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Lauren Gold
Hi, I’m Lauren. In my 20s, my life was pretty mediocre. I had a job I disliked and that didn’t pay very much. I was self-conscious and insecure in my relationships. I lived in the middle of a big city, which wasn’t a great fit for me. And I mostly felt tired and depleted all the time. This was not the life I hoped for myself.
Then through a series of experiences I was placed on a very different path that showed me how to unlock my true capacity for meaningful and fulfilling work, success and abundance, deeply nourishing and authentic relationships, and high levels of energy and vitality, as well as self-trust and confidence.
Fast forward, I went on to teach a popular communication class at Stanford Business Business School, give a TEDTalk ‘Don’t Believe Everything You Think’ that now has over 3 million views, and serve as an executive coach to leaders at Fortune 500 companies. My relationships and the community I’ve found is beyond my wildest dreams, and I now live in a beautiful small town in the mountains that couldn’t be a better fit for me.
Now that I’ve seen what’s possible, it is my committed purpose to help you unlock and awaken your own hidden potential because in the words of famous novelist George Eliot, ‘It is never too late to be what you might have been.’
Todd Jason
The day that changed my life and career more than any other was 9/11/2001. I was running late for work and a few hours later found myself running away from falling buildings covered in ash. A lot of my friends passed and our community in NYC was devastated.
At the time I was amid a great first run in my career, benefitting from ‘being in the right place at the right time’ during the first Dotcom bubble. I spent 3 years working at internet advertising giant DoubleClick and was well on my way to a successful and stable career.
Witnessing 9/11 changed my mind and my trajectory. I began asking myself different sorts of questions and sought self growth and personal development for the first time. I genuinely wanted to understand who I was and what my purpose was in the world.
This led me down a truly unexpected path and I’ve spent the last two decades as a coach, program creator and mentor helping people unlock the greater potential within themselves. I’ve been blessed to work with some of the greatest teachers on the planet and I love nothing more than sharing practices that deepen people’s sense of purpose, connection, and love.
While the challenges in our world are vast I remain an eternal optimist. As a podcast host, community leader and co-founder of The School of Self Mastery my role is to help people recapture the feelings of excitement, optimism and possibility that I know are the most powerful levers for genuine change.
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