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Useful Thinking is a weekly practice for your mind, hosted by clinical professor and mind coach Laura. Each episode works the fundamentals of how your brain actually operates: your mental patterns, your identity, your limiting beliefs, your subconscious wiring. You'll learn practical tools to direct your attention, filter out the noise, and think with more clarity and power. This is mindset work for people who want strategies grounded in how your brain and energy actually work. Think of it as a gym for your mind. Show up weekly and master the one skill that will impact every other area of your life.

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#34
Today · 25 min
Ep 32: What You Expect Shapes What You Get
What you expect to happen has a real, direct impact on what actually happens. It changes what you notice. It changes how you treat the people around you. And it even changes how your body responds. This week Laura walks through some of the most fascinating research on expectation, from classrooms to clinical trials to a very convincing milkshake. Then she shares the shift that finally changed what she believed was possible for herself. This episode covers: Why your brain works like a search filter you didn't know you set How expectation impacts the way we treat other people Why first impressions carry so much weight What Laura teaches her grad students to expect, and why it helps them keep going The difference between expecting something to be hard and expecting it not to work for you What happened when people took pills they knew were fake How a label changed what people's bodies did What Laura did to finally believe her own transformation was possible A simple sentence you can use to reset your expectations this week Mentioned in this episode: Episodes 4 and 5 of Useful Thinking, on your brain's reality filter Episode 29 of Useful Thinking, on how Laura fuels her nervous system Laura's weekly articles on Substack Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#33
October 28 · 29 min
Ep 31: ENCORE Stop Fighting Your Own Thoughts
This week is an encore, the first one in the life of the show. In the intro Laura explains why, and the reason turns out to be the episode itself. This episode lays out the difference between your brain and your mind, why most of us treat them as the same thing, and what opens up once you can tell which one a thought came from. If you’ve spent years trying to overpower the thoughts you never chose, this episode gives you a way out that doesn’t require a fight. This episode covers: The working distinction between your brain and your mind Which thoughts arrive fully built, and why you need most of them The specific kind of thought worth paying attention to, and how to spot it Four questions to ask yourself the moment you catch one Why trying to replace a thought usually creates resistance instead of change The one question that moves you into your mind in real time How a thought you build on purpose becomes automatic over time Your practice for the week Coming next week: the episode on expectation Laura has been building for the last two weeks. Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#32
October 21 · 15 min
Ep 30: A 15-Minute Spa Day for Your Mind | Guided Lab
This week is something different. After two episodes on how Laura supports her nervous system, she's taking you into what she calls a guided lab. It's a short visualization where you take your brain into the lab, make a few adjustments to how you're thinking, and come out the other side feeling calmer and more grounded. Think of it as a soothing blanket for your nervous system. Find a spot where you can be still, and let yourself slow down for fifteen minutes. This episode covers: Why your brain and your mind so often pull you in different directions How a calm nervous system gives you more energy to work with One simple image that makes it easier to come back to right now Where your energy goes when your mind drifts to the past or the future How to call that energy back What becomes possible when you feel safe enough to ask for more A note before you listen: This is a guided visualization. Please don't listen while driving or doing anything that needs your full attention. Missed the last two episodes? Episode 28 covers the practices and gadgets Laura uses to regulate her nervous system, and Episode 29 covers how she fuels it. Laura would love to hear from you: If this lab gave you a moment of peace, find her on Instagram @think.laura and tell her. MEMO: MEMO is Laura's private audio library, with over 180 mini coaching sessions to shift limiting beliefs and mental patterns at the root, and new ones added weekly. Podcast listeners get an exclusive discount with code USEFUL. [Get MEMO here] Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#31
October 14 · 39 min
Ep 29: The Tools I Use to Fuel My Nervous System (Part 2)
