Today’s episode is part two with Lauren Duke: author of the forthcoming memoir, Shithouse, and founder of Gather Encinitas. If you haven’t listened to part one, you can find it here.
The first half of this conversation was about the spiritual journey of 2020 and the second half focuses on the nitty-gritty details of how Lauren’s businesses are evolving. Every second is worth listening to. Enjoy!
Key Takeaways
Lauren discusses how her privilege has allowed her to step back, see the bigger picture and ask, “what can be more useful right now?” with her businesses.
How can Lauren best serve her mission? Right now it means subletting the brick-and-mortar space (unusable for community gatherings during COVID-19) to a new 501C, Encinitas4Equality, to support allyship with BIPOC neighbors in Encinitas.
We talk about how Be Well has transformed from a co-working/workshop/yoga space into a community acupuncture clinic that makes Chinese medicine available to everyone.
Lauren and I discuss the lack of diversity in Encinitas and how my eyes have been opened to the prevalence of systemic racism in Southern California.
We talk about the new addition of Gather Yosemite and the greater dream to create a network of mental health retreats around the world.
Lauren reveals the ups and downs of writing her first memoir, “Shithouse,” which focuses on breaking free from our histories and family patterns.
We have the power to dismantle transgenerational trauma and inherited narratives to become ourselves.
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Talk Back
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Gather Encinitas: instagram.com/gatherencinitas
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