or the “whore”, “mother” or “maiden” “this” or “that” are all symptoms of a patriarchal system designed to keep women seeking validation outside of themselves. I know because I have subscribed to that.
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One day I’m watching and the next, I’m sitting in 3 days of silent meditation. One moment I’m twerking to and the next vibing to .
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Folks will always try to box you. Try to convince you of your worth and right to take up space. Try to tell you to be a little less. And shame you for believing and saying that you are worthy of all you desire. Of shining bright and showing up unapologetically, flaws and all. To try and come up with petty reasons why your existence is not legitimate.
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They will unconsciously place their fears and limitations at your feet because they are afraid of the mirror you provide to them when you stand in your power. That is their business.
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Never allow anyone’s insecurity or projections stop you from showing the world all of who you are. You are allowed to be a contradiction. It doesn’t make who you are any less valid or valuable.
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You are allowed to be a work in progress. You are allowed to be imperfect. To laugh out loud. Take up space. Have boundaries others disagree with. Speak your mind unapologetically and without fear of what others will think.
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The joy of being a powerful, beautiful, intelligent, strong, kind, complex multilayered woman of colour is I can be both all of that and MORE.
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You job in this world to be the biggest, boldest, grandest version of ourselves . The more people you trigger, the better! It means you’re doing s**t right!!!!
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Shine bright queens. Embrace your . Rise into who you know you truely are and have always been.

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02/09/2019

It’s okay to break.
Crumble.
Let go.
Of everything you were.
And allow the new you
to emerge.
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I often think I “should” know by now that the only constant is change. But it still shocks the hell out of me, every time life smacks me across the face and gives me a hard life lesson.
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I thought I was sooooo clever. I thought that I’d be able to get everything I wanted in life, life hack the s**t out of my reality , so that I wouldn’t have to face the ways my which my character was flawed. The fundamental traits I had that used to hold me back.
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We often get told not to focus on weaknesses, to only focus on strengths. But I believe this is misleading. Our weaknesses have so much to teach us about who we are and how we show up.
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When we allow ourselves to be truely real with how we are not showing up for ourselves. When we allow ourselves to be truely real and acknowledge the ways in which we constantly abandon ourselves, we are ready to outgrow our own bulls**t. We are ready to take our lives to the next level.
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This sort of thing just can’t be forced.
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We know we’re ready to outgrow our bulls**t when we know something isn’t working for us, and are more tired of doing things the old way, than of facing the unknown. We know we are ready to make a change when our fear of change is more appealing than staying within the confines of our comfort zone.
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Today, I’m doing things differently. Today I choose to to outgrow my own bulls**t. Today I choose discipline, consistency. Today I choose fear. What if it doesn’t work. Today I choose an abundant mindset. Today I chose to put in the work. Today I commit to my word. Today I take responsibility for my mistakes. Today I embrace my failures. Today I outgrow my bulls**t.
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Where in your life are you ready to outgrow your BS? Share below. 👇🏽

25/08/2019

Everything is always in divine timing. Trust that.

19/08/2019

I believe life is a big school, and we are all hear to learn our lessons in whatever form they take. Remembering that lessons often come in the form of uncomfortable hurdles has been supportive for me on my journey. So many times we avoid any discomfort because it doesn’t feel good. Even discomfort that will ensure our positive growth. It’s important to know that we have to address the very thing we are trying to avoid in an attempt to get all that we have been wanting. Changing our focus and attention for a victim mentality of “why is this happening to me” to “why is this happening for me” allows us to have more courage when coming up against our internal and external obstacles. Today I am seeing my obstacles as a way to grow. I am looking for the lesson in the obstacle, and focusing my attention on getting it, so I don’t need to repeat it again!
RP

12/08/2019

New Post For Ya'll.

Authenticity What I Learned After Sharing my Failures With 70 Strangers Posted on 2019-08-07 by Lara with 0 Comments Tweet Share Plus One Pin it Last month I shared stories of my biggest business failures in front of 70+ people at Hubud’s F**k Up Nights. The opportunity to speak came to me after I...

07/08/2019

The month of July (and solar eclipse) really stretched me!
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I shared one of my greatest business failures to a room full of 70+ people and had to overcome my fears of failure, my perfectionism and procrastination head one! Essentially, I had to face all my dirty laundry!
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In this months blog post, I share how speaking about my business failure to a room of 70 people finally helped me address my dirty laundry! 👈

25/07/2019

Sometimes you gotta remember to take your own advice. 🙏🏽