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- Thriving Minds Summit
In two weeks I’ll be hosting the Thriving Minds Summit LIVE via Zoom! Presented by BlueChipMinds and Breath Rise + Thrive. - The Healing Gem of Arcadia is on the way!
The Healing Gem of Arcadia is available everywhere on October 4, 2022. A magical realism fictional fantasy set to the tone of chasing a treasure map on the Oregon coastline during a full moon, Queen tide summer night. - How to be Human Series: Integration
As originally published on Hedge School with audio. Hello Hedge School! Lara Foster here again … - How to be Human Series – Part I
As originally published on Hedge School. Hello Hedge Schoolers! I’d like to introduce myself. I … - Another Year Later: A Flow Genome Project Training Review
Listen to the Author read this blog here. “It’s time to seed a R E …Another Year Later: A Flow Genome Project Training Review Read More »
- One Year Later…
I sat in the hallway of a space I’d been before. Shoes littered the ground, … - The Active Recovery Series: Part IV
Releasing Expectations. Continued from… The Active Recovery Series: Part I The Active Recovery Series: Part … - Creating Morning Routines: Training Ourselves
Introducing Power Hour’s & Mini-Power Hour’s! An elegant way to start our days with Rhythm. … - The Active Recovery Series: Part III
Active Recovery and me! Continued from: The Active Recovery Series: Part I The Active Recovery … - Active Recovery & Our Current Times: Special Edition
Continued from: The Active Recovery Series: Part I The Active Recovery Series: Part II I …Active Recovery & Our Current Times: Special Edition Read More »
- The Active Recovery Series: Part II
How do we apply Active Recovery into our Lives? Continued from Part I Applying Active … - The Active Recovery Series: Part I
By Lara Foster Optimized Rest and Recovery is a term I first came across taking … - “No Effort” November
Hey Friends! Just wrapping up a “NO EFFORT” November stack over here. Started with a … - Quarter IV: Inktober, Whole30 and Social Media Fasts
Practicing “No Effort” November unveiled meaningul conversations in person, on the phone, through email and text leading me into Deeper Yes’ within myself. - Quarter III 2019: September Re – Treat’s & New Creative Directions
Growing. Healing. Revolving. Believing.Flow Cycle – Struggle. Release. Flow. Recover.Being in Flow starts with, yep, Struggle.Perhaps …Quarter III 2019: September Re – Treat’s & New Creative Directions Read More »
- Quarter III 2019: August ~ Re – U – nion’s Times Two
Having all of my college Pi Beta Phi Sorority pledge sisters in Cannon Beach, OR …Quarter III 2019: August ~ Re – U – nion’s Times Two Read More »
- Quarter III 2019: August ~ Campouts & Connecture
We BLOSSOMED together, because Dreams shared are:What connects us. Deeper. Through nature. Nurturing one another. This …Quarter III 2019: August ~ Campouts & Connecture Read More »
- Quarter III 2019: July ~ Sharing Dreams & Unfolding Gems
“There’s treasure down there!” the little boy at Indian Beach parking lot yelled at us.“We’re …Quarter III 2019: July ~ Sharing Dreams & Unfolding Gems Read More »
- Quarter III 2019: Unfolding Gems, Re-U-nion’s, Re-Treats & the Sweet Smell of Fall
An overview of the last three months with segways into July, August and September. New Posts coming every day this week! - Land of the Free, Home of the Brave…
“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.” “Because true belonging only happens … - Quarter Two 2019: Enveloping Love, Surprises & New Directions!
April started with the sweetest Surprise from family friends The Seljestad’s. Travelling on Spring Break …Quarter Two 2019: Enveloping Love, Surprises & New Directions! Read More »
- Quarter One 2019: Living In FLOW
“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out … - 2018 Year In Review
What. A. Year ! ! ! …And we didn’t even see it coming! In the … - #StandTallandStrong
#STS Is about raising our heads, facing the day, with strength, with our shoulders back, … - Relaxation and Stress
Relaxation welcomes us into warm flowing fields of grassy meadows on mid-summer days. Stress seems … - Intentions OVER Expectations can blend into Miracles
Expectations lay hidden among the grass between our toes as we continue stepping towards our …Intentions OVER Expectations can blend into Miracles Read More »
- How to do the hard things…
I started back up at 24 Hour Fitness just over a year ago. I was … - Healthy Snacks for Paleo/Whole30, Eating Real Food Lifestyle’s
Hey Friends! With the new Lala’s Life Garden Training Studio underway I have gotten a …Healthy Snacks for Paleo/Whole30, Eating Real Food Lifestyle’s Read More »
- Celebrating Four Years of this Blog!
This blog started on a whim. The first post Operating from Abundance went live on … - From On the Sidelines to In the Game
“You either walk inside your story and own it, or you stand outside your story … - Grand Opening of Lala’s Life Garden Training Studio!!!
