Behind the Curtain with Lauren Shippy

re·fine·ment /rəˈfīnmənt/ noun the process of removing impurities or unwanted elements from a substance. Refinement is like peeling an apple, sometimes the skin just doesn’t want to budge. We resist hard. We fight tooth and nail not to have something happen or not to have something be the way it is or not to slow down and hear. And when it ultimately comes, we realize that surrender was the key al...

I'm going to be sharing a series of these words that have started interrupting my thoughts on a regular basis - when I hear them I run for the nearest piece of paper or note in my phone. These have encouraged me and I hope they encourage you too. This one is all about the unwavering pursuit of freedom to be able to walk in your identity and in turn, life purpose. For more things StoryWork: htt...

Hearing is translating what is spoken. hear /hir/ verb Perceive with the ear the sound made by (someone or something). I think it’s interesting that again we see the word “perceive” within the definition of “hear”. A measure of translation has to happen in order for hearing to occur. Our brain has to hear the sound, take it in, translate it, and then trigger a response. The process of hearing requ...

I'm going to be sharing a series of these words that have started interrupting my thoughts on a regular basis - when I hear them I run for the nearest piece of paper or note in my phone. These have encouraged me and I hope they encourage you too. This one is all about recovering or restoring those dreams you've had over the years that are directly connected to your identity and in turn, li...

KNOWN. What it Means to be Known known /nōn/adjective 1. recognized, familiar, or within the scope of knowledge. Known, as we see above, means recognized, familiar, or within the scope of knowledge. When you think about the places or relationships where you’re known in your life - do you feel recognized in those spaces? This is the kind of recognition that acknowledges what you're going throug...

I'm sharing a series of these words that have started interrupting my thoughts on a regular basis - when I hear them I run for the nearest piece of paper or note in my phone. These have encouraged me and I hope they encourage you too.  This one has helped encourage me on the days that I feel like I've missed it, messed up, or am off course. For all of the words - ⁠https://www.instagram.com...

Can you think of a time when you felt seen? This would be a time when someone knew your name and used it, when they looked you in the eye while you were talking, they observed what you were saying and maybe not saying. You just knew they genuinely made an effort to see you. How did it make you feel? Perhaps acknowledged, accepted, and fulfilled in the kind of way that you don't need to defend...

I'm sharing a series of these words that have started interrupting my thoughts on a regular basis - when I hear them I run for the nearest piece of paper or note in my phone. These have encouraged me and I hope they encourage you too. This one has helped encourage on the days I'm questioning everything, and I feel like I've lost my way. For all of the words - ⁠https://www.instagram.com...

There are so many factors to take into account when learning how to see, know, and hear people, and this includes generational communication styles. I remember my grandparents always joking that “children should be seen and not heard” when I was little. This was the hallmark of this generation and a thought pattern for how children were to be raised. When we look at the different generations of th...

I'm sharing a series of these words that have started interrupting my thoughts on a regular basis - when I hear them I run for the nearest piece of paper or note in my phone. These have encouraged me and I hope they encourage you too. This one has helped me improve processes, grow businesses, and encourage others and myself - it's a tangible tool that you can always use to get a reset. For...

Knowing ourselves can also help us tell others what we want and need from a relationship with them. And obviously, communicating to those closest to us what we desire from our relationship with them is an important part of keeping it healthy. And if we’re unable to see our own selves, we’ll have a hard time seeing others. When we can look in the mirror and see ourselves clearly, we can give oursel...

I'm going to be sharing a series of these words that have started interrupting my thoughts on a regular basis - when I hear them I run for the nearest piece of paper or note in my phone. These have encouraged me and I hope they encourage you too. This one is all about knowing that you have not gone too far - you're right where you need to be in the process of running in the lanes of your l...

The voices in our minds can be some of the greatest encouragement, but also some of the greatest threat to our well being. Taking an account of them is critical - in this episode, we're talking about all of the different types of voices that enter into our personal "news feeds" daily, and how to discern helpful vs. hurtful impacts. For more - head to ⁠ www.storywork.co ⁠ Blog: ⁠ www....

