Lara Land

Self Care Blog


Finding Confidence

Finding Confidence

Finding Confidence is a tricky thing… too much and we seem fake or rude or self-involved. Too little and we seem weak, childish, and awkward.

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Stress Lives in the Body

Stress Lives in the Body

Anyone who has ever worked as a personal trainer, yoga teacher, or even a waiter or waitress at a restaurant, knows that stress lives in the body.

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Healing Trauma with Nature

Healing Trauma with Nature

Healing trauma is complicated and often requires a multilayered approach which includes multiple practices centered around dispersing trapped energy and …

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How to apologize

How to apologize

One of the things we have to start learning as yoga teachers, trauma informed yoga teachers, and humans is that we don’t know everything.

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Quieting Your Inner Critic

Quieting Your Inner Critic

Your inner critic does not have to win. I can say that with confidence because mine was the worst. My insecurities got in my way big time. They stopped me…

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Feeling Good

Feeling Good

Lots of folks when they start getting into yoga, meditation, and mindfulness are looking to ease stress AND many are also considering how they may improve…

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Planning in the time of Corona

Planning in the time of Corona

Is this real life? Is this how things will now be? What is coming in 3, 5, 12 months and if I don’t know, how can I plan? These are the questions plaguing so many people today.

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Have Coach Will Travel

Have Coach Will Travel

Sometimes a little nugget of knowledge appears and changes EVERYTHING. That happened to me a couple of years ago when my now husband proposed to me. I wrote about it here….

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Being the Best verses Trying your Best

Being the Best verses Trying your Best

It’s a common practice especially in this city to groom your child to be the best. This means starting from early as two months out with scheduling, training, classes, and obedience. It’s a commitment I’m pretty amazed at but have no desire to introduce to my own child.

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25 Reasons Why You Need a Life Coach Today

25 Reasons Why You Need a Life Coach Today

It’s an anxious time and so many people I know are seeking the help of therapists which is truly wonderful. Therapy provides a certain outlet and support unique to any other and I often refer people to the very qualified caring therapists I know.

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How to show up for your friends this season

How to show up for your friends this season

Sometimes though we have our best intentions we end up pushing friends away when they need us the most. When a friend is struggling or even just debating a next step, it is important to know how to be there for them. Being conscious and careful about how we respond is a kindness to a friend that will be appreciated and reciprocated when our time comes.

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