February 2024 Recap

February was wiiiiilllddddd! Age of Aquarius, year 35, here were are! ♒️ Grab some coffee but also balance your blood sugar and hormones with  The Good Stuff by For Wellness (save 30% with code DRLAUREN - thanks for fueling this post!) and let's dive in! ☕️ 
Week 6: Feb. 2-10 I was at Con Smania Transformational Retreat Center in Playa Buena Vista, Costa Rica co-hosting the Healing Medicine Retreat with my friend Blair and co-facilitator Michael J. Kline with our 5 amazing attendees. It was so good and I want to cherish every moment, so here's a day by day breakdown...

• 2/2: trip to Samara market, beach time, lunch at the restaurant next door
• 2/3: arrival for the group and our signature beet pasta
• 2/4: yoga, opening circle, discovering who we are, more ocean swims, junkyard meditation, and I hosted evening Tea Time and talked about all our amazing herbs and plants like blue lotus and holy basil.
• 2/5: my birthdayyy! life purpose meditation, workshops, delicious birthday treat for dinner :) 
• 2/6: yoga, goal setting, overcoming limiting beliefs. I hosted a Cacao Ceremony and Mike led a group RIM. 
• 2/7: Nosara excursion! Surf lesson! Apothecary visit, Lunch at Beach Dog Cafe and treats at the Bakery, and an amazing evening under the stars. 
• 2/8: yoga, mastermind sessions, beach time.
• 2/9: more masterminds, massage, closing circle and RIM session. 
• 2/10: returning home

Week 7: I got home from the retreat and signed up for something that had been wanting to do for months, and really years: modeling! Yep, I have 4 sessions of modeling, acting, photoshoot, and runway classes before I can apply to be signed as a model for the agency. It's been so much fun thus far. 
I've also been super dedicated to yoga class every morning this month, meditation lessons and cacao ceremonies every Tuesday, working with my 1:1 FMPhB mentee. 
Week 8: Had some really awesome calls with so many people this week: working on collaborative practice models with my physician friend Cheng, promoting the new clinician-coach certification with Rob Kress, psychedelic peer support meetings with Sa'ed and the Psilohealth Team, taught another pharmacy school lecture, finally got my Function Health labwork done, and headed to Tampa to meet my new nephew and become an Aunt!!!
Week 9: Tampa was incredible, the Sponge Docks were so fun, we got back Monday 2/26. First up, had a bookkeeping meeting, then had some lovely integration time from all of my experiences over the last month, clarified my vision for teaching functional medicine to the masses with my "tree model", talked about partnerships with Evexia and Vitract and ACCP and Hometown Pharmacy, and we kicked off the live round of B-School with Marie Forleo!