Last week Laura shared how she regulates her nervous system. This week is the other half: how she fuels it. Your body is constantly sending reports up to your brain, and what you eat and drink changes those reports. Laura walks through how she eats, what she's learned from testing things on her own body, and the simple daily routines she's built around food and water. Some of it is backed by solid research. Some of it is Laura experimenting on herself and reporting back. This episode covers: The kind of energy most of us are running low on, and the everyday task that tells Laura hers is low Why loving what you eat matters more than most people think What she learned about her own body that went against everything she'd read Why how fast your blood sugar comes back down may matter more than how high it goes The surprising connection between building muscle and still enjoying your weekend treats What your Human Design chart says about how you like to eat What her sleep data showed her about alcohol Her morning routine, from the first sip to her pre-workout latte What the gut and the brain are actually saying to each other Why water and minerals matter so much for your brain The habit that replaced her soda Why none of this is meant to add stress to your life Mentioned in this episode: Viome gut testing Dexcom continuous glucose monitor FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitor Lumen metabolism tracker Oura Ring Cymbiotika Molecular Hydrogen tablets Bob's Red Mill Potato Starch Danger Coffee Organic Valley Protein Plus Ultra-Filtered Fat Free Milk mBreakfast by Crucial Four Be Well by Kelly beef protein powder Zen Basil seeds ZeroLyte electrolytes by Trace Minerals Gerolsteiner mineral water Jing Soda drops Episode 18 of Useful Thinking, on Human Design digestion Episode 28 of Useful Thinking, Part 1 of this series Please note: Nothing in this episode is medical advice. Talk to your doctor before trying anything new, especially if you have a health condition or take medication. Laura has no affiliation with any of these companies, and none of these are affiliate links. Look up your own chart: Curious which way your top left arrow faces? Find your free chart at Human Design Blueprint. You'll need your birth date, birth time, and birth location. If you're not sure of your birth time, try a few different times and see if the arrow changes. Connect with Laura: Laura would love to hear from you: If you try any of this, find her on Instagram @think.laura and tell her how it goes. Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#30
October 7 · 39 min
Ep 28: The Tools I Use to Train My Nervous System (Part 1)
Laura has never shared her personal routines before, on the podcast or anywhere else. This week she walks through the practices and gadgets she uses in her own life to help her body feel safe, and explains why that matters so much for the mind work this show is about. Some of it is backed by solid research. Some of it is Laura experimenting on herself and reporting back. This is part one of two. Next week covers everything on the food and fuel side. This episode covers: Why Laura has held back from sharing her routines until now How your brain and your body talk to each other Why avoiding stress isn't the goal How she uses a wearable without letting it run her day Four ways to breathe, and what each one is for The kind of meditation she practices, and why it fits the work of this show Why feeling safe is only the starting point Two thinking practices that take almost no time How she turns a daily walk into training What she learned about fear from working with a dream interpreter The gadgets, including the most "out there" thing she uses The one principle that keeps all of it from turning into a chore Mentioned in this episode: Oura Ring Wim Hof Method breathing Waking Up meditation app J.M. DeBord, dream interpretation Laura's drumming walk playlist on Spotify BON CHARGE Infrared PEMF Mat Quantum Upgrade Laura's weekly articles on Substack Please note: Nothing in this episode is medical advice. Talk to your doctor before trying anything new, especially if you have a health condition or take medication. Laura has no affiliation with any of these companies, and none of these are affiliate links. Curious about your own Human Design profile? Find it at Human Design Blueprint. You'll need your birth date, birth time, and birth location. Laura would love to hear from you: If you have a practice you love, find her on Instagram @think.laura and tell her what it is. MEMO: MEMO is Laura's private audio library, with over 180 mini coaching sessions to shift limiting beliefs and mental patterns at the root, and new ones added weekly. Podcast listeners get an exclusive discount with code USEFUL. [Get MEMO here] Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#29
September 30 · 29 min
Ep 27: How to Keep Going When Your Motivation Runs Out
You've heard "know your why" more times than you can count. The reason you pick for a goal decides whether you're still going six months from now. This week Laura looks at what your why is actually doing in your brain, why so many of them stop working, and what she learned the hard way while chasing a goal of her own. This episode covers: The moment your why has to do the heavy lifting The two directions your brain can drive you in, and which one lasts Why some of the most popular motivation advice has an expiration date What happens to your drive once you get what you were after What to tie your why to if you want it to last Why the way you go after a goal matters as much as the reason Why sticking with long-term goals is harder now than it used to be The question to ask about anything you're working toward Laura would love to hear from you: If this one landed, find her on Instagram @think.laura and tell her what your why is. MEMO: MEMO is Laura's private audio library, with over 180 mini coaching sessions to shift limiting beliefs and mental patterns at the root. Want to find your real core values? Start with MEMO episodes 67 and 68, How to Choose Your Values, parts one and two. Podcast listeners get an exclusive discount with code USEFUL. [Get MEMO here] Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#28
September 23 · 31 min
Ep 26: The Quickest Path to an Abundance Mindset
