Laurie Shopland Coaching

Laurie Shopland Coaching Life Coach

Helping successful women feel happier at work and at home.

YOU ARE NOT ANXIOUS.YOU ARE NOT OVERWHELMED.YOU ARE NOT STRESSED.You are feeling a human emotion.And that’s okay. 💛This ...
04/30/2026

YOU ARE NOT ANXIOUS.
YOU ARE NOT OVERWHELMED.
YOU ARE NOT STRESSED.

You are feeling a human emotion.
And that’s okay. 💛

This is one of the most powerful shifts I teach in my Emotional Well-being workshops.

Tomorrow I’ll be with the Surrey Teachers Association—and I already know the moment I’ll be watching for…

✨ The aha moment.

When it clicks.

When someone realizes what they’re feeling is normal…
they stop resisting it,
they stop reacting to it,
and they get curious about what’s actually going on.

That shift is everything.

Because when we feel empowered with our emotions…

We communicate better.
We trust ourselves more.
We respond instead of react.

And in our workplaces?

Less tension.
More understanding.
More sustainable energy—without burnout.

I can’t wait to witness those moments in the room tomorrow. 💛

If you know an organization or leader who would want to empower their team in this way…
send them this post or reach out—I’d love to support them.

Emotional well-being isn’t a soft skill.
It’s the advantage.

04/21/2026

Have you ever wondered what life coaching actually is?

I get asked this all the time.

The simplest way I explain it is this:

Therapy helps you look back and heal.
Coaching helps you look forward and create.

Both are powerful.
You just get to decide what you need right now.

And for so many women I work with…
it’s not that anything is “wrong.”

It’s that they’ve lost trust in themselves.

They’re unsure what they actually want.
They second-guess their decisions.
They feel something more is possible… but don’t know how to move toward it.

That’s exactly what my Becoming Online Self-Paced Course is designed for.

✨ You start to trust yourself again
✨ You get clear on what you truly want your life to look like
✨ You feel grounded in who you are
✨ And you feel empowered to go create the impact you know you’re here for

Not by doing more…
but by becoming more of who you already are.

If you’ve been feeling that pull—
you can learn more in bio or:
shoplandcoaching.com/becoming

💛

There’s something powerful that happens when women slow down long enough to really look at their lives.Not from pressure...
04/19/2026

There’s something powerful that happens when women slow down long enough to really look at their lives.

Not from pressure.
Not from “I should have it figured out by now.”

But from honesty.

Last week, I watched women reconnect to what they actually want…notice the thoughts that have been keeping them stuck…and start choosing something different.

Not perfectly.
But intentionally.

And that’s how it begins.

Small shifts.
New awareness.
A willingness to feel uncomfortable—and move anyway.

I can’t wait to see what unfolds from here.

Fall workshop is coming… stay tuned 💫

✨5 years later✨Five years ago, I was holding up a magazine article I had written on empowering women.It felt big at the ...
04/15/2026

✨5 years later✨

Five years ago, I was holding up a magazine article I had written on empowering women.

It felt big at the time… and it was.

But I can see now—it was just the beginning of who I was becoming.

Five years later, I found myself standing on a TED stage, sharing a message that felt even deeper, even truer… calling women to speak the truth and trust themselves in a whole new way.

And I can’t ignore the thread that connects those two moments.

The quiet nudge.
The idea that wouldn’t leave.
The version of me I was becoming… before I could fully see her.

Because when something is placed on your heart… it’s not random.

It’s an invitation into who you’re becoming.

And if you keep saying yes—one small step at a time—it will keep leading you exactly where you’re meant to go.

Today, I’m just so grateful I didn’t talk myself out of that first step.

And maybe this is your reminder…

The woman you’re becoming is already within you.

It’s not too late.
And it’s not too small.

It’s waiting for you to say yes. ✨

04/13/2026

This morning?
Full-on resistance.

I did not want to go to yoga.
Every excuse was ready.

