Hindsight

Lauren sits down with Brooke Barnard, an intuitive and energetic healer who booked a 1:1 strategy session and ended up booked on the podcast in the first ten minutes!

Brooke has spent the last decade training her intuition across thousands of hours of study in neuroscience, universal laws, and energetic healing. In this episode, she explains how intuition reframes everything from physical ailments to conflict in your relationships to money blocks and the spinning, never-satisfied feeling that you are likely familiar with.

Lauren and Brooke get into what intuition actually is, why almost everyone misunderstands it, and why developing your intuition as a precision skill, not a vague feeling, changes absolutely everything. 

Key Takeaways

How everyone is born intuitive but we tend to shut that off in childhood

Brooke's first premonition at 14

[Trigger Warning from 3:31-4:02: sudden death of a family member at a young age, car accidents, premonition of someone’s death]

The difference between a gut feeling and a fully trained intuition

Energy fields, the higher self, the subconscious, and how Brooke reads them differently

What are guides? How many do we have? How do we know where to find them?

Law of Reflection: how everything around you is communicating something about what's going on inside

Law of Balance: why every situation is neutral, and it's your perception that creates the limitation

Why "clearing" trauma doesn't mean erasing it.

The science behind intuition: how energy, light, and information relate to all the information that Brooke can read through her precise and measurable intuition 

What it feels like to always sense there's something more 

How developed intuition strips away decision fatigue and stops you doing things for the wrong reasons

New episodes every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscribe and if a conversation inspires you, share it with a friend who would love these insights too.

Brooke Barnard is an intuitive and energetic healer with over a decade of training  in neuroscience, universal laws, and the science of energy. She works with clients to identify the emotional root causes behind their biggest blocks  and helps them develop their own intuitive gifts as a trained, precise skill. Listen to this episode to learn more about her work and discover what Brooke has learned in Hindsight.

 

Connect with Brooke Barnard

📱 Instagram - coming soon!

🖥️ Website - brookebarnard.com

🎙️ Podcast - Make Sense of It on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

🎧 Free Audio Series - Your Intro to Intuition

 

Connect with Lauren Dudley

📱 Instagram - @bylaurendudley

📱 TikTok - @bylaurendudley

🖥️ Website - Purpose-First Social Media at theauxo.com⁠

📖 Poetry Collection - Phoenix: Rising from the Ashes by Lauren Marie Dudley

📝 Notion Workbook - New Creators: The Starting Plan for $15

You asked me on Instagram stories for the honest highs and lows of this launch: unexpected moments, what I’d do differently, shadow sides…everything that doesn’t make it into the highlight reels online. 

I opened my sales page right before this episode and realised I've just crossed $300,000 made directly from @bylaurendudley on Instagram. What the fuck. So what you're getting today is completely raw, unfiltered, and very much still being processed in real time.

We had 1,609 people sign up to the Synced masterclass, made over $84,000 from the event itself, and I cried approximately zero times because I was too overstimulated to feel anything. I ran the entire launch from a deeply masculine energy, had arguments with Patrick that were really about my own stress, and spent a foot massage in Thailand desperately trying not to pick up my phone. The launch was amazing, and I can’t wait to do it again with more of my feminine energy in the lead. 

Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to attend our live calls or watch the replays. As you’ll hear in this episode, I deeply care about the impact of my work.

Key Takeaways

Processing a milestone in real time that doesn't feel real yet

Last-minute emails and why about 30% of sales came in the final 24 hours

Running a launch entirely from masculine energy and what that cost me emotionally

Confronting my shadow sides: stress becoming tension, blaming others, and avoiding things that felt hard

Why launches take a village and how I’ll build better support around me next time

How I figured out what to teach: waitlist questionnaires, Claude, and actually listening to where people are stuck

Why I chose a live masterclass over a pre-recorded course, and what that energy unlocked in the room

Why I priced the masterclass at £33-44 and what my philosophy is around pairing money with impact

The give, give, give, give, ask framework (trust-building is the part people skip)

What it feels like to be seen by thousands of people at once

Teaching without slides: why it felt uncomfortable when I tried, and what authentically showing up actually looks like

The bet, the goal, the dream: 76,000 followers, $300K, and Japan in literally five minutes

New episodes every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscribe and if a conversation inspires you, share it with a friend who would love these insights too.

