My (Updated) Life Story
Hi! As I’m getting ready for my first retreat and in a major creative vortex, I wanted to share some of my story and why I’m creating this multi-faceted wellness lifestyle company…
Once upon a time,
I was a weird little kid who wanted to make love potions and do woodworking projects, and, well… not much has changed. I was into yoga, woo-woo energy work, and the wellness world by the time I was a teenager, and I’m really grateful I had those tools and some awareness of my holistic health while I was simultaneously struggling with severe anxiety, sleep disorders, and the general drama of being a teenage girl.
Between the ages of fourteen and twenty-two, I was caught in the pharmaceutical hamster wheel—cycling through anti-anxiety medications, birth control pills, antibiotics, sleeping aids, and amphetamines, all while making green smoothies, drinking apple cider vinegar and bulletproof coffee, obsessively reading ingredient labels, and experimenting with every diet and nutrition philosophy that crossed my path. You could say I was spiraling in every direction all at once (and not exactly thriving in academia), but I still got my neuroscience degree and made lifelong friendships I’m beyond grateful for. While my friends went on to medical school (luckily, I now have multiple amazing doctors on call when I need them), I got off all my prescriptions and took a deep dive into movement, meditation, breath-work, herbalism, hormone and cycle tracking, nervous system regulation, and plant medicines and started to find my balance and my purpose.
In my mid-twenties, I went all in on yoga—completing one-thousand hours of teacher trainings, teaching at seven studios simultaneously, leading trainings, and co-owning an incredible yoga studio. Then I got super burnt out. I sold my half of the studio to explore new places and interests, and literally went off-grid on an adventure to find myself, focus on my personal practice, and do some much-needed growing and healing. For two years I didn’t step foot in a yoga studio, but my movement and meditation practice deepened in ways I never could have imagined. Living in nature allowed me to move fearlessly, cultivate deeper intimacy with myself, and dive into new passions I wanted to explore.
During that time, I got deeply interested in birth and death work and completed a life-changing doula training. I modeled for painters, sculptors, and photographers in the Santa Fe artist community, sold fermented vegetables at the farmer’s market, and did endless rounds of mushroom chocolate recipe testing and brand design. Off-grid life also challenged me (and sometimes traumatized me) in ways I never expected—teaching me a lot about relationships, how to excavate floors, run plumbing, use power tools, live on rainwater, maintain solar panels, and so much more. Eventually, life pushed me back to the city (for now).
In September 2023, a wiser, wilder, stronger, and more confident version of myself than the girl who, two years earlier, had lost her dad, moved to the middle of nowhere, and gotten married—all within six months—landed in Los Angeles. Hollywood was supposed to be temporary, but I started falling in love with my life, following my intuition and heart, and choosing myself in unexpected ways. I chose to stay and build a new life on my own which meant leaving my marriage. These were the hardest choices I’ve ever made, but I trusted the pull toward my undeniable happiness and the life, places, and people that feel like home—and I’ve never been prouder of myself or more aware that choosing to break patterns, own your worth and desires, and create your dream life is an every day practice and commitment.
My yoga, meditation, breath-work, and practices have carried me through all of the fast, wild, and challenging shifts of the last decade. They’ve taught me so much about myself—like my ability to move mountains when I’m inspired to create an entirely new life in a short period of time, and that I’m much more of a passionate, wild woman with big feelings than a casual anything ever. They have also helped me ground, reconnect, and find balance through all of the ups and downs and twists and turns. Now, I’m stepping back into teaching and creating and holding spaces where others can move, breathe, grieve, heal, feel freedom, feel safety, feel anything at all, celebrate life, connect with others, and connect with their most authentic, passionate, and in-love-with-life selves. I’m endlessly grateful that I get to share this work and it’s truly the biggest honor to invite you on this journey with me.
Love you and I’m so glad you’re here,
LL
