Beautiful Work Beautiful Life

In this episode, Laurel Holland and Laurel Boivin explore the connection between inner work and relationships. They discuss how many people begin their inner work hoping a relationship will change, only to discover that the real transformation happens when they begin changing how they show up. As we return to our true selves, relationships often change too. Together, they explore what it means to...

Developing self-trust and trust in life is an experience that must be practiced to be realized. This meditation is being reissued to support you in growing your self-trust and seeking the truth of what you believe right now, as well as building a foundation of inner beliefs that build trust. Enjoy this guided meditation to support you in affirming your intuition, your creativity and your empathy....

This episode of the Beautiful Work Beautiful Life explores what it means to stay open enough to find safety in a world that can often feel emotionally and psychologically unsafe.  Through personal stories, honest reflection, and grounded conversation, Laurel Boivin and Laurel Holland unpack the connection between trust, nervous system regulation, self-expression, and psychological safety. The conv...

In this episode of the Beautiful Work Beautiful Life , co-hosts Laurel Holland and Laurel Boivin explore the deeply personal journey of self-trust, trusting life, and what it truly takes to keep a dream alive. Through honest storytelling and reflection, they unpack how self-doubt, old patterns, people-pleasing, and fear can quietly disconnect us from the dreams we most deeply desire. Laurel Boivin...

In this episode of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life , co-hosts Laurel Holland and Laurel Boivin explore what it means to live with greater trust in the face of life’s uncertainty and unpredictability. Through honest reflection and personal stories, they discuss the tension between wanting control and learning to loosen our grip on how life “should” unfold. The conversation explores how unexpected exp...

In this episode of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life , co-host Laurel Boivin explores a question many of us wrestle with during times of uncertainty: Can we trust life? Drawing from personal experience, reflections on unexpected life detours, and lessons learned through coaching others, Laurel examines the difference between trust and certainty, and why our desire for certainty can often keep us stuck...

In this episode of the Beautiful Work Beautiful Life , Laurel Boivin explores what it means to reclaim your voice as an ongoing practice. Moving beyond awareness alone, she shares how using your voice requires intentional action, small moments of honesty, and the willingness to stay connected to yourself even through discomfort. Through personal stories, reflections on relationships and visibility...

In this episode of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life , cohosts Laurel Boivin and Laurel Holland explore how our voice, both spoken and unspoken, can quietly shape the course of our lives. Through personal stories and reflective dialogue, they uncover how early conditioning, family dynamics, and unexpressed emotions can limit self-expression and keep us from fully stepping into who we are. The conversa...

​​In this episode of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life, host Laurel Holland sits down with voice teacher, author, and songwriter Barbara McAfee for a powerful, experiential exploration of voice as a pathway to confidence, embodiment, and inner power. Together, they unpack how our voices are shaped by culture, conditioning, and lived experience—and how reclaiming the full voice can unlock clarity, pres...

In this episode of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life , Laurel Boivin invites you into a deeper exploration of what it really means to find your voice. Through relatable, everyday moments like leaving a conversation wishing you had said more, she uncovers the subtle ways we hold back our truth to avoid conflict, maintain harmony, or meet expectations. Laurel reframes voice as more than communication. S...

In this episode of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life, Laurel Boivin brings the conversation on alignment full circle by exploring what it actually feels like to be out of alignment, and what to do when you notice it. Rather than dramatic moments, misalignment often shows up quietly: subtle tension, lingering fatigue, disconnection, or a sense that you’re moving through life on autopilot. This episode...

In this episode, cohosts Laurel Holland and Laurel Boivin explore why living in alignment is more complex, and more transformative, than it initially appears. They unpack the internal systems that must come into alignment (values, beliefs, behaviors, and identity), and how misalignment often shows up as resistance, control, or feeling stuck. Through personal stories and coaching insights, they ill...

In this episode of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life , Laurel is joined by nurse wellness coach Kristen Reed, founder of Nursing Your Way to Wellness , for a deeply human conversation about healing, alignment, and trusting the quiet nudges that reshape a life. Kristen shares her journey from years on the front lines of hospital care to building a whole-person wellness practice, shaped by two life-alte...