Abundance mindset, lack mindset, scarcity thinking. We hear about it constantly, and most of us have a feel for what it means. But if you try to actually work on it, it gets slippery. How do you practice believing there's enough? Where do you even start? This week Laura makes the case for why this matters far more than just feeling better, and then narrows it all the way down to one thing. If you want an abundance mindset that holds up when things get tight, there's one place to put your attention. This episode covers: Why lack can look like being sensible, not like fear The four reasons a scarcity mindset costs you more than you think Why the fastest way out of lack is the thing lack makes feel dangerous What the word generous actually means, and the surprising word it shares a root with The moment right before you give, and what it tells you about what you really believe Money, time, and kindness, and how to find your generosity in each one Why you shouldn't judge yourself when you notice the hurdle, and what to feel instead Why being generous with people who've earned it doesn't expand you, and where the real growth is Connect with Laura: Laura would love to hear from you! If this one landed, find her on Instagram @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura Looking for 1:1 Coaching? Get more information + application here
#27
September 16 · 33 min
Ep 25: How to Change Your Brain's Automatic Filter: Anchor Statements
This is one of the foundational ones. The kind of episode you might come back to ten times in a year. At any given moment your brain is pulling from an enormous amount of data to construct your reality, and it does that automatically, for speed, without checking with you. This week Laura teaches the tool she uses to change that filter on purpose. It's something you build ahead of time, when you're calm, so it's already in place the moment your emotions hit and your interpretation starts to distort. Because you don't drop anchor in the middle of a storm. This episode covers: Why a shift in your life is really a shift in your perception The tool Laura uses with clients and grad students to build a new automatic lens Why the bigger the emotion, the bigger the distortion A story from Laura's own marriage that shows how a true thought and a false interpretation arrive fused together Why useful and true were never the same thing, and what useful actually has to be measured against The four hallmarks of an anchor statement that works, and the one that rules out most of the bad ones Three wording rules, including why your brain can't process a negative Laura's own statements across four different areas of her life The thirty second process for running a thought through your anchor What Laura and Mike each wrote about the other, years ago, and what they do with the evidence that contradicts it Why this is deliberate brainwashing, and why you should make sure you want what you're building Get MEMO: MEMO is Laura's private audio library with over 180 mini coaching sessions to shift limiting beliefs and mental patterns at the root. Podcast listeners get an exclusive discount. [Get MEMO] Use code USEFUL to save 30% off lifetime access. Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#26
September 9 · 25 min
Ep 24: Why It Never Feels Like Enough (And What to Do About It)
A two hour conversation with a friend kept circling back to one question: how do we ever know when enough is enough? Laura slept on it and woke up with the thing she keeps coming back to. If it doesn't feel like enough when you don't have it, there's no way it's going to feel like enough once you do. This week she gets into why that happens, and why it isn't a discipline problem or a gratitude problem. This episode covers: Why the five pounds and the fifty pounds produce the exact same thought What researchers have found about why satisfaction never seems to stick What you're actually building every day while you're chasing something Why appreciation can't just show up once you hit the the finish line Whether any of this means you should change your goals The difference between wanting something deeply and operating from lack How Laura landed two dream opportunities without applying for a single job Who to actually celebrate when you finally hit the goal The words Laura repeats to herself until she physically feels powerful Referenced in this episode: Episode 15 covers how a repeated thought becomes a physical structure in your brain. Episodes 4 and 5 cover how your brain filters the world for whatever you've told it matters. Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#25
September 2 · 33 min
Ep 23: Gifts That Only You Can Give Yourself
Look up your own chart: If you want to follow along as Laura weaves in elements of human design, you can pull up your free chart and your Gene Keys profile to see your own blueprint. You'll need your birth date, exact birth time, and birth location. (Chart resource links below.) Human Design Blueprint (Laura originally trained with Eric Claire Jones and loves her practical approach) Gene Keys (useful for looking up different language for the gates in your chart) Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#24
August 26 · 30 min
Ep 22: Point Your Brain Before You Walk Into Anything
