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About ahalifedesign

As a master certified life , certified creativity, and trained meaning coach, Laurie helps clients live their best life. She works compassionately with clients to dissolve limiting beliefs that prevent them from realizing their fullest potential and to take action. Laurie helps baby boomers reinvent themselves at midlife and beyond; she guides them through the transition and transformation they inevitably encounter in the second half of life. She works with baby boomers to discover abandoned aspects of self, explore passions, find meaning, and fulfill their life’s purpose. Laurie also helps writers, artists, musicians, actors, business entrepreneurs, and anyone who wants to be more creative, overcome blocks (i.e., overwhelm, perfectionism, procrastination, self-sabotage, fear) and other obstacles to achieving their dreams. Laurie lives in Denver, Colorado with her two rambunctious golden retrievers, Liza Jolie and Zydeco Ardoin. She loves the Rocky Mountains and the inspiration and diverse activities they offer. She loves literature, theatre, music, dancing, and art. Laurie is a consumate learner. She has a background in law, psychology, positive psychology, creativity, Buddhist studies, and meditative practice. She is fascinated by the human brain and recent developments in neuroscience.

The Results Are In!

        Congratulations to Evelyn Kalinsky and Rhonda Hess whose blogs won 1st and 2nd in the BEST COACHING BLOGS 2011 competition. The Aha Life Design blog won 3rd! Deepest thanks Julia Stewart and School of Coaching Mastery for offering this … Continue reading

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Focus on Shining, Not Eliminating the Competition

    Currently, I’m participating in a blog competition that has offered wonderful opportunities. I’ve been introduced to many well-written and informative blogs and have learned a great deal from reading them. Also, people have visited my website who would … Continue reading

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Kindness

     My religion is simple; my religion is kindness.  (Dalai Lama) .

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What Difference Do You Want To Make?

    Most, if not all, of us want our lives to stand for something; we want to make a difference. What that difference is, however, may not be crystal clear.  If not, below are some questions that may prove … Continue reading

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Try Something New

    I love this 3.5 minute video – it’s worth a listen. What Something New will you commit to doing for the next 30 days?  

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The Dollhouse: Lightning Dreamwork the Robert Moss Way

    It was a cool overcast morning in Boulder, Colorado, but the mood was warm and festive in Robert Moss’ Shamanic Lucid Dreaming workshop. More than forty people had gathered to work (as it turned out a better word … Continue reading

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Dreams

     Dreams are reflections of our soul.  

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Freedom Is

  Freedom is the present, letting go of past and future, reveling in here and now. Freedom is seeing with fresh eyes – no names, no labels, no conceptions; seeing without thinking. Freedom is forgetting how much I hated beets … Continue reading

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Freedom

    Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. (Napoleon Bonaparte)  

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Today I Mourn the Loss of the Children I Never Had.

      Yesterday, I was feeling deeply saddened as I walked my golden retrievers, Liza Jolie and Zydeco Ardoin, on the parkway. Zydie is nine-years old, and he has begun to experience serious health problems as so many golden … Continue reading

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