In this episode of Love Always, Jo, Joanna interviews Lauree Ostrofsky, an author, speaker, and coach at Simply Leap. Lauree Ostrofsky helps women make career and business leaps, feel clearer about what they want to do, and more confident about putting themselves out there. Most recently, she founded a vibrant local community in her hometown called Hudson Valley Women in Business, with nearly 2000 members and growing. Listen to this episode to hear more about building community.
Lauree Ostrofsky helps women make career and business leaps, feel clearer about what they want to do, and more confident about putting themselves out there. She is an author, speaker, coach, and hugger with a national following of A students who lean on and learn from each other. Most recently, she founded a vibrant local community in her hometown called Hudson Valley Women in Business, with nearly 2000 members and growing.
Her books are, “SIMPLY LEAP: Seven lessons on facing fear and enjoying the crap out of your life,” and “I’m scared & doing it anyway” about reinventing her life and business after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. Find out more about her writing, speaking and hugging at SimplyLeap.com and @SimplyLeap on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
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In this episode Lauree and I discuss…
- When do you feel most like yourself
- What is community
- How to build and find a community when your friends are in different life phases and in different locations
- How to go from one-off friendships to a tribe
- The vulnerability that is needed to build community
- Tips for facilitating connections between people and getting to them to talk about the real stuff
- Navigating a co-ed community
Journal Prompts:
- When do you feel most like yourself?
- Who are the people who really get you?
- What type of community do you need in your life right now?
- What’s your favorite way to bring people together?
Quotes:
- Community is about learning from and leaning on each other — Lauree
- Creating community is a really good thing to do for yourself — Lauree
- Saying “I like you” is vulnerable — Lauree
- You’re not responsible for the happiness of your tribe, but you are responsible for setting the intention of it — Lauree
- Everyone is whole and resourceful — Lauree
- Part of adulthood is shifting the hard and fast rules and definitions of home, friendship, and community — Lauree
- Being awkward in your honesty is okay — Lauree
- When we react strongly to something its an indication of how much you want it. — Lauree
- If you don’t feel uncomfortable about the goals you’ve got in front of you, then you haven’t set a worthy goal, you’ve set a safe goal. — Lauree
- Push through your vulnerability and discomfort to reach your goals — Lauree
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