Have you ever had that?

You plan to do something…
and then wake up thinking,
“I don’t want to.”

And just like that—
we make it mean:

“I’m not disciplined.”
“I’m not motivated.”

But what if it’s not that?

What if it’s just… resistance.

Your brain wanting easy.
Comfort. Familiar.

Instead of fighting it…
what if we just felt it—
and did the thing anyway?

Because everything you want
is on the other side of that moment.

So I went.

Not because I felt like it…
but because I trust what’s waiting on the other side.

And now?

I feel amazing.

Whatever your “thing” is today…
go do it.
I’m cheering you on 💫

04/09/2026

Yesterday, I had a conversation that made me pause.

A gentleman said he was surprised…
that my TED Talk didn’t really have anything to do with life coaching.

And I just smiled.

Because I see it completely differently.

My talk was about truth-telling.

And isn’t that exactly what life coaching is?

Helping you tell yourself the truth about:
✨ who you are
✨ what you want
✨ and the life you feel called to create

Then supporting you as you step into that…
even when it feels uncomfortable.

Standing on that TED stage wasn’t separate from my work.

It was my work.

It was me living it.

Trusting myself.
Feeling the fear… and doing it anyway.
Not letting anxiety or doubt stop me.

That’s what emotional well-being looks like.

Not the absence of fear…
but the ability to move forward with it.

And if you’ve been feeling something on your heart lately—
a nudge, a calling, a “what if…”

This might be your reminder:

You don’t have to wait until you feel ready.

You just have to trust yourself enough to begin.

✨ Every dream matters. Even yours.

04/08/2026

Two weeks ago, I stood on a TEDx stage and shared a story I kept quiet for years.

Not because I wanted to.
But because I believed I had no choice.

That’s what I’m beginning to see more clearly now…

So much of what we accept as “normal”
is simply something we’ve never questioned.

Non-disclosure agreements are one of those things.

We’ve normalized silence.
In fact, 95% of civil settlements include them.

And many of those cases involve
assault, harassment, and discrimination.

The question I can’t stop asking is this:

What is the impact of that silence
on the people living it?

Because I’ve lived it.

And I now understand something I didn’t back then—
you cannot fully heal from something you’re not allowed to speak about.

That’s why I’m using my voice now.
Not just for me… but for the many women who reached out after my talk and said:

“Me too.”
“I signed.”
“I didn’t know I had a choice.”

TEDx opened the conversation.

But this is bigger than a talk.

This is about becoming the kind of woman
who is willing to feel uncomfortable
in order to tell the truth.

And here’s what I know for sure—
that’s not just my work.

It’s the work I do every day with my clients.

Because most women aren’t being called to challenge legislation…

But they are being called to something.

A conversation.
A decision.
A step they keep putting off.

And the only thing standing in the way?

The belief:
“I could never do that.”

If that’s you…

Take this as your nudge.

The life you’re meant to live
is on the other side of discomfort.

And learning how to feel that discomfort—
without letting it stop you—

changes everything.

TED was just the beginning.

More to come.

04/07/2026

If you’ve been sitting on the fence… this is for you.

This is Neva.
And this is what she shared after coming to Abundant Life.

Not because everything in her life was “wrong”…
But because she knew there was more.

More self-trust.
More possibility.
More of her.

She said something that stopped me in my tracks:

👉 “I left feeling like my life isn’t something that just happens to me…
it’s something I get to create—and that changed everything.”

That’s the shift.

Not waiting.
Not hoping.
Not someday.

But deciding.

Imagine what could shift for you…
by simply giving yourself one morning.

✨ A morning to get clear
✨ A morning to hear yourself again
✨ A morning to take one step toward those big, audacious goals you’ve been holding onto

You don’t have to have it all figured out.
You just have to start.

We begin this Saturday.
And this is your final call.

There’s a seat for you if you’re ready.

💛 Are you coming?
Message me Workshop and I’ll send you the details.

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