#88: Purpose, Flow, and Reclaiming Your Inner Gifts (FLOW PEP TALK)

#92: The Secret Superpower of Childlike Joy (FLOW PEP TALK)

Do you remember what it used to feel like to play as a child? Without worrying about what "they" think? Without worrying about whether what you are doing is leading to, or how it's going to help you? Without worrying at all? What would it be like to give yourself permission to feel that again, now? In this episode, host Laurie Smith talks about how joy connects us to who we really are, and where we're feeling called to go. Is there something you'd like to try that you've been avoiding? Is there a playful activity that you feel is too "silly"? What would it be like to commit to something that isn't going to help you reach your goals, but instead, simply helps you feel more like YOU? Even if it's a version of you that you haven't experienced for a long time. To join Laurie on this 28-Day Flow Challenge, you can sign up for the free self-guided 28 emails at www.LaurieSmith.com/ready-to-flow/ [http://www.LaurieSmith.com/ready-to-flow/]  Discover tips for flow and get inspiration in choosing your own Flow Habit! As with all of her podcast episodes and her books, host Laurie Smith invites you to do some introspection so you can better support yourself so that your overall life flows in a way that works for YOU! If you want to go even deeper and uncover your own unique formula for flow, sign up for Laurie's newsletter at www.LaurieSmith.com [http://www.Laurie] and order Laurie's NEW Book The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose & Everyday Miracles [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com/]! Download this episode and listen whenever you want to feel more uplifted. Here's how to connect with Laurie: Buy The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose & Everyday Miracles [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com/] Sign up for Laurie's FREE 28-Day Flow Challenge [https://www.lauriesmith.com/ready-to-flow/] Sign up for Laurie's email newsletter -- Let Life Flow [https://www.LaurieSmith.com] Follow Laurie on Substack -- @flowhabit [https://substack.com/@flowhabit] Follow Laurie on Instagram – @LaurieSmith_inspired [https://www.instagram.com/LaurieSmith_inspired] Follow Laurie on LinkedIn – @laurie-smith-inspired [https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-smith-773a956/] Visit Laurie's website: www.LaurieSmith.com  [http://www.LaurieSmith.com]or www.TheFlowHabit.com [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com] Get Laurie's book Leap with Me: A Creative Path to Finding and Following Your True Voice [https://www.amazon.com/Leap-Me-Creative-Finding-Following/dp/0977802221/] Laurie's NEW book on Amazon: The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose, and Everyday Miracles [https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Habit-Creating-Everyday-Miracles/dp/140199735X/]

#91: FLOWTIVATE ~ 9-Minute Meditation ~ Receiving and Giving Love

This deeply relaxing 12-minute guided visualization takes you on one of Laurie Smith's intuitive journeys, where you will imagine floating in a deeply relaxed state, connected to your own loving, flowing self within, while also being surrounded by a greater loving energy, a greater flow. In this episode, Laurie E. Smith, author of the research-backed practical flow state book--The Flow Habit--leads you to take your power back by tapping your own ability to open to where you're feeling guided to go. Laurie also references the teachings of Noreen O'Sullivan and her book Look, Listen, Love as well as her practice of noticing whether our emotions need love or are giving love. You can learn more about Noreen's work on her website https://www.noreenosullivan.com/ [https://www.noreenosullivan.com/]. In her book The Flow Habit, host Laurie Smith shows how quieting the chattering mind and experiencing deep relaxation can have a direct impact on our ability to get into a flow state, and boost our well-being. This meditation is part of a summer mediation series that Laurie is offering. Listen to this meditation anytime you want to restore your energy, overcome burnout, or find your own balance so you can experience more calm and well-being. This meditation can help if you want a simply way to calm your nervous system and deeply relax. **Warning: This meditation is not a substitution for professional or medical care. If you are in emotional distress, please see a therapist, physician, or consult a trained professional. Please do not listen to this episode and meditations or guided visualizations while driving, operating machinery, or doing anything that requires your full attention. Download episodes with meditations and save it for a time when you can safely close your eyes and deeply relax. Guided meditations are not for everyone. Please consult with your physician or mental health provider and honor what is right for you. Research shows that guided meditation calms the nervous system, quiets the inner critic and inner chatter, can boost health and well-being, and help us become more able to experience altered states like flow experiences. Save this meditation for a time when you can deeply relax, close your eyes, and experience a calm sense of inner peace, being clear, knowing who you really are, and what you are feeling called to do next. If you want to go even deeper and uncover your own unique formula for flow, order Laurie's NEW Book The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose & Everyday Miracles [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com/]! Download this episode and listen whenever you want to feel more uplifted. Here's how to connect with Laurie: Buy The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose & Everyday Miracles [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com/] Sign up for Laurie's FREE 28-Day Flow Challenge [https://www.lauriesmith.com/ready-to-flow/] Sign up for Laurie's email newsletter -- Let Life Flow [https://www.LaurieSmith.com] Follow Laurie on Substack -- @flowhabit [https://substack.com/@flowhabit] Follow Laurie on Instagram – @LaurieSmith_inspired [https://www.instagram.com/LaurieSmith_inspired] Follow Laurie on LinkedIn – @laurie-smith-inspired [https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-smith-773a956/] Visit Laurie's website: www.LaurieSmith.com [http://www.LaurieSmith.com]or www.TheFlowHabit.com [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com] Get Laurie's book Leap with Me: A Creative Path to Finding and Following Your True Voice [https://www.amazon.com/Leap-Me-Creative-Finding-Following/dp/0977802221/] Laurie's NEW book on Amazon: The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose, and Everyday Miracles [https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Habit-Creating-Everyday-Miracles/dp/140199735X/]

