SLEEP MEDITATION with Lauren Ostrowski Fenton

Episode 73 an intimate interview with amazing Australian digital art artists Xanthe Dobbie and Tiyan Baker A candid coffee table talk about digital art, ASMR, You Tube, gender bias, inequality of wealth, ridiculous patriarchal fairy tales, refugees, and changing the world.  Xanthe Dobbie and Tiyan Baker are presenting in the upcoming Next wave  http://nextwave.org.au/about-next-wave/ "ABOUT NEXT W...

Episode 72 Setting boundaries for happiness. It is so important for happiness that we know our boundaries and we are able to maintain these boundaries. We need to ask ourselves if we allow others to trample our boundaries aren't we in fact enabling their behaviour?    My name is Lauren. I am a writer, life coach, meditation/yoga teacher, & proud mum of four. I make videos, podcasts, blogs and writ...

Episode 71 Hold hands and get back up   This episode is about my trials and tribulations getting the book done and about the importance of resilience friendship and never giving up. Thanks for listening.   My name is Lauren. I am a writer, life coach, meditation/yoga teacher, & proud mum of four. I make videos, podcasts, blogs and write books about happiness, yoga, fitness, meditation, & wellbeing...

Episode 70 Sometimes life is tough & that is ok Today I am finding life tough. My goals are there, my enthusiasm is there but life is not going to plan...well then my friend lets find a way to feel happy any way. Today I talk about how life sometimes goes pear shape. I talk about building resilience and reviewing our behaviour in order to feel happy. I believe that happiness is about finding a way...

Episode 69 The keys to feeling happy. When life is hard you decide to feel happy. No I am not saying that it is an easy process to feel happy but it is a practice. And like any other practice it requires application, repetition and self belief. Learn to feel explore reflect upon the many happy moments of life. Lets Practice, notice and develop our skills in happiness. Learn to empathise with other...

  Episode 68 How to cope with feeling hurt   Today I chat about how to cope with feeling hurt. Thanks for listening Love Lauren - The whispering mother   My name is Lauren. I am a writer, life coach, meditation/yoga teacher, & proud mum of four. I make videos, podcasts, blogs and write books about happiness, yoga, fitness, meditation, & wellbeing.   Love Lauren AKA the Whispering Mother   Please t...

Episode 67 How to journal in order to be happy. Today we explore how to journal in order to feel happy. Enjoy. My name is Lauren. I am a writer, life coach, meditation/yoga teacher, & proud mum of four. I make videos, podcasts, blogs and write books about happiness, yoga, fitness, meditation, & wellbeing.   Love Lauren AKA the Whispering Mother   Please take a moment to support me at https://www.p...

Episode 66 Give up the need to be found right and be happy   In this episode I speak about my exercise, my book and the need to give up being found right. I talk about the art of noticing, the skill of self awareness and the practice of happiness. Do you notice all the special moments in your day? It is often the ordinary moments which give us the most happiness. What makes you feel happy?  Enjoy...

Episode 65 loving you, Loving yourself & sharing happiness   Well my dear friends the book is days away from completion. I'm going to take a week away from the Internet to finally let go of the manuscript I now lovingly call the albatross. In this episode I apologise for Being inconsistent in my creations and update you with my progress. I also talk about happiness, loving yourself ,and the amazin...

Episode 64 Sometimes the day to day gets in the way and thats ok.   Sometimes the day to day gets in the way and thats ok. Today I talk about life getting in the way. I talk about setting New Year's Eve resolutions, goals journaling, happiness, the media, The amazing Hillman show podcast and radio, Danielle Murr one of the talented hosts of the Hillman Show. I also talk about how we can focus or t...

Episode 63 Where are you pointing your mind at Xmas?   Today is such a beautiful day Boxing day in Australia and today is my xmas special  I explore Chrstimas cheer the coming new year....awareness, happiness and where we choose to point our minds- enjoy. x Lauren   My name is Lauren Ostrowski Fenton. I am a writer, life coach, meditation teacher, & proud mum of four. I make videos, podcasts, blog...

Episode 62 My beliefs on happiness- taken from my book...to be released so very soon....I will let you know when the pre order date arrives :) Merry Xmas my friends   Quote from my book...   “Here is what I believe   I have touched on some of my ideas about happiness already and we will explore this topic in more depth in the next chapter. What is important for you to know now are some of my belie...

