Five years ago, in 2013, I went to Wanderlust Festival in Whistler and decided that teaching at festivals was absolutely, 100%, without a doubt going to be how I wanted to share my teaching in the future.   I set a goal at that time, that in 5 years time I would be teaching at my first festival.

Starting today - will you put your sexual self care at the top of your priority list?  For one week, can you commit to at least 3 sexual self care practices?  If you're saying YES to this challenge, make sure to send me a quick note to let me know so that I can cheer you on! 

Having an expanded understanding of orgasm allows us to shift away from “goal based” sex to “pleasure expanding” sex alone or with a partner which opens the door for full body, multi orgasmic states to happen alongside or instead of the four phase orgasm model  Masters + Johnson observed in 1964.

Each day is an opportunity to start again with the wisdom you’ve already got. 

Practice, Practice.

Be Still.

Feel.

Allow.

Exist inside your body. Pleasurably.

Approach her with curiosity. Wonder. Awe.

You are the Universe in motion. Exploring herself.

Playful. WILD + DIVINE.

We look forward to things.  And we hold on to wonderful memories of the past. Like in the movies, where the high school football star always longs to return to his moment of glory as though that moment were a definition of his identity.  His life never really lived up to that moment again.  

Unleash your wild feminine.
Step into your power.
Transform your money mindset.
Make millions.
Get Empowered.  (Are you empowered yet?)
Be Transformed.
Healed. (Always healing.)
If you want to be happy, do this one thing. (no wait, do this instead!) 
3 steps to uncovering all the reasons why you’ve never been successful before today. (or is it 5 steps?)
I’m tired of it.

I’ve been exploring my relationship with energy lately.  Not just in the form of, “how do I find more?” but also in the form of trying to understand what depletes my energy, where do I feel it in my body, where do I notice that I’m stuck, how does my energy interact with the energy of others, how do I get unstuck? 

I recall an anatomy lesson I once watched, the teacher was Leslie Kaminoff, and the lesson was that the breath is the single most impactful part of our yoga practice.  He said that in order to create a profound shift in someone’s experience you only had to change how they were breathing.   I’ve carried that lesson with me ever since, and have found myself integrating it into my teaching and coaching practice in surprising ways. 

Today is my 3rd wedding anniversary.    Three years ago, I married a man that I met when I was 19 years old (for those who are curious, this was 25 years ago).  We didn’t fuss over a big wedding, we knew we wanted simplicity and ease and it was exactly what we created.  

Last week, I shared quite vulnerably on my blog about how I struggled after an unsuccessful (monetarily) launch.   The response to my sharing was amazing.  I received several messages thanking me for being honest and expressing the reality of being an online entrepreneur.   It’s been really heartwarming to see the value that I offered by sharing my pain around the launch of Magnetic.

Can we start this post with a big huge hallelujah that Mercury is no longer in retrograde AND that it appears that spring is finally upon us!  It’s been one hell of a winter and I can say that I feel like I’m crawling my way out of a cave after months of hibernation.   Today, I am feeling an aliveness buzzing through me and a renewed energy for my passions. 

This week our province (and indeed, our entire country) has been in the darkness of terrrible tragedy.   A bus crash on a rural highway involving a semi and the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus took the lives of 15 people, leaving another 14 wounded, many critically.  As I sit down to write this post, it’s 10:30 on a Tuesday night and I’ve just driven home 45 minutes from the city listening to the Current on CBC featuring several conversations about the accident.   For many of us living in Saskatchewan, travelling the higways is a big part of our day to day lives and I don’t think there is a single person here who hasn’t taken pause to feel the profound impact this accident has had on this province. 

When I first heard about the coaching profession, my first instinct was to question it.   I couldn’t understand how hiring someone to help you sort out your life could be of any value - and perhaps it wasn’t even a legitimate profession.   I figured there was enough self help, yoga, and holistic diet plans out there that one could probably just sort things out on their own.  I also believed that results won through hard work and self comittment were bound to be more valuable results than just having someone else tell you what to do. 

As I sit down to write this week’s post I am feeling a genuine lack of creativity. 

I feel like all the things I want to say, are already being said so much better than I could say them.

I feel like thinking of something new to say might result in taking procrastination to a whole new level.

I am genuinely feeling stuck. 

What’s your favourite season?  

Mine is summer.  Hands down.  Granted, I live in a part of the world where summer is short and magical - we only get about 3 months of predictibly warm & sunny weather each year.  The rest is windy, rainy, cold, snowy…. 

I suspect I’m not alone in my preference for sunny, warm days. 

The six women featured in this video have all taken the same training as I have, learning the tools that I will be sharing in my coaching programs like Magnetic.  I asked each of them to share their favourite tools or practices and have put them together in one place!  Consider this your go-to reference guide for easy to use pleasure tips that will soothe your nervous system, wake up your turn on, cultivate flow & creativity and build powerful intimacy with your partner.  

The guide was born out of a Fire Starter Sessions Creative Jam Instagram coaching package that I offered to women that included some mindset work, an Instagram training and a photo shoot specifically for their Instagram feed!  I had so much fun with those packages, and from what I learned offering those packages I was able to build out my most recent coaching package: Magnetic. 

Have you ever found yourself wanting something so badly that you did everything in your power to make it happen? 

That is exactly what I did when I decided to take Layla’s Sex, Love and Relationship Coaching program.   I remember when I first saw the price tag ($10,000), I had a moment of pure sticker shock and complete fear and doubt that  that I’d be able to pay for it.  There’d be no way I could find enough cash, credit or anything to make it happen.  Never mind adding in the two bonus week retreats in Mexico and Palm Springs on top of it. 

You’ve done all the preparation.  You planned out your epic year of awesome.  You have dreamed all the big dreams. 

Now, to just get started. 

Getting started is often the hardest part.   I’ve been sitting here for about 20 minutes procrastinating writing this post as a good example of that.   I know exactly what I want to say.. but taking those first few actions steps, even if it is just writing a few sentances can feel kind of daunting at times.