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The last time I fell this flat on my face it took me 6 months to get the confidence to try again. This time, it took me about 2-3 hours. What changed? Find out in this episode as I unpack the absolute flop of a launch that just went down over here as I tried to open up the next semester of my group program.

This episode is called "How To Pick Yourself Up After You Fall" and it'll be a compassionate place for your hurting heart to find a dose of motivation to keep on going.

CHEER CAMP returns January 2022 in a big way. Grab a spot on the waitlist here: www.cheercamp.laurakelly.co

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I've been hanging out with the members of the first ever squad of CHEER CAMP over the last couple weeks to record these stories and testimonials. Originally I thought maybe I'd put a few nuggets into an episode here and there, but their stories are so powerful and I think you're really going to relate to each of them.

In this episode you'll get to hear from Sylvana from Bee Wellness. Sylvana started working 1-on-1 with me right at the start of her new business. 6 months later, Sylvana joined CHEER CAMP and the leaps and bounds since then have been astounding.

This is a powerful conversation that will be music to your ears if you've got some big ideas but struggle to get them into execution. (Especially the part about challenging yourself to step outside your comfort zone in the early, early days of business!) What an inspiration to hear about the first year in business -- you'll love this one.

Connect with Sylvana at Bee Wellness: www.instagram.com/beewellness.ca

**Applications are open for CHEER CAMP right now! Find out more about the program at www.cheercamp.laurakelly.co. It all starts with the application, so go find out more and ask yourself what might be possible if you were to commit to 6 months of self-exploration and deep friendships with the other members of the squad!**

Connect with Laura: www.laurakelly.cowww.instagram.com/laurakelly.co

If you loved this episode please share it on your stories and tag me @laurakelly.co! I love to see which episodes resonate with you and it helps to spread the word more than you know, xo

"You know it when you feel it and when you see it in somebody else," says Cheer Camper, Holly. "So for that reason it wasn't like we learned about confidence and then woke up completely transformed like, "cool, I'm so confident now!" But I think confidence is being sure in yourself and knowing who you are, where you want to go, and how you want to feel when you get there. Each month we learned more and more about who we are, we learned about the things that are holding us back and how to shed them, and I think through that process I found confidence."

In today's episode we're going deep on everything there is to know about the magic of CHEER CAMP, my 6 month personal development program! Applications are officially open for the Fall 2021 semester and I'm taking 8 people through this life changing experience of self-discovery starting in just over a month.

Fair warning: this episode might light a spark in you that you didn't know you had.

If you've got questions about CHEER CAMP, this episode has the answers! Hit me up on Instagram @laurakelly.co if you have questions at all!

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Learn more about CHEER CAMP: www.cheercamp.laurakelly.co

Connect with Laura: WEB: www.laurakelly.coINSTA: www.instagram.com/laurakelly.co

If you loved this episode please share it on your stories and tag me @laurakelly.co! I love to see which episodes resonate with you and it helps to spread the word more than you know, xo

In this episode I share some of the big takeaways from spending 4.5 hours in a psychedelic mushroom trip, and how the experience changed my life in a profound way. It's a very candid and honest retelling of some of the abstract things I saw and realized. (I even read some of the words I journaled that night while coming back into my reality…)

This episode is an ode to self-exploration in every form. So much of this experience is an extension to The Body Image Story series on the podcast, so if you've already listened to those you'll get a much richer listen here.

Things get weird on this one, I hope you're ready for a ride!

Find out more about Jas's retreats and offerings in Ottawa / Toronto: https://www.healwithjas.com/

Learn more about CHEER CAMP, my 6 month personal development bootcamp: www.cheercamp.laurakelly.co -- Applications for CHEER CAMP are coming soon!

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Connect with Laura Kelly: WEB: www.laurakelly.coINSTA: www.instagram.com/laurakelly.co

If you loved this episode please share it on your stories and tag me @laurakelly.co! I love to see which episodes resonate with you and it helps to spread the word more than you know, xo

Are you here because you want to hear about how I took shrooms in a yurt? It's just one part of a muuuuch larger story, and it starts here.

In this episode I'm opening up about my search for outside the box tools to "seal in" my journey towards self-love from the inside out. (If you've been listening to the Body Image Story series, this one picks up where we left off.) This story starts with my very first experience at an energy healing session, and comes with many other opportunities for growth in the form of self-exploration.

It's a fun one, hit play!

Find out more about Jas's retreats and offerings in Ottawa / Toronto: https://www.healwithjas.com/

Learn more about CHEER CAMP, my 6 month personal development bootcamp: www.cheercamp.laurakelly.co -- Applications for CHEER CAMP are coming soon!

