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04/23/2024

A Reconciling of my Past

The other day I accidentally stumbled on some old messages I had sent to someone on Facebook during the pandemic.

It felt like reading the script of a person I didn’t fully recognize. I could see I was being pushy, on edge, looking for something from this person. Ir felt like I was reading the words of a person I had long said goodbye to.

Yet something in my heart told me there was a reason I came across these messages in this moment.

You see, I had forgotten about this version of myself - the girl who had seriously struggled when everything shut down (including my job), and was scrambling to try to get by.

There was no denying that the degree to which I was struggling was coming out in my communication to people - the loneliness, financial insecurity, the breaking down of so many of my relationships (including friends who passed away), during this time sort of took the rug out from beneath me and I don’t think I fully had a chance to acknowledge it. I still had all this other s**t I was healing from and had no space for more.

Whoa, I acknowledged it.

In the past my automatic way of handling things would have been to puff up my chest, ignore it, and keep working hard.

But something moved when I sat down to acknowledge that part of me. I no longer had to frantically keep running like I had to protect my image, or show up perfect.

I could send a few messages to people who I impacted and be like hey, I wanna acknowledge that time I may have said some things that weren’t cool. It seems like it may have affected our relationship and I know you didn’t deserve that. I was really struggling during that time to communicate how I was feeling. I hope you can forgive me.

Someone once told me that if I wanted to be “awake” I had to first admit that I was “asleep”.

And it’s true; while I was struggling I was incapable of seeing how I was missing the mark of really listening to people, how I was taking things personally, not really b e I n g.

It wasn’t until I took my healing seriously over the last few years by taking a p a u s e to acknowledge everything, that I really started to see differently.

The irony was that I managed to facilitate, teach courses, and work with so many people during this time in supporting their healing (hello The School of Healing Arts), and the most important person who needed it was

m o i.

A deep lesson that the gifts I so badly wanted to help others with was the one I needed to firstly practice and embody with myself.

For that I’m grateful that I stumbled on those messages, so I no longer need to run from my ghosts of the past.

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03/17/2024

Wowzers. It's been a long time (years?) since I've updated my website... and I went through all the kind words you all have written me over the last 7 years... and .....

Thank you...

I am so human and often forget my gifts.

Reading these words reminded me how much we all need each other

01/05/2024

Someone once told me that depression is magnified by suppressing

And when my old dark friend knocked on my door numerous times this year, I asked myself what I had been suppressing

I realized that it wasn’t sufficing to always “do more” or “be more” or “have more”. It wasn’t filling the void the way it once did.

Many times this year I sat like this, alone, in nature. Writing, crying, singing, swimming, breathing, and feeling everything.

I realized I actually had to feel

To feel my heartbreak
To feel my disappointment
To feel my grief for those I’ve lost
To feel the ways I felt I fell short
To feel the despair of injustice and war
To feel my actions of the past
To feel my anger & my sadness
To feel what I was put on this earth for
To remember who I am

I admitted that I STILL don’t know very much, and became open to learning

I accepted what was showing up for me, and it often wasn’t pretty.

I realized that the heart can bleed 🩸 and bloom 🌺 at the same time

And that the moments I found the most meaningful were the moments where I stopped pretending that I only have one dimension of “good” and instead embraced every fricken emotion that wanted to move through my body- sometimes at the grocery store, sometimes with friends, sometimes laying in bed, wherever.

It wasn’t time for me to say anything, it was time for me to listen. And in listening I discovered a great friend; I became more of me.

09/19/2023

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09/05/2023

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We'd like to invite you to our new hybrid class of movement, meditation and somatic healing called Recover & Restore.

R&R is a movement & mindfulness class that is designed to support you in reducing stiffness and achy joints, relieve stress, and create a conversation with your body in a way that restores you to balance. Julia Simone combines gentle movements, breathing practices and mindset tools that will support your body & soul to retune, rewild, and untangle.

07/29/2023

What happens when someone has a habit of blaming you?