I'm going to be sharing a series of these words that have started interrupting my thoughts on a regular basis - when I hear them I run for the nearest piece of paper or note in my phone. These have encouraged me and I hope they encourage you too. This one is all about how to stay focused on your original intent, original purpose for developing something new, but pulling in the wisdom from the...

If you think of the different types of friends you’ve had throughout your life, I would guess it looks like a myriad of different personality types, hometowns, life experiences, and more. It’s a great tapestry of different types of people that have influenced you, threaded throughout your life. We spend a whole lot of time with friends over the years. There are many different types of friendships...

Family is hard. They can be the closest people to you, they can know you the most in some ways, and they can get under your skin the most. Triggering can happen easily when we’re with each other often. Even when we’re not, they can look at us a certain way, use a tone of voice, or insinuate something that can set us off so easily. Why? Because we have spent so much time with them collectively over...

In the workplace, we spend as much time, if not more time together with our teams than our family and friends. We tend to not give these relationships as much weight, but the function of them is just as important, from a standpoint of productivity but also our well being. Have you ever had a boss or a coworker that you couldn’t stand? You would try to avoid them at all costs, their very presence f...

When you think of your neighbors, you might have a great feeling or a feeling of dread. But regardless of how you feel about your neighbors, they are a part of our everyday lives. We live on the same street, we see them coming and going, we know if something big happens in their lives, some gather around holidays. You see them every morning out walking the dog or watering their plants or getting t...

I was on a trip with my dad for a couple days, and he told a story that stuck with me - it was one that I hadn’t heard before. It was an amazing example of paying attention to what your customers are asking for - and delivering on the seemingly really small things that become game changers for your word of mouth strategy. Seeing, Hearing and Knowing people first IS a strategy. Listen in to find ou...

We all have people in our lives. Whether they realize it or not, they want to be seen, known and heard. We can be a part of the solution. Every one of us has the opportunity every day to see, know and hear people around us.    For more, head to www.storywork.co . Blog:  ⁠⁠www.storywork.co/blog⁠⁠   Social Media:  ⁠⁠instagram.com/storywork/⁠⁠   Other Resources:  ⁠⁠linktr.ee/storywork⁠⁠

Who have you always been? What makes you the way you are and how can you use it to create your "one thing" or define the way you're going to lead?   In The Strategy Masterclass , our ecourse, I talk about how 4 main things make up our identity (who we are):   1. Personality + Gifts - How does your personality impact how you view the world and how you operate?  2. Experiences - What...

Sometimes, the walls we’re continuously hitting are the points of surrender that we need to address most. If you keep banging your head up against the same “wall” or relationship dynamic, it's time for a change. Our stubborn human nature doesn’t want to surrender, so we do everything we can to fight it, but we’re not winning. Pushing back in the same way one more time is going to do nothing. I...

We’ve been in a place where we’ve experienced a lot of “undoing”, whether related to belief systems, assumptions, judgements or opinions. In the course of history, I imagine that there are cycles of this over and over again. When hard things happen - we start to question all of the things around us. Sometimes that happens subconsciously. We may not even realize it’s happening. When we enter into a...

Your calling doesn't change throughout your life, but your assignment will.   Craig Cooney from Daily Prophetic shares a lot of wisdom and practical tools in this episode about what it looks like to hear God. There are so many different ways to see, know and hear God and this episode was so freeing for me personally.    For more on Daily Prophetic: http://dailyprophetic.com   To Grab Craig&#39...

The more I went through the closet, the better I became at answering and knowing whether or not my answer was accurate for myself. I was learning my own voice in a different way. Turns out, I had two large trash bags full of things I didn’t really like hanging around in there. It felt so good to throw them out of the closet that my enthusiasm increased as I took things out. As I continued my evalu...