“Life loves the liver of it. You must live and life will be good to …Grand Opening of Lala’s Life Garden Training Studio!!! Read More »
- Learning How to Adapt
Sometimes life goes according to plan. Ok, let’s rephrase that, life never goes according to … - Transforming Fear into Faith and then FLOW
When perspectives shift a light shines on our old fears, to show us, that maybe they were there to ignite our dreams, wishes, and desires. So we could wake up and live our lives with a zest of passion, a movement that can only be felt and propelled through our very own core. - Oh Can-a-da! (And then…)
We rolled into Canada straight off the heels of Highway 101 where our first moment … - The FUN of Fitness
Fitness can be FUN when we focus on well-being! Fitness is about you moving well, feeling well and saying YES, I CAN! - The Last Two Weeks…
“Don’t seek, don’t search, don’t ask, don’t knock, don’t demand—relax. If you relax, it comes. … - Fridge Wars
We sat in the middle of the open windowed living room of our cabin. Gretchen … - VoiceCatcher: Rotten Eggs
Hi Friends! One of my creative non-fiction pieces titled Rotten Eggs has been selected to … - Talking About Goals
Motivation. Inspiration. Dreaming. Aspiration… All driving us toward our GOALS. Why do we do the … - How a Pay It Forward Mindset Helps US Move Out of a Zero Sum Life…
Exploring how to move with a Pay It Forward mindset so the opportunity of opening, receiving and accepting can happen. - The Four One One on the Process of Grief in my Life
By Lara Foster Four Eleven never escapes me. When we planned to go to Hawaii …The Four One One on the Process of Grief in my Life Read More »
- Strawberry Mango Lemonade
Oahu is majestic from the air. Sounds of Hawaiians from earlier days travel through my … - When the Stories Don’t Come
“The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” -Rumi This week there’s … - The Gang of Three: A Dog, an Owl, and Me
I stood in the green pastured lower hay field with completely dry boots feeling optimistic. … - Kai Lani feels like…
A place that I’ve always wondered about where creativity and fruition intermix. In Hawaiian Kai … - We Bought a House!
Gretchen and I have known each other for seven years and been together for five … - Operation Abundance: Revisited
Operation Abundance is a fun little description I like to use when I talk about how we can enhance our own progress and vision for moving forward in our lives. It frames this movement like a fluid Mission… Not Mission Impossible, but Misssion POSSIBLE! - What is a Life Garden?
A Life Garden is a fun little model I use to transport my thoughts, ideas, … - Life: Is This Destiny or Is This Fate?
Sometimes going backwards is the only way I can find myself enough to get footing … - 8/8/2017 – 5 years of a Spiritual Partnership
I never thought I’d have a partner who would SEE me. And I mean really … - The Wim Hof Method 10-Week Course: A Review
From a basic low back injury, to jumping into the Wim Hof method, to learning about the very practical aspects of diaphragmatic breathing! This was my experience… - The One Step Life
How to maximize progress amongst a sea of swirling successes… - Lessons in London
Challenged movements and actions provide a gap for mindfulness. - Further Explorations on the Impact of Flow & Ecstasis
“Flow is the peak performance state where you feel your best and you perform your best.” -FlowGenomeProject.com - What the Crossfit Games Means to Me…
…The Feeling of Dreams Coming Alive. During this time of year I always get an … - Living the Dreams of 10 years ago…
There was a faint call for a dream in the deep recesses of my heart. … - Dreams Are Still Here
Last year on January 4th I released an article titled Love Is Still Here in honor … - The Power of Personal Manifesto’s
A Personal Manifesto is an engagement in writing and a telling of the story of your life. It is an act of authoring in present time. - How to Write a Bucket List
By Lara Foster “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always … - Family Fitness: How to WOD Together
By Lara Foster Sitting in the car for hours can leave the body feeling restless, … - #GETTING IN FLOWBy Lara Foster I’ve spent a lot of time in my life OUT of Flow. …
- THE BREAKDOWN on Setting Goals“Setting an intention is very different from having an expectation. An intention is a focus …
- Measurements, Tracking, Goals & Progress
FFN Golden Nugget: Set Goals. Utilize numbers. Release Expectation of what that Progress has to … - Pathways: Head & Heart
If you’re a head centric, linear, logical thinker and mover – TAP into your Heart more. If you’re a heart centric, passionate, creative feeler – TAP into your Head more. USE BOTH. Integrated Inspired Action. - A Special Day Since 1981
Operation Abundance expanding right before our very eyes. The Joy of Creativity is the Creativity … - Dreams and Setting Goals
1) Dream. 2) Set Goals. 3) Be True to Yourself 4) Operate in the Now #operationabundance - How Crossfit Helped Me Move Through Grief
My experience of Grief, Crossfit, and Transformation. - Love is Still Here
Happy Birthday DAD! Today you would’ve been 61! How does that feel old man? You … - Transformation: Progress in ACTION
Everything is an Opportunity, Continued… Have you ever wondered How we can get into a … - THREE Steps of ProgressHave you ever had one of those weeks where you’re like, WHAT is HAPPENING!? We …
- The Progress ZONE
Achievement. Success. Goals. What kind of progress does that take? How do you DO IT? … - Gratitude for All That IS: A Letter to You
Have you ever taken a moment to reflect on your life? Have you noticed the … - RESILIENCY Through Fitness
By Lara Foster How do you stick to training schedules, nutrition schedules, work schedules, when … - What is FITNESS? Hint: It’s not what you think it is
By Lara Foster What is Fitness? A scary word, that’s what it is! People generally …What is FITNESS? Hint: It’s not what you think it is Read More »
- Steps of Progress: There’s no magic pill
Steps of Progress: There’s no magic pill By Lara Foster In my experience through the … - Fostering Fitness Now: The Why
Fostering Fitness Now: The Why By Lara Foster Have you ever gotten that feeling? Looking … - Operating From AbundanceFLIP THE SWITCH By Lara Foster It’s a mindset that has been elusive to me, …