Sometimes you’ve just gotta sit this one out

by LaurenMarieFleming | Jan 19, 2017 | Uncategorized

[Added: If you’re in San Diego and need a place to resist that’s easier on