#90: Why I'm Playing with Play-Doh ~ My New Flow Habit (FLOW PEP TALK)

I'm so excited to announce that I'm launching a NEW 28-Day Flow Challenge! Choose a playful, fun-filled, joyful 5-minute Flow Habit that is calling to you. Honor where your soul is calling you. Pay attention to intuitive whispers. Is there something you'd like to try that you've been avoiding? Is there a playful activity that you feel is too "silly"? What would it be like to commit to something that isn't going to help you reach your goals, but instead, simply helps you feel more like YOU? Even if it's a version of you that you haven't experienced for a long time. In this episode of The Flow Habit Podcast, Host Laurie Smith, author of the book The Flow Habit shares how she's feeling called to play around with Play-Doh as a way of managing stress, reconnecting with her childlike sense of joy, and reactivating her creativity. Already, she's starting to experience more flow, including an urge to start writing her next book! (Yes, she's still in launch mode with The Flow Habit, which was just released!) This is just an example of how flow works, sending ripples out into our lives. To join Laurie on this 28-Day Flow Challenge, you can sign up for the free self-guided 28 emails at www.LaurieSmith.com/ready-to-flow/ [http://www.LaurieSmith.com/ready-to-flow/]  Discover tips for flow and get inspiration in choosing your own Flow Habit! As with all of her podcast episodes and her books, host Laurie Smith invites you to do some introspection so you can better support yourself so that your overall life flows in a way that works for YOU! If you want to go even deeper and uncover your own unique formula for flow, sign up for Laurie's newsletter at www.LaurieSmith.com [http://www.Laurie] and order Laurie's NEW Book The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose & Everyday Miracles [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com/]! Download this episode and listen whenever you want to feel more uplifted. Here's how to connect with Laurie: Buy The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose & Everyday Miracles [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com/] Sign up for Laurie's FREE 28-Day Flow Challenge [https://www.lauriesmith.com/ready-to-flow/] Sign up for Laurie's email newsletter -- Let Life Flow [https://www.LaurieSmith.com] Follow Laurie on Substack -- @flowhabit [https://substack.com/@flowhabit] Follow Laurie on Instagram – @LaurieSmith_inspired [https://www.instagram.com/LaurieSmith_inspired] Follow Laurie on LinkedIn – @laurie-smith-inspired [https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-smith-773a956/] Visit Laurie's website: www.LaurieSmith.com  [http://www.LaurieSmith.com]or www.TheFlowHabit.com [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com] Get Laurie's book Leap with Me: A Creative Path to Finding and Following Your True Voice [https://www.amazon.com/Leap-Me-Creative-Finding-Following/dp/0977802221/] Laurie's NEW book on Amazon: The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose, and Everyday Miracles [https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Habit-Creating-Everyday-Miracles/dp/140199735X/]

#88: Purpose, Flow, and Reclaiming Your Inner Gifts (FLOW PEP TALK)

