Lauren has a unique ability to find the obstacles that hold people back from realizing whatever they long for, and the resources to get free of these obstacles. In coaching sessions she thoroughly and systematically figures out the obstacles, and then helps clients find spiritual and practical tools to dramatically increase their energy and power and get the lives they want.

Starting her healing career as a midwife 15 years ago, she moved into to academia, teaching and doing research for more than eight years. Earning a doctorate in public health at UCLA, allowed her to formally study psychological obstacles to health and well-being. Drawing from Psychology, Anthropology and Medicine, she tested her own thesis on stress and illness, and came to appreciate the devastating role of trauma on a person’s well-being.

In these studies, Lauren also saw that some people were able to live well in spite of past trauma. She saw that some individuals were able to live truly abundant lives, physically as well as spiritually and financially. Dr. Lauren wanted to understand the phenomenon of overcoming obstacles more clearly. But she wanted to do this in the context of connecting with people, not from an ivory tower.

In 1999, Inner Resource was born as a way to help people free themselves from obstacles to health, including healthy weight (www.effortlessweightcontrol.com), and fertility. Throughout the building of this business, Lauren was dedicated to developing the most effective and efficient programs possible. Taking a continuous stream of courses in intuition, Ericksonian hypnosis, spirituality, and trauma resolution helped her hone the approach used in Life by Design.