We give our deepest, most sustained attention to the same handful of problems we've been circling for years. And then something crosses our path that could actually help, and we skim it. This week Laura gets into why our attention is being compromised, why the people who learn to train it are about to have an enormous advantage, and the three-part framework that turns "set an intention" from something vague and aspirational into an instruction your brain can act on in five seconds. Plus why aiming this at your biggest hurdles is exactly the wrong place to start. This episode covers: How the way we take in information is costing us What becomes possible when you can use what you take in instead of just consuming it Why most intentions are too soft for your brain to do anything with The three components of a training-level intention Why you should stop aiming this at the hardest things in your life How many reps are actually available to you in a single day Real examples from Laura's day, from the shower to the dog walk to a glass of water The one thing to do if you want to start tomorrow Referenced in this episode: Episodes 4 and 5 cover the reticular activating system in depth. If you're new here and wondering what your RAS is and how to program it, start there. Get MEMO: MEMO is Laura's private audio library with over 180 mini coaching sessions to shift limiting beliefs and mental patterns at the root. Podcast listeners get an exclusive discount. Use code USEFUL to save 30% off lifetime access. [Get MEMO] Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#23
August 19 · 44 min
Ep 21: Signature and Shadow: Your Built-In Energetic Alignment Check
Human Design is, at its foundation, an energy management system. And one of the most useful things in the whole system is also one of the simplest. Every type has a signature feeling that shows up when you're using your energy the way you're built to, and a shadow feeling that shows up when you've drifted too far off track. This week Laura walks through all five types: what each signature actually feels like day to day, what the shadow looks like, and the first place to look when it's showing up. Plus why the same exhaustion can mean opposite things for two different people, and why applying the wrong fix will make it worse. This episode covers: The simplest check in Human Design and why we forget to check it How to tell the difference between a rough week and a real signal that something is off Generators: why frustration usually isn't a sign you picked the wrong thing Manifesting Generators: why you get two signals at once, and what your pile of unfinished projects actually means Projectors: the one thing to check before you decide bitterness means it's time for a change Manifestors: where your anger is really coming from, and the small habit that keeps your flow clear Reflectors: why disappointment lands harder on you than on anyone else The first place to look when your shadow feeling shows up, for every type How two people can say the exact same thing about being exhausted and need completely opposite solutions Look up your own chart: If you want to follow along as Laura weaves in elements of human design, you can pull up your free chart and your Gene Keys profile to see your own blueprint. You'll need your birth date, exact birth time, and birth location. (Chart resource links below.) Human Design Blueprint (Laura originally trained with Eric Claire Jones and loves her practical approach) Get MEMO: MEMO is Laura's private audio library with over 180 mini coaching sessions to shift limiting beliefs and mental patterns at the root. Podcast listeners get an exclusive discount. [Get MEMO] Use code USEFUL to save 30% off lifetime access. Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#22
August 12 · 37 min
Ep 20: How to Stop Wishing Things Were Different
Almost every bad mood you have traces back to one thing: the feeling that what's happening, or what already happened, shouldn't have. You're probably doing it right now without realizing it. This episode is Laura's Excedrin for the mind — something to keep in the cabinet and come back to whenever you catch yourself in the loop. She breaks down what resistance is actually doing in your brain, why it feels like a perfectly reasonable reaction, and three specific moves for the three different ways it shows up. Save this one. It's built to be replayed. This episode covers: The hidden sentence underneath almost every bad mood Why you don't feel like you're resisting anything, and the one test that tells you the truth The difference between accepting a thing and accepting that it happened What your brain is actually attempting to do when you're frustrated, and why it can never work When frustration is a gift, and when it's just burning your energy The network in your brain built for replaying the past and rehearsing the future A ridiculous game Laura plays in traffic that works every time What to do when you can only see 1% of the situation The one question that tells you you're really done with it Get MEMO: MEMO is Laura's private audio library with over 180 mini coaching sessions to shift limiting beliefs and mental patterns at the root. Podcast listeners get an exclusive discount. [Get MEMO] Use code USEFUL to save 30% off lifetime access. Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#21
August 5 · 37 min
Ep 19: Where Does Our Intuition Actually Come From? (Find your super sense)
