In this episode, we explore a simple, powerful way to create real connection — by learning how to show up, speak honestly, and listen with presence.

Lauren Archer is joined by author and teacher John David Latta to explore how creating safe, heart-centered spaces can transform the way we relate, heal, and feel connected in our everyday lives. Drawing from John’s book Something True Circles, this conversation offers a practical, human approach to cultivating emotional and spiritual wellness in a disconnected world.

Long before podcasts, therapy rooms, or self-help books, people gathered in circles to share stories, to listen, to be witnessed, and to remember who they were in the presence of one another. And in our overstimulated, hyper-connected world, this simple practice may matter now more than ever.

John David Latta, is a mystic, author, teacher, and founder of a multimillion-dollar consumer products company. His newest book, Something True Circles, offers a heartfelt and accessible blueprint for creating circles that foster honesty, presence, healing, and deep human connection — without dogma or performance.

Key Messages:

1) Learning to speak authentically with feeling and without masks.

2) Learning to listen with love and without judgement. How to listen with your whole body.

3) Why speaking vulnerably and revealing buried secrets can be good for your health and be a "Fountain of Youth."

4) Why practicing Beginner's Mind in the presence of another is a great gift to both of you.

5) Why "holding space" can help others solve their own problems.

6) Why revealing feelings between yourself and others creates trust and intimacy.

7) Why the process of coming out of hiding and speaking truthfully is so important in aiding the world into transitioning into something entirely new.

✨ Connect with John David Latta

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Mentioned in this episode:

Lauren Promo

Perpetual Wealth

Mindful Leadership Lab

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