Connect with Lauren Dudley

📱 Instagram - @bylaurendudley

📱 TikTok - @bylaurendudley

🖥️ Website - Purpose-First Social Media at theauxo.com⁠

📖 Poetry Collection - ⁠Phoenix: Rising from the Ashes by Lauren Marie Dudley

📝 Notion Workbook - New Creators: The Starting Plan for $15

Lauren sits down with one of her actual best friends in the world.. Marley Rose Harris is a self-made millionaire who went from $30,000 in debt and growing up without money to building a seven-figure business. She has spent the last seven years helping women unlock massive wealth by reprogramming the subconscious beliefs that are quietly controlling their lives.

In this episode, Marley and Lauren get into feminine and masculine energetics, what they actually look like in their daily lives as entrepreneurs who love to travel, and why learning to balance the two completely transformed both of their businesses, relationships, and inner peace. They also have an honest, shame-free conversation about wanting to make millions then actually doing it. Listening to Marley can completely change what you believe was possible for your life. 

Key Takeaways

What it means to unlock "illogical income"

Why Marley dismissed feminine energy for years and the butterfly analogy from an amazing mentor that finally changed her mind

Why balancing masculine and feminine was the turning point that took Marley to $100K months

How operating purely from masculine energy shows up in your relationships (and what it attracts)

What it actually looks and feels like to be in your feminine on a daily basis

Co-regulation and why the feminine needs the container of the masculine

Human Design, building a business in alignment with your core operating systems, and why Marley closed her seven-figure business to start over

Why sharing your income publicly is an act of expansion, not showing off

The "if she can do it, I can do it" mindset shift that keeps compounding

Why travel and living abroad builds the same muscle as entrepreneurship

New episodes every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscribe and if a conversation inspires you, share it with a friend who would love these insights too.

Marley Rose Harris is a subconscious mindset coach and self-made millionaire who went from $30,000 in debt to building a seven-figure business by the age of 30. Growing up without money in a small town of 300 people, Marley spent years running her business from a place of hustle and masculine overdrive before discovering the power of reprogramming the subconscious mind and balancing feminine and masculine energetics. Now she helps women around the world unlock massive wealth — not by working harder, but by clearing the hidden beliefs that are keeping them stuck.  Listen to this episode to discover what Marley has learned in Hindsight.

 

Connect with Marley Rose Harris

📱 Instagram - @marleyroseharris

📱 TikTok - @marleyroseharris

🖥️ Website - marleyrose.ca

🎙️ Podcast - Money, Mindset & Manifestation with Marley Rose Harris

Connect with Lauren Dudley

📱 Instagram - @bylaurendudley

📱 TikTok - @bylaurendudley

🖥️ Website - Purpose-First Social Media at theauxo.com⁠

📖 Poetry Collection - Phoenix: Rising from the Ashes by Lauren Marie Dudley

📝 Notion Workbook - New Creators: The Starting Plan for $15

Hi, I'm back! I know, I know. It's been a minute. If you've been keeping up on Instagram, you already know I’ve had insane growth, beautiful cohorts and...75,000 followers!! 

Obviously, we're going to Japan in a few weeks after I absolutely smashed the original bet. This episode is half update and half brain dump about the five things I keep coming back to in conversations and my own thoughts during my very (not) casual summer. 

I’ve missed this podcast, and I hope you all enjoy this chat from someone who has been building, thinking, and isn't afraid to share all the things I haven’t fully figured out yet. 

(If you are brand-new here, welcome!! Start with this episode from May to get the context from when my account really started taking off or go back to the beginning of my solo episode journey in March to find out what the fuck "follow your breadcrumbs" means. Then come say hi on Instagram!)

 

Synced Masterclass - Save Your Seat
Learn how to grow and monetise a personal brand you ENJOY creating content for while in flow with your feminine energy.

When? — Sat. 9/5 & Sun. 9/6 at 9am NY · 2pm London · 8pm Bangkok

Where? — LIVE on Zoom for 2hrs/day + plus the replays for £44 -> https://synced-bylaurendudley.netlify.app/

We're going to be talking all things personal branding but from a very feminine headspace. There are a lot of people on this app talking about content strategy, discipline, etc., but what about if we approached it from a feminine energetics and cycle-synced perspective? Imagine how much easier your life would be. 💕

 

Key Takeaways

An update on growing to 50K in 2026: from 200ish followers to 75K!