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Connect with Laura:

WEB: www.laurakelly.coINSTA: www.instagram.com/laurakelly.co

If you loved this episode please share it on your stories and tag me @laurakelly.co! I love to see which episodes resonate with you and it helps to spread the word more than you know, xo

**Trigger warning for this episode: mentions of dieting, weight loss, disordered eating, calorie restriction, exercise addiction, and fat phobia**

In the first two parts of this series, I shared my story of collecting thoughts, beliefs, and experiences that were centered around an obsession to find myself in a smaller body. In part three, I'm opening up about the beginning of the healing process, including:

• how I searched my history and re-labelled my experiences in a way that would support a journey of food freedom and body acceptance
• the resistance I felt at first when confronted with new information that felt like a threat to everything I had previously believed about health, food, exercise, well-being, and self-love
• and the big takeaways from the 8-10 week program I did with a coach, which kick-started this whole healing process

This episode is not designed to replace the real work that happens when you're working with someone who is trained in this arena. I only aim to share my experiences, knowing that I would have loved to hear about someone else's story in more detail than what could ever show up in a testimonial on a sales page.

**Trigger warning for this episode: mentions of dieting, weight loss, disordered eating, calorie restriction, exercise addiction, and fat phobia**

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Learn more about my 1:1 coaching program: www.coaching.laurakelly.co

WEB: www.laurakelly.coINSTA: www.instagram.com/laurakelly.co

If you loved this episode please share it on your stories and tag me @laurakelly.co! I love to see which episodes resonate with you and it helps to spread the word more than you know, xo

Fence-sitter, I see you… You feel like you're on the precipice of something really cool, but there's also a lot of fear and hesitation keeping you from jumping in. I've got a pep-talk for you today, and I think you'll really like it.

Join me for this encouraging episode which will make you want to put on a pair of shoes that are way too big and start walking. (Listen to the ep, you'll get it.)

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Learn more about my 1:1 coaching program: www.coaching.laurakelly.co

WEB: www.laurakelly.coINSTA: www.instagram.com/laurakelly.co

If you loved this episode please share it on your stories and tag me @laurakelly.co! I love to see which episodes resonate with you and it helps to spread the word more than you know, xo

You will LOVE this guest episode with Amanda Smith, founder of The Dallas Girl Gang, an inclusive global community for women in business that is the OPPOSITE of mean girls culture. (Legit, their slogan is "you CAN sit with us" lol.)

In this interview Amanda and I recall our first (& kinda negative) experiences with networking in the small business community, and we reflect on where the industry has shifted since then. For Amanda, what started as a simple Facebook group and a few dates in Eventbrite, would soon turn into a MASSIVE community and a high-end event business. (Don't worry, I ask a lot of questions about how she got from there to here.)

It is so important to find a group of people who can champion you as you embark on the tough stuff that entrepreneurship holds. You *can* do it alone, but you will get farther and have more fun along the way if you invite others in.

Connect with Amanda: WEB: https://dallasgirlgang.com/INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/dallasgirlgang

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Learn more about my 1:1 coaching program: www.coaching.laurakelly.co

WEB: www.laurakelly.coINSTA: www.instagram.com/laurakelly.co

If you loved this episode please share it on your stories and tag me @laurakelly.co! I love to see which episodes resonate with you and it helps to spread the word more than you know, xo

**Trigger warning for this episode: mentions of dieting, weight loss, disordered eating, calorie restriction, exercise addiction, and fat phobia**

Gaining weight, losing weight, starting a business, getting married, having children… the next part of the story has its ups and downs, and it'll take you up to the point where I realized I was ready to QUIT dieting once and for all.

The healing process could really only begin once I felt broken enough in my eating, exercising, and body image, and that's exactly what happened right before I reached out to get some help.

**Trigger warning for this episode: mentions of dieting, weight loss, disordered eating, calorie restriction, exercise addiction, and fat phobia**

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Learn more about my 1:1 coaching program: www.coaching.laurakelly.co

Find out about the next semester of CHEER CAMP: www.cheercamp.laurakelly.co

WEB: www.laurakelly.coINSTA: www.instagram.com/laurakelly.co

If you loved this episode please share it on your stories and tag me @laurakelly.co! I love to see which episodes resonate with you and it helps to spread the word more than you know, xo

**Trigger warning for this episode: mentions of dieting, weight loss, disordered eating, calorie restriction, exercise addiction, and fat phobia**

In March of 2020, I broke up with diet culture once and for all. I was coming off of a 15 year obsession with restrictive dieting, although I didn't see it like that at the time. I was exhausted from trying to change the size of my body year after year, and I knew that in order to give myself a different future, I needed help.

Since then, I have worked every day to heal my relationship with food, exercise, body image, and self-worth. The story is not complete, (actually it won't ever be complete) but I am ready to share the beginning with you today.

This is part one in a larger series where I'll be sharing my experiences. Please note, this podcast is not a replacement for one-on-one coaching with a professional. I can only speak to my story.

**Trigger warning for this episode: mentions of dieting, weight loss, disordered eating, calorie restriction, exercise addiction, and fat phobia**

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Learn more about my 1:1 coaching program: www.coaching.laurakelly.co

WEB: www.laurakelly.coINSTA: www.instagram.com/laurakelly.co

If you loved this episode please share it on your stories and tag me @laurakelly.co! I love to see which episodes resonate with you and it helps to spread the word more than you know, xo