  Episode 61 How to be happy - the set point theory- Genetics versus experience I explore 'set point theory' in todays podcast. Research shows that people shortly after winning tattslotto go back to the same level of happiness that they experienced before winning the money...why is that? Why doesn't the money make us feel happy? Some happiness philosophers in particular Martin Seligman believe tha...

Episode 60 Being a lobster boiling in the pot of life Today I chat about being a lobster in the boiling pot of life. Do you ever feel like that??? a boiling lobster?...and the water just gets hotter and hotter ?..and we run around don't we trying to keep up with the mayhem of life..and sometime we might cope and at times we don't cope so well. Today I talk about Xmas, training, wellbeing, morning...

Episode 59 The way I thought my life would be & the book   The way I thought my life would be & the book I finally open the 10 emails from Caitilin representing the final edit of my book on happiness. I communicate about how hard it is for me to open this book. I cry in this podcast...and that is ok. Sometimes it is ok to be scared....and sometimes it is ok to cry. Love you all.   My name is Laure...

  Episode 58 Can we be too Nice? Is it possible to give too much?   Do you think we can be too nice? Have you ever wondered whether there are times during which you give too much? How do we know when is ‘too much” ? Today I explore what it may mean to give too much. I discuss boundaries, self awareness, and assertiveness and look at the vital issue of when do we give too much. Oh and I also have a...

Episode 57 The top 10 steps for a success life   Today I explore my top 10 steps for a successful life. What are yours?   Prepare ...Open in the morning and close at night Prioritise set goals visualise them use space to do so Let go of past , have perspective ands look down upon your life Engagement , community see humanity as one globe Be Persistent, diligent and disciplined Time manage,  use of...

Episode 56 We are one family   We are one family. Today I talk about my journey, the refugees, tolerance, and the principle of being one single family. The moment we define our family by the shores of our seas, the boundaries of our towns, or our own front door is the moment that we put into place exclusion, intolerance, and discrimination. We are one humanity, we are one family. Any religion, ins...

Episode 55 Life, As good as it gets & enjoying hot bread rolls A little about me... a little bit about life and a little about enjoying hot bread rolls through the trials and tribulations of life. Thanks for listening and I hope that you are sleeping, eating well and laughing loudly.   My name is Lauren Ostrowski Fenton. I am a writer, life coach, meditation teacher, & proud mum of four. I make vi...

  Episode 54 How to handle the nastiness of life- You can do it   Have you ever had anyone be really nasty to you ? How does it feel? How do you deal with the nastiness of life. How do you deal with the nastiness that people dish out? Are you sick of the unfairness of life? Would you like to feel happier? Is your life a juggle?  ...Today in my show I explore these questions and more..... My name i...

Episode 53 Do soul mates exist? And if so should we have one?   Lets explore soul mates.   Today I talk about an interesting experience that I had with my dear boys....in fact with all my children. My boys made the decision without speaking to me to write me a dating profile! Aaaagh !Thank goodness they did not post it! What a shock or perhaps more than the shock of it maybe this experience serves...

  Episode 52 Pride, Self & the infinite power of our words   We give our words power we enunciate our words and we give our words power.   I answer this letter from a listener...( Thank you) “ How important is it really to have pride and when is it too much?  Is pride a good or bad thing?  I’ve gotten to the point recently where I’ve refused to accept help from people when I really need it because...

What do you think the difference is between self awareness, understanding and acceptance?   Today I answer a letter from my editor Caitilin regarding my soon to released book about how to be happy. ..Here is the letter...Hi Lauren,   I hope you are well and had a good weekend. Today's homework questions are about the subtleties of self awareness, self understanding and self acceptance.   Do you se...

Episode 50 Its raining.   Today is a hitch potch of life, mayhem, and the rain...enjoy...and hope that you are all well my friends x My name is Lauren Ostrowski Fenton. I am a writer, life coach, meditation teacher, & proud mum of four. I make videos, podcasts, blogs and a book about happiness, fitness, meditation, & wellbeing. I have a Masters degree in counselling and an honors degree in Anthrop...

Episode 49 How to cope as a single parent. Are you a single parent? Have you ever struggled as a single parent? Today in a softly spoken voice and addressing you as if you are the writer of a letter I speak about how to cope as a single parent. This podcast is an answer to a viewer's letter about how to cope with being a single parent. ( thank you for your letters) I address several of a lovely vi...