People who can’t or won’t take responsibility for something will often find something wrong with what you’ve done, even when it wasn’t your fault or intention to hurt them

Sometimes, people need to believe what they are believing about you to cope with what they’re going through

“You did x to me”

Is easier to cope with than

“What you did really hurt me, and I’m feeling a lot of things that I can’t describe, and I may have played a part in this happening too, and take accountability for my part”

It doesn’t matter what you say to try to fix things, or how you try to explain yourself, you may always be in the wrong in their eyes and they may always carry this judgment about you

Sometimes, people also need to believe what they believe about you for them to do what they want to do:

For example:
- “I want to explore different people and experience different relationships”
- “I want to make more money”
- “I want to quit my job and travel”
- “I want to be more spiritual”
- “I want to have better sex”

we become more motivated to get what we want when the other person was an as***le to us, when the boss was too demanding, when the client robbed us, when the partner sucked in bed, or whatever other judgments come through (that may or may not be true)

That’s because it’s easier to judge others rather than admitting: hey I want that!

If we have low self esteem, were shamed for our desires growing up, or have experiences with people who made us feel less than, you bet we’d have some difficulty admitting our wants.

If you’re going through this yourself, it’s important to:

1) acknowledge your part in the situation: if an amend or apology is owed, share it with them

2) acknowledge that they may need to believe what they’re believing for themselves to cope.

This way you don’t take it personally

Or spend time trying to fix something that can’t be fixed

3) If you’re on the flip side and are upset that someone did something wrong to you, try to see life in their eyes for a moment and ask,

‘what was their real intention?’

‘What are they showing me about what I want and desire?’

‘What boundaries do I maybe need to set so that I don’t get pulled into a narrative that isn’t fully true?’

Keep your energy

And move along

Have you had experiences with this?

Hugs 🤗

07/18/2023

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07/06/2023

I wanted to feel happier.

Rewind to 2016… my life was very fast paced.

I had little to no time to sit still & it was burning me out.

I knew I had to slow down to speed up.

I had many responsibilities. I had 2 part time jobs plus my own business teaching cpr & first aid.

I was a shift worker who was doing her best to keep enjoyment for her career while maintaining all of the responsibilities at home.

There were ZERO unaccounted for minutes in the day.

I was fulfilling a lot.

And yet I NEVER felt fulfilled.

My lifestyle was negatively impacting my relationships, my health & my self esteem.

After my 6 year relationship came to an end, i moved to toronto & decided I was going to tackle all of the patterns that were holding me trapped into a life of perpetual overwhelm, exhaustion & unfulfillment.

I dropped a whoppin’ 15k on my first coach.

AND it RADICALLY changed my life.

It was some of the best money I have ever spent.

I gained new perspective on how to see situations, i began understanding myself on a deeper level & began feeling better because of it. New possibilities became visible.

I became fascinated by personal development as I was doing things I never dreamed possible.

I went through their program to become a coach. I knew this was the path that i wanted to take.

I knew there were many others wanting to make bold transitions in their lives who wanted to feel better.

I wanted to be able to serve those people.

I wanted to be able to support them in getting from their place a to place b with more ease, grace & confidence.

I wanted to see others rising into their greatest potential as well as there’s nothing better than doing it all together.

And so, NEVER be afraid to invest in your personal growth.

Others may not understand the value & that’s okay.

There’s nothing better than showing up to situations in a new elevated way & having yourself to thank for the growth.

This whole Human thing is pretty neat once you get the hang of it.

It becomes a creative dance with the creator of who you want to become in a way that allows your dreams to come true.

This to me is happiness.

06/24/2023

Are you or someone you know struggling with the pressure to perform?

In my mid 20’s I began having health issues arise. I struggled quite a lot with stress induced irritable bowel syndrome.

The worry of performing to the standards of which society and my family expected of me had really profound effects on my nervous system.

I was very determined to succeed at anything I did and didn’t understand at the time it was fuelled by the fear of never feeling like I was enough.

In college I had major stress around tests, practical exams and anything performance related.

In reality, I was always very good at what I did.

I was top of my class and received 3 job offers to Paramedic Services straight out of College which is a rare occurrence as the competition is very high.

From the outside looking in, I was doing great.

What people didn’t see was me popping pills like candy to relieve the physical pain I was experiencing.

I was pushing my body far beyond its capacity - physically, mentally, emotionally & energetically.

Continually pushed out of sight by temporary fixes - until the cycle repeated.

