meet: Lauren
she/her
✺ favorite ritual:
My favorite ritual is taking time at the end of the day to make life easier for "Tomorrow Lauren:" packing her lunch for work the night before, setting out her outfit, getting to bed on time. It's probably the most adult thing I do, and I get to go to sleep knowing that my morning will be so much better!
✺ favorite music artists:
ODESZA, Rufus du Sol, Remi Wolf, Glass Animals, Fleetwood Mac, Kacey Musgraves
✺ favorite local spots:
White Pie (specifically the Paulie Walnuts pizza), Little Man, Port Side, Call Your Mother, the Boulder Bookstore, and Forest Room 5
✺ words to live by:
"Focus on what you can control, let the rest go."
I grew up in a small farmtown in Missouri, but have lived in Milwaukee, Miami, San Antonio, and now Denver! I achieved my childhood dream and became a marine mammal trainer, working with beluga whales, dolphins, and orcas over ten years.
Now I'm on the other side of that career, and getting to know a new version of myself and experiencing more balance and joy in my life here in Colorado (with my golden retriever, Sprout!). One constant throughout all the cities/lives I've lived in has been spin. It was the first time I had fun exercising and connected movement with my other passion: music. Spin has served as an incredible outlet (both emotionally and physically) and has been a practice I've returned to over and over again.