What does it really mean to live in alignment, and how do you know when you’re not? In this episode, Laurel Boivin explores alignment as an internal experience of integrity — when your values, energy, body, and choices are no longer in conflict.  Laurel shares her personal story of leaving a corporate role that once fit but no longer aligned with who she was becoming — and the grief, uncertainty,...

In this episode of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life , Laurel Boivin explores what it truly means to express your emotions with grace and confidence. Building on previous conversations about befriending emotions and developing inner strength, this episode focuses on giving your emotions a voice—without suppressing them or letting them spill out in ways you later regret. Laurel shares a simple, practic...

Laurel Holland and Laurel Boivin explore how inner strength is cultivated through our relationship with difficult emotions. Rather than avoiding or numbing hard feelings, they discuss how learning to sit with them builds emotional resilience and deep inner power. Through personal reflection and practical insights, the conversation highlights the idea of the “feeling muscle,” the importance of obse...

In this episode of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life , host Laurel Holland sits down with naturopathic doctor and author Jenn Rapkin for a deeply human conversation about emotions, embodiment, and resilience. Jenn shares the inspiration behind her new book, The Feeling Muscle , and invites listeners to rethink their relationship with emotions—especially the hard ones we often try to avoid. Drawing fro...

What if your emotions weren’t problems to fix, but messengers inviting you into deeper self-awareness and resilience? In this episode of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life , Laurel Boivin explores what it means to befriend your emotions—a practice many of us were never taught but deeply need. Rather than treating emotions as obstacles to control or avoid, she invites listeners to see them as valuable m...

In this meditation, intended for first thing in the morning, we greet the day with a clear intention to move through the day with kindness and love. This meditation is also useful if you find yourself being hard on yourself. Using gentle words, checking in with the physical body, and using encouragement to stay mindful of thoughts as they arise, we decide to set the tone for positivity and kindnes...

In On the Other Side of Pain , Laurel Boivin explores pain as an inevitable part of the human experience—and a powerful catalyst for transformation when it is met with honesty, care, and time. Rather than bypassing or minimizing pain, this episode invites listeners to slow down, feel what needs to be felt, and trust the nonlinear process of healing. Laurel reflects on how pain lives in the body, w...

In this episode of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life , Laurel Boivin and Laurel Holland explore the deeply human—and often painful—habit of comparing ourselves to others. Together, they unpack how comparison is a mental activity rooted in storytelling, beliefs, and self-awareness, and how it can quietly shape our emotions, confidence, and life choices. Rather than treating comparison as something to e...

In this deeply moving and honest conversation, Laurel Boivin sits down with Angela Whitten, a Maine mom who tragically lost her 18-year-old son, Trent, to suicide in June 2022.  Angela, executive director and co-founder of Stay; for Life, a Maine-based nonprofit supporting mental health awareness and suicide prevention, shares her journey of inner work, resilience, and purpose after the loss of he...

In this episode of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life , host Laurel Boivin explores what it means for pain to become a portal—not because pain is good or required for growth, but because when we meet it with presence and support, it can open us to deeper awareness. Against the backdrop of collective uncertainty and emotional heaviness in the world, Laurel reflects on how personal and collective pain in...

In this Beautiful Work Beautiful Life episode, host Laurel Boivin invites listeners to pause and check in with how the first month of the new year has actually felt. While fresh starts often bring motivation and momentum, they can also create pressure to push harder, do more, and stay productive. This episode offers a gentle reframe: ease isn’t something we earn after working harder or reaching a...

In this episode of Beautiful Work Beautiful Life, Laurel Holland and Laurel Boivin invite listeners into a quieter, more contemplative kind of inner work—one that begins not with fixing or forcing, but with noticing . Through a thoughtful exploration of how our outer environments reflect our inner landscapes, they offer a powerful truth: what surrounds us is often a living mirror of what’s happeni...