Making $165,000 from my personal brand account in like three months (and how none of this would have been possible without a part-time team)

Why I want you to call yourself a founder instead of a creator

Hard is not the same as requiring genuine effort

Why calling social media "hard" might be the thing holding you back

Mindset shifts that separates people who grow from people who stay stuck

The two-jar method that rewired my entire approach to consistency

Reflections from wrapping up my first cohort and what 12 weeks of accountability actually produces (our one rule was “Everything I saw I’m going to do, I do it.”)

Sobriety and nuance: an honest update on my evolving relationship with alcohol

Why you don’t need to box yourself in online + what happened when I stopped doubling down on what was working 

Content Strategy Tip: Create more space for yourself on your feed. 

New episodes every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscribe and if a conversation inspires you, share it with a friend who would love these insights too.

 

Connect with Lauren Dudley

📱 Instagram - @bylaurendudley

📱 TikTok - @bylaurendudley

🖥️ Website - Purpose-First Social Media at theauxo.com⁠

📖 Poetry Collection - ⁠Phoenix: Rising from the Ashes by Lauren Marie Dudley

📝 Notion Workbook - New Creators: The Starting Plan for $15

 

Related Solo Episodes

Quantum Leaping: My Hindsight on Chaos, Growth & The Pleasure of Choosing Yourself — May 28th 2026

Follow the Breadcrumbs: My Hindsight on Growth, Relationships & Radical Accountability — March 5th, 2026

Lauren sits down with Jessica Bonin to talk about the magic of tea and of course, matcha! Jessica walked away from a soul-crushing career in the film industry in search of meaning, purpose, and a better way of living. 

What started as a bohemian caravan selling loose leaf tea around Cape Town has evolved into a rich philosophy, a devoted practice, and a life shaped entirely by following breadcrumbs — from hidden temples in Japan to an eight-hour tea session with a renowned South Korean tea master who almost no one can get an appointment with.

Jessica unpacks what tea actually is (hint: your chamomile and rooibos don't count), why the 2000 chemicals in a single tea leaf make it one of the most powerful plants on earth, and how the practice of tea — rooted in Taoist philosophy, Zen Buddhism, and the samurai tradition — is really a platform for character development, presence, and what she calls attunement to the natural current running under all of life.

She also shares her love-hate relationship with matcha being so trendy and explains why the distinction between a tourist and a practitioner matters more than most people realize. This episode is a beautiful conversation about honoring ancient traditions and cultivating a passionate life defined by intentional presence.

 

Key Takeaways

Tea requires presence. You cannot make it unconsciously, which is precisely what makes it a gateway to a meditative, sensory practice.

Tea naturally harmonizes and heals your system.

A single tea leaf contains around 2000 chemicals, including L-theanine, flavonols, and EGCG, all of which have profound effects on body and mind.

Matcha is so much more than the current trend. The matcha ceremony, Chanoyu, has deep roots in samurai philosophy, specifically the constant contemplation of death and the pursuit of peace.

Using "ceremonial grade" matcha in a latte, or borrowing words like wabi and chado without understanding them, strips the practice of its cultural depth and meaning.

Japan opened its tea schools to the West partly because younger Japanese generations had lost interest in their own heritage. These lineages needed new custodians like Jess,  willing to dedicate their lives to the magic of tea.

New episodes every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscribe and if a conversation inspires you, share it with a friend who would love these insights too.

Jessica is a tea practitioner and philosopher whose 16-year relationship with tea began after leaving behind a career in film and following her own series of breadcrumbs. She is based in Cape Town but has traveled extensively throughout East Asia — including Japan, South Korea, and China — to learn directly from masters in the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean tea masters. Her work centers on tea as a living philosophy and path of character development, and she is dedicated to making the ancient wisdom of tea accessible to the modern world without losing its soul. Listen to this episode to discover what Jessica has learned in Hindsight.

 

Connect with Jessica Bonin

📱 Instagram - @jessbonintea | Tea Education and Workshops: @thealchemyoftea

🖥️ Website - linktr.ee/jessbonintea

📖 Book Recommendations

The Book of Tea by Okakuro Kukuso

Connect with Lauren Dudley

📱 Instagram - @bylaurendudley

🖥️ Website - Purpose-First Social Media at theauxo.com⁠

📖 Poetry Collection - Phoenix: Rising from the Ashes by Lauren Marie Dudley