It never even occurred to me that this wasn’t “normal” as I had been comparing my experience to the health of the society I lived in.

It was simply what you did when you had a headache or body pain.

I was young. I was active. I was healthy.

Despite my “minor” health issues, I was still in the top percentile for health - nothing to worry about, right?

And so I continued on... Rapidly checking box after box off of the “Societal Success Timeline.”

Tunnelvisioned on where I “needed” to go to be someone in this western society.

My beliefs ran deep that my value was determined by my education, professional success, my ability to be a good partner for a man, have children, pets & to start a cute little instagram page that depicted what I perceived to be a “perfect” life that people would praise me for.

Meanwhile my soul was yearning for something... different.

I didn’t want to feel capped anymore. I didn’t want other people telling me what I could or couldn’t do. I didn’t want to be struggling with my health.

I wanted to live my life to my fullest. I wanted to experience it. I wanted to spend time with those that I love making incredible memories. I wanted to try new things. I wanted to travel. I wanted to have more fun and play again. I wanted to be more creative. I wanted to be spontaneous. I wanted to be able to dedicate a full morning to reading, sipping my coffee & being with loved ones without feeling guilty. I wanted to move my body more freely and expressively. I wanted to dance again. I wanted to make a meaningful impact in society. I wanted to utilize my life experiences to help support the recreation of the systems in society that were outdated and not supporting the wellbeing of the collective.

And most importantly ...

I wanted to be done chasing things.
I wanted to simply BE.
I wanted to allow love, peace, joy & purpose to be the fuel for my every move.
I wanted to know I was enough exactly as I was.
I wanted to create a meaningful legacy.

I gave myself permission to embark on a journey of self discovery.

Throughout this journey, I came across many really valuable podcasts, videos, coaches, medicine ceremonies etc.

The one program that really improved my emotional wellbeing was The Spiral.

It taught me how to stop feeling like a prisoner of my emotions.

I never really understood how much my emotions were controlling my behaviours & outcomes.

Throughout this program, I gained awareness around my emotions, how they impacted my behavior and how they were either keeping me the same or moving me toward where I wanted to go.

I started to see that I was truly in control of my destiny way more than I ever believed possible and it was possible for me to feel good.

The shifts I experienced were so profound that I decided to become an Advanced Practitioner of this work.

Over the past few years, I’ve had the incredible honor of sharing the gift of transformation with others.

I’ve helped coaches, healers, entrepreneurs, DJs, military veterans, first responders, & countless others unleash their true potential, enabling them to confidently step into the life of their dreams.

Though we come from different backgrounds, we are united by an inner feeling—a sense that there’s something greater out there.

As there was…

If you’ve been following my journey or the journeys of some of my clients, & you feel the greatness inside you waiting to be unleashed, please do the following:

1.) Comment “SPIRAL” below on this post.
2.) Keep an eye on your email for a message from someone on out team.
3.) Request to join our Free Facebook Community : School of Healing Arts: Time & Financial Freedom for Creative Professionals

We will message to connect and schedule a 30 minute call where we can listen to what has been coming up for you & see if The Spiral wil be a valuable program for you which where you’re currently at.

If not, we may be able to refer you to another program or outside practitioner to support. 💗

With lots of love, belief & many hugs,

Laura Plahuta x

06/15/2023

Are you ready to step into the life you know you deserve?

One of the biggest tragedies I see is when we believe we are alone with what we’re experiencing, and that there’s nobody who understands, or cares enough to listen.

When in reality, every person you look at has a whole universe of experiences, stories, and moments that have shaped their lives.

Many of us have experienced different things yet many of the same emotions - grief, fear, disappointment, betrayal, joy, happiness gratitude and more.

The magic happens when we stop isolating ourselves and instead start to open to the possibility that we could be well supported- both in our darker moments, and while we rise into our potential.

This is the reason we’ve created our community calls. They are the best way to welcome in greater abundance - build healthier relationships - grow your business or career - call in more intimacy - and more.

Curious to learn why they’re so powerful?

I’ll be hosting our next Community Coaching Call in just under two weeks. If you’d like to be well supported through what your navigating, our expert coaches are ready to support you in developing the emotional well-being tools to rise.

Let us know by commenting “more info” below.

Hugs 🤗

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