Your body is picking up information all day long that never reaches your conscious mind. This week Laura gets into the science of how your body gathers intelligence beneath your awareness, then into the Human Design layer that reveals which of your six senses is your strongest channel for it. Find your super sense, learn what to actually do with it, and honor the signal your body has been sending you your whole life. This episode covers: What kids at play reveal about how we're each built to take in the world The card game experiment where people's bodies knew the answer before their minds did Interoception: the constant internal monitoring you're almost entirely unaware of What brain scans show about your ability to register someone else's fear Why "I have a gut feeling" is more literal than you think The six cognitions, and how to identify yours Practical tools for each sense, including what to do when you're facing a big decision Why you have to get in the room, and what remote decisions are costing you How to layer your super sense into manifesting so it actually works for you What weakens your intuitive signal, and what strengthens it Look up your own chart: If you want to follow along as Laura weaves in elements of human design, you can pull up your free chart and your Gene Keys profile to see your own blueprint. You'll need your birth date, exact birth time, and birth location. (Chart resource links below.) Human Design Blueprint (Laura originally trained with Eric Claire Jones and loves her practical approach) Gene Keys (useful for looking up different language for the gates in your chart) Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#20
July 29 · 34 min
Ep 18: What Human Design Says About How Your Brain Works Best
Most of us were raised by someone else's rulebook — told the right way to eat, focus, and take things in. But your body has its own design for how it best absorbs the world, and when you fight against it, everything gets harder. This week Laura opens up the Human Design variables, starting with the top left arrow: how you're built to digest food, information, and everything else coming at you. Learn whether you run active or passive, why that changes how you take in the world, and how to find the specific conditions your body has been asking for all along. This episode covers: Why the rules you were handed might be working against how you're actually built What the four arrows at the top of your chart are, and what left vs. right really means The difference between an active brain and a passive brain, and how each takes the world in Why "digestion" in Human Design is about far more than food How to work with your wiring instead of against it when you're stuck or overwhelmed The deeper layer beneath the arrow: the specific conditions your body needs to think clearly and take things in How working with your digestion variable can free up significant energy in your daily life Look up your own chart: If you want to follow along as Laura weaves in elements of human design, you can pull up your free chart and your Gene Keys profile to see your own blueprint. You'll need your birth date, exact birth time, and birth location. (Chart resource links below.) Human Design Blueprint (Laura originally trained with Eric Claire Jones and loves her practical approach) Gene Keys (useful for looking up different language for the gates in your chart) Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#19
July 22 · 25 min
Ep 17: What You Can't See Is Costing You
The last few weeks have been about thought. This week Laura goes underneath, to the thing your thoughts happen inside of: your consciousness, and specifically your ability to perceive. Most of what's real never reaches your awareness at all, but the size of that window is not fixed. Laura makes the case that you can only build your life out of what you can perceive, then hands you a simple practice to start widening the window this week. This is a foundational episode on the most underused power you have. This episode covers: Why you and the person next to can be living in two different worlds What consciousness actually is, and why no one can quite define it Why we don't just miss things, we miss the fact that we're missing them What happens when you have no concept for what's right in front of you The far edge of human perception, and a brain state science can measure but not explain Why intuition might just be perception running ahead of your conscious mind The one thing that everything you want is actually built from A body-based practice to move your own perception, on command Get MEMO: MEMO is Laura's private audio library, built to shift limiting beliefs and mental patterns at the root, the deep ones conscious repetition struggles to reach. One-time investment with lifetime access. [Get MEMO here] Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#18
July 15 · 39 min
Ep 16: Rewiring Your Mind Based on Your Human Design
Last week we explored how thoughts become things. This week is how you actually do the rewiring, and why it looks different depending on how you're built. Laura uses the principles of Human Design to walk through your head and mind centers, and the three ways they can be configured. Then she gets practical: the specific work that makes it easier for each configuration to install a new belief. This episode covers: What your head and mind centers actually govern, and how to find yours Why roughly seven in ten people are wired to receive their ideas from everywhere Where your mental pressure comes from, and how you know whether it belongs to you The three possible head+mind configurations, and the gift and challenge inside each How a defined mind can turn stubbornness into a superpower Why the same belief installs three completely different ways depending on your design What to work on first when you rewire, based on your wiring The one thing to protect if your head center is open Look up your own chart: If you want to follow along as Laura weaves in elements of human design, you can pull up your free chart and your Gene Keys profile to see your own blueprint. You'll need your birth date, exact birth time, and birth location. (Chart resource links below.) Human Design Blueprint (Laura originally trained with Eric Claire Jones and loves her practical approach) Gene Keys (useful for looking up different language for the gates in your chart) Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#17
July 8 · 22 min
Ep 15: Do Thoughts Become Things?
