Laura Rodriguez MEd.
Counselor and Holistic Life Coach
Want to create the life YOU deserve?
I can help.
Hello, beautiful soul.
Create the life you deserve with the guidance of Life Coach Laura
You are ready to follow your heart and fulfill your dreams. You are ready to listen to that inner voice that screams louder and louder and you can no longer ignore it. You must act and l shine brighter and bigger. You know there is more for you and you are ready to conquer the world!
You are ready to explore, learn, value and love yourself deeper, so you can live as your very best self and create the life that you deserve filled with happiness and purpose.
But, maybe some things are getting in the way:
+ Is your critical inner voice continuously telling you that you’re not good enough?
+ Do you feel as if you always need to please everyone around and usually ignore your needs?
+ Have you lost faith and belief in yourself, and you doubt whether your dreams and desires are actually possible?
+ Have you been struggling to love yourself, feel happy in your skin, confident, worthy, deserving and proud of who you are?
+ Are you holding back out of fear of being judged, making a mistake, failing, getting it wrong and losing the love and acceptance of others?
+ Do sneaky patterns of sabotage, procrastination and avoidance keep blocking you creating the change you are craving?
If so, you are not alone.
I know all of this pattern very well. I experienced them for many years too.
But, I have been able to break through each one of them, and now it is my life’s mission to teach and help you how to do the same.
Hi, I’m Laura.
For the past 10 years, I have been working as an educator. I have experience working with elementary, middle school, and high school students. I presently work as a Spanish teacher in a middle school as I transition to work with teenagers as well as adults in a different setting as a private counselor.
I am a Certified Counselor and Holistic Life Coach, Writer, Podcast Host, and Speaker. My mission is to help teenagers and women discover and own their power and let their intuition and love guide their success.
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How Did I Get Here:
As a child, I never felt loved, safe, or, understood. I grew up in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic grandfather and a submissive but also abusive grandmother.
I did not have a mom nor a dad to protect me, and that was my biggest struggle. I never had anyone to truly care for me and showed me love.
After I experienced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse as a child, at the age of 15 I decided I could not take it anymore and I needed a way out. I had two options, one was to end my life, and the other one was to come to the US and escape hell. As you may know, I opted for the second one 🙂
Hitting Rock Bottom:
After I moved to New York at the age of 15th, things changed but not for the better necessarily. I ended up falling into a big depression, at the age of 19 I found myself thinking about ending my life again. I did not see the purpose to keep breathing. It was one night, I got to my apartment after work around 4:45 pm I sat down at my table to eat alone and I recognized being alone, miserable, and depressed.
That night, I cried until I fainted. I literally do not recall what happened after crying for hours and begging God to take me or I would have to kill myself this time. That was my rock bottom.
Two weeks later, I found out I was pregnant.
The External Search
Fortunately, I started therapy when I was 18 but had given up every time after the second to the third session. I was not ready to open up and truly endure my pain.
After I had my daughter I knew I needed to heal my traumas and take responsibility for my mental health. I started my search and ended up visiting more than 10 therapists in town. I never felt comfortable with any of them.
Then mid-life (Saturn Return) whatever that is that we go through at the age of 26-27. I found myself unhappy again. I had a beautiful family, two kids I truly adored, a comfortable home, I was driving a BMW, I had a job I loved. Still, I was not happy and I blamed it on my husband. Yes, I was about to let go of everything I had and file for a divorce.
This is when my husband and I started couple therapy, and I finally found a separate therapist to work on me only. I ended up quitting my job to concentrate on my healing journey.
I Found My Happiness and Purpose
After two years of therapy, I had a better understanding of my traumas, my experiences, my behavior, and what triggered me. However, I still felt something was missing. Gratefully, I had been a fan of Gabby Bernstein and I had all her books. She was selling a master class for healers. I saw her live on Facebook five days in a row selling her course. Even though I did not have 2,000 because I had quit my job. I put it on a credit card and made the best 2,000 dollars investment.
I learned so much, and within weeks of the course I found myself having a better connection with God.
I understood no matter how much psychology I knew, I needed God in my life. I started praying more, meditating, and journaling. I felt so alive, I wanted to know more and more about other religions and what other cultures did to grow their faith and their relationship with God.
Spiritual Path:
I read a lot about different religions and practices to keep the connection, to grow my faith and relationship with God/Source.
I also started learning about spiritual psychology which is still a relevantly new term in science, but brought me closer to what I needed it. I then decided to enroll in a master’s degree program to be a private counselor and help those who like me, need guidance and feel like there is something missing in their lives.
AUTHENTICITY & LIVING FROM LOVE AND FAITH
I now feel like myself. I have peeled back so many layers of inauthenticity and fear that I finally am who I was always meant to be. I am a savior and I own my trauma. I have learned how to help myself and surrender. My faith keeps me going and trying.
Through commitment, inner work, searching cultures and religions, putting myself first, prioritizing my faith, listening to my inner guidance over my limitations, and showing up daily with a fierce commitment to living my highest potential, I have been able to find my purpose.
A FEW MORE THINGS ABOUT ME:
+ I Live in Katy Texas.
+ I am a Taurus Sun – Stubborn, determined, sensual, loud, fun, a dancer, and a rebel at heart.
+ I love to drink any kind of tea but mostly green tea or matcha tea.
+ My favorite food is Italian and anything that includes avocados.
+ I am a yoga and Pilates junkie. I am lazy to lift weights, but I love taking care of myself.
+ I was born on earth day, nothing makes me happier than nature.
+ At the age of 18 I thought I was free to do whatever I want so I decided to make my first “adult” decision and got a tattoo, to this day, I do not know exactly what it is, I picked it up from a magazine lol.
+ I love to travel, eat good food, read, write, talk, and help others.
+ I am a huge advocate and protect children who struggle in school or have behavioral issues.
+ I also have a soft spot for seniors. It kills me to see them struggle.