Relationships. Meditation. Visualization and Desire Mapping with Danielle Laporte.

I'm super excited to be chatting with my friend and colleague Danielle LaPorte about life, love, PAIN, HEARTBREAK & entrepreneurship. Danielle LaPorte is a bestselling Canadian author, inspirational speaker, entrepreneur, and blogger. Born in Windsor, Ontario, LaPorte is the author of three non-fiction books with an emphasis on conscious goal-setting and entrepreneurship.

About Danielle:
I’m interested in the True Reality of Love. The Love that clarifies, includes, and redeems. The Love that as A Course In Miracles puts it, "wants to join out of mutual abundance.” The Love that rushes into scarcity and division with generosity. I aspire to Love more than I am loved—it only recently occurred to me to give that a shot. It’s difficult. And amazing.

I think it’s too late in the day for business to be anything other than a vehicle for social and environmental healing. I think the opposite of spiritualism isn't necessarily materialism—it’s greed. I think loneliness is an epidemic. I believe that wellness is our natural state of being. I love what happens when we really hear each other.

I’m a lazy vegan, an opinionated introvert, a pure sensualist. I’ve had to fight for my Joy. These days, I fight less and flow more. I’m a terrible manager, but a good leader. Music has saved my life more than once—the louder the better. I support Functional Medicine, a number of conspiracy theories, the power of prayer, big hair, and celery juice. My girlfriends are my religion. I don’t want to hack anything in my life. Nope. No hacking. Just more living.

Anything useful I have to say stems from healing my own woundedness; speaking from the heart, and wanting to leave things better than I found them. And my belief that beauty heals us—beauty in language, friendship, and spaces—from protected land and water, to homes with less eco-awful crap, and communities with more resources for happiness and resiliency.

Everything I offer is about self agency. I have a few jobs while I’m on this planet: learn to love myself with fierce gentleness and extend that to others; nourish my son’s creativity; and help people realize that they have a choice in the matter—about how they feel, live, love, and unfold our future. Emphasis on “our” future.