Hindsight

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

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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

Lauren sits down with somatic practitioner and feminine embodiment coach Karina Gutierrez, M.S.Ed. for a deep conversation about pleasure, sex, and connecting with yourself. Karina shares how her journey from clinical talk therapy training at the University of Pennsylvania to somatic and feminine embodiment work completely transformed her understanding of healing. In this powerful and inspiring episode, she shares how the body holds the key to breaking patterns that the mind alone can't reach.

Together they explore why so many women resist slowing down even when they know it would help, and what actually happens in the nervous system when we don't. Karina introduces her "pebbles in a jar" framework to explain how unprocessed stress and emotion accumulate in the body over time  and why clearing them out changes everything from business clarity to relationship dynamics.

This conversation includes a fascinating discussion on tantric sex as a portal for healing, the concept of channeling sexual energy toward your goals, and why porn is a hard no for Karina. Listen to this episode for a raw, honest, and genuinely eye-opening chat about sexual power and feminine energy.

 

Key Takeaways

Somatic therapy works to target wounds stored in your body that can’t be accessed with traditional talk therapy.

The "pebbles in a jar" analogy: how unprocessed stress and emotion accumulate physically, affecting energy, clarity, relationships, and health

Women regulate primarily through oxytocin, not dopamine so pleasure and softness aren't indulgent. They're physiologically necessary.

Avoiding body-based practices often signals there's something meaningful to unlock, not that the practice isn't needed.

How embodying your feminine energy changes relationship dynamics

Pleasure doesn’t have to equal sex, and it can be welcomed in small moments throughout the day

Why tantric sex is centered on attunement, slowing down, and accessing your core

Sexual energy (“Jing” in the Tao tradition) is creative life-force energy that can be consciously channeled toward your goals at the point of orgasm.

How porn trains both partners into unrealistic expectations and keeps women focused outward rather than on their own body's experience.

Nervous system regulation takes practice…and Karina can help! 

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.

Karina Gutierrez holds a Master's degree in Education from the University of Pennsylvania, where she trained in clinical talk therapy. After noticing the limits of traditional therapeutic approaches, she went on to train in somatics, feminine embodiment, and Taoist sexual practices with teachers including Mantak Chia and Layla Martin. She now works with women and couples through an intensive three-month coaching program that combines nervous system regulation, somatic practices, and feminine embodiment to create transformation across business, relationships, and intimacy. Karina is known for her direct, no-BS approach and her ability to make deeply complex inner work feel both accessible and urgent. Listen to this episode to discover what Karina has learned in Hindsight.

 

Connect with Karina Gutierrez, M.S. E.D.

📱 Instagram - @healingwithkink

🖥️ Website - karinagutierrez.com | Somatic Therapy for Women

📖 Book Recommendations

Pussy: A Reclamation by Regena Thomashauer (“Mama Gena”)

Dear Lover: A Woman’s Guide to Men, Sex, and Love’s Deepest Bliss by David Dieda

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

📖 Lauren’s Recommendations:

Alison Armstrong Course - Understanding Men and Women

The Way of the Superior Man by David Dieda

Unbound: A Women’s Guide to Power by Kasia Urbaniak

It's just me today, in my pyjamas, on my sofa, with a chamomile tea because that is the vibe after this insane month! If you've been watching my Instagram lately, then you know that my account (@bylaurendudley) absolutely took off. In the space of about a month, I went from 4,000 followers to over 31,000, hosted a free three-day masterclass with 1,500 sign-ups, and found myself living in the most grateful, most alive feeling I've ever experienced.

I don't know a single person who has had a quantum leap without a period of chaos, confusion, and life basically falling apart right before it. That’s exactly what happened to me, so this episode is my honest reflection on everything that happened before I could arrive at this place of peace. Literally every area of my life from my relationship to hormone regulation to investing scary amounts of money in myself while quitting alcohol for good, losing a long-term client and building my personal, very public brand.

If you're in a hard season right now and wondering why nothing is working, I genuinely believe the lessons you're being served are exact, and I mean exact, preparation for what's coming. Keep going.

 

New episodes (with AMAZING guests!) every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Subscribe and if a conversation inspires you, share it with a friend.

 

Resources for Social Media Strategy

Click here for the replays of my beautiful three-day workshop (or comment “REPLAY” on any of my feed posts @bylaurendudley) -> Creator Reset Workshop

7 Day Action Plan for New Creators

Weekly 50K Insider Breakdown Newsletter Sign Up

Strategy Intensive Hour - £489

 

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

📖 Resource Recommendations -

Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You by Maise Hill

The Way of the Superior Man by David Dieda

Alison Armstrong Course - Understanding Men and Women

Leen’s Podcast Episode - Reclaiming Pleasure: Leen on Intuition, Tantra, and Living a Fully Expressed Life