by Lauren Dow | Jun 14, 2021 | Happiness, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Self Love, Wellness
“The ego is telling you things you need to do to be better, to improve yourself. When in reality, it’s about what you need to let go of. You are not your ego.” After releasing my first novel, In Body I Trust, the most vulnerable piece of work I have ever written or...
by Lauren Dow | Apr 12, 2021 | Eating Disorder Recovery, Mental Health, Self Love
I’m going to be incredibly vulnerable with you… The last two months have been insanely difficult. Scratch that. 2021 was deemed as the year of saving grace. The one where we could wash away the sins and chaos of 2020 and start fresh. But let’s face it,...
by Lauren Dow | Feb 26, 2021 | Eating Disorder Recovery, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Self Love, Wellness
I recently have been reading Presence by Amy Cuddy, a book I stumbled across in one of the Little Libraries in Denver. And my gosh it couldn’t have come at a more perfect time in my life. Three weeks ago, I saw my life unfolding before me. I knew the direction I...
by Lauren Dow | Dec 21, 2020 | Mental Health, Personal Growth, Self Care, Wellness
Have you ever had a conversation with yourself? I mean a real, honest conversation. “No, I know you’re ‘fine’ but how are you really doing?” I sat down on my orange yoga mat, crossed my legs, closed my eyes, and started to breathe. In and out, I counted each breath...
by Lauren Dow | Nov 9, 2020 | Eating Disorder Recovery, Happiness, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Self Love
In all of the chaos that has been the election and just life in general, I completely surpassed the notion that yesterday marked 7 months behavior free for me. All I kept thinking was how I wish I could talk to myself 1 year ago. There is so much I want her to know....