Everything inside the Useful Thinking world is built on this one idea: your thoughts become things. Laura breaks down why this isn't just a saying, and what it looks like on a biological level. She illustrates the exact chain: a thought is an electrical event, repetition builds physical structure in your brain, and that structure decides what you're able to perceive and what you'll act on. This is a foundational episode and a masterclass in thought work. This episode covers: How a repeated thought becomes physical architecture in your brain Why some thoughts build nothing, and some actually pave a road How your brain prunes your perception Why the same information hits completely differently a year later How Laura rewired a lifelong belief that good things passed her by Why manifestation is neuroscience The most valuable thing you own, and how you "spend it" all day long MEMO: MEMO is Laura's private audio library, built to shift limiting beliefs and mental patterns at the root, the deep ones conscious repetition struggles to reach. One-time investment. [Get MEMO here] Look up your own human design chart: If you want to follow along as Laura weaves in elements of human design, you can pull up your free chart and your Gene Keys profile to see your own blueprint. You'll need your birth date, exact birth time, and birth location. (Chart resource links below.) Human Design Blueprint (Laura originally trained with Eric Claire Jones and loves her practical approach) Gene Keys (useful for looking up different language for the gates in your chart) Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#16
July 1 · 27 min
Ep 14: Stop Managing Your Time. Manage This Instead.
Most of us were taught to run our lives by managing our time. This episode offers the alternative Laura has built her life around for the last five years: managing your energy instead of your time. She walks through how to tell which tasks actually feed you, how to find and protect your sharpest hours, and why the same task can cost two people completely different amounts. Then, in the second half, she opens up your Human Design chart and the single biggest thing to look at to understand how your specific energy is wired. This episode covers: Why a perfectly organized schedule can still leave you running on empty The question to ask about a task instead of "how hard will this be" How to find your real peak hours, and what to stop doing during them Why there's no universal list of what's draining and what's energizing How to start working with your energy even inside a rigid job or a full house The one Human Design marker that tells you the most about how you're built to operate Why "just be consistent" is the wrong advice for certain people What it actually means when you can't wind down at night A simple week-long practice for gathering data on your own energy Look up your own chart: If you want to follow along as Laura weaves in elements of human design, you can pull up your free chart and your Gene Keys profile to see your own blueprint. You'll need your birth date, exact birth time, and birth location. (Chart resource links below.) Human Design Blueprint (Laura originally trained with Eric Claire Jones and loves her practical approach) Gene Keys (useful for looking up different language for the gates in your chart) Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura
#15
June 24 · 19 min
Ep 13: A Couple of Things I Need to Tell You (Integrity Pivot)
Every so often, Laura checks in with whether the way she's showing up matches who she actually is. A few months into this show, she found two places where it didn't. The first is small and easy. The second is something she deliberately kept off this podcast from the very beginning, even though she's used it in her own life and with her clients for years. If you've ever wondered whether there's a way to understand yourself that goes deeper than a personality quiz, and how something like that could fit alongside the science of the brain, this one is for you. This episode covers: Why Laura is changing the way she talks on this show, and what self-censoring was costing her The tool she kept off this podcast on purpose, and why she's done hiding it How something with mystical origins earns a place in the toolbox of a working scientist The difference between the part of you that you're aware of and the part that's been running underneath the whole time A personal example from Laura's own chart that reframed something she believed about herself for years Why two people can feel the exact same emotion and only one of them should claim it How to hold science and spirituality in the same room without either one canceling the other out The one thing a chart can never do for you (and why the real work still lives where it's always lived) What this whole show is actually here to help you build Look up your own chart: If you want to follow along as Laura begins weaving this in, you can pull up your free Human Design chart and your Gene Keys profile to see your own blueprint. You'll need your birth date, exact birth time, and birth location. (Chart resource links below.) Human Design Blueprint (Laura originally trained with Eric Claire Jones and loves her practical approach) Gene Keys (useful for looking up different language for the gates in your chart) Connect with Laura: Instagram: @think.laura Join Laura's Free Thinking Practice on Substack: ThinkLaura

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