In this episode, Laurie Smith, author of the Flow Habit and host of the Flow Habit Podcast takes us on a journey of exploration into the idea of having a life purpose, and designing a life that flows. Discover the three areas she looks at most of all when working with her private clients, and some new ways you can think about your own life purpose. After listening to this episode, you might look at your life in a new way and discover that what you "think" is your life purpose might actually be the firm foundation you need so that your true purpose and your creative spark can shine! As with all of her podcast episodes and her books, host Laurie Smith invites you to do some introspection so you can better support yourself so that your overall life flows in a way that works for YOU! If you want to go even deeper and uncover your own unique formula for flow, sign up for Laurie's newsletter at www.LaurieSmith.com [http://www.Laurie] and order Laurie's NEW Book The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose & Everyday Miracles [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com/]! Download this episode and listen whenever you want to feel more uplifted. Here's how to connect with Laurie: Buy The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose & Everyday Miracles [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com/] Sign up for Laurie's FREE 28-Day Flow Challenge [https://www.lauriesmith.com/ready-to-flow/] Sign up for Laurie's email newsletter -- Let Life Flow [https://www.LaurieSmith.com] Follow Laurie on Substack -- @flowhabit [https://substack.com/@flowhabit] Follow Laurie on Instagram – @LaurieSmith_inspired [https://www.instagram.com/LaurieSmith_inspired] Follow Laurie on LinkedIn – @laurie-smith-inspired [https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-smith-773a956/] Visit Laurie's website: www.LaurieSmith.com  [http://www.LaurieSmith.com]or www.TheFlowHabit.com [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com] Get Laurie's book Leap with Me: A Creative Path to Finding and Following Your True Voice [https://www.amazon.com/Leap-Me-Creative-Finding-Following/dp/0977802221/] Laurie's NEW book on Amazon: The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose, and Everyday Miracles [https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Habit-Creating-Everyday-Miracles/dp/140199735X/]

#87: FLOWTIVATE ~ 15- Minute Color Meditation ~ Creating Balance with Deep Relaxation

This deeply relaxing 15-minute guided visualization takes you on one of Laurie Smith's intuitive journeys, where you will follow your intuition through a greater sense of balance using the power of color. In her book The Flow Habit, host Laurie Smith shows how quieting the chattering mind and experiencing deep relaxation can have a direct impact on our ability to get into a flow state, and boost our well-being. Listen to this meditation anytime you want to restore your energy, overcome burnout, or find your own balance so you can experience more calm and well-being. This meditation can help if you want a simply way to calm your nervous system and deeply relax. **Warning: This meditation is not a substitution for professional or medical care. If you are in emotional distress, please see a therapist, physician, or consult a trained professional. Please do not listen to this episode and meditations or guided visualizations while driving, operating machinery, or doing anything that requires your full attention. Download episodes with meditations and save it for a time when you can safely close your eyes and deeply relax. Guided meditations are not for everyone. Please consult with your physician or mental health provider and honor what is right for you. Research shows that guided meditation calms the nervous system, quiets the inner critic and inner chatter, can boost health and well-being, and help us become more able to experience altered states like flow experiences. Save this meditation for a time when you can deeply relax, close your eyes, and experience a calm sense of inner peace, being clear, knowing who you really are, and what you are feeling called to do next. If you want to go even deeper and uncover your own unique formula for flow, order Laurie's NEW Book The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose & Everyday Miracles [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com/]! Download this episode and listen whenever you want to feel more uplifted. Here's how to connect with Laurie: Buy The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose & Everyday Miracles [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com/] Sign up for Laurie's FREE 28-Day Flow Challenge [https://www.lauriesmith.com/ready-to-flow/] Sign up for Laurie's email newsletter -- Let Life Flow [https://www.LaurieSmith.com] Follow Laurie on Substack -- @flowhabit [https://substack.com/@flowhabit] Follow Laurie on Instagram – @LaurieSmith_inspired [https://www.instagram.com/LaurieSmith_inspired] Follow Laurie on LinkedIn – @laurie-smith-inspired [https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-smith-773a956/] Visit Laurie's website: www.LaurieSmith.com [http://www.LaurieSmith.com]or www.TheFlowHabit.com [https://www.TheFlowHabit.com] Get Laurie's book Leap with Me: A Creative Path to Finding and Following Your True Voice [https://www.amazon.com/Leap-Me-Creative-Finding-Following/dp/0977802221/] Laurie's NEW book on Amazon: The Flow Habit: Creating Peace, Passion, Purpose, and Everyday Miracles [https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Habit-Creating-Everyday-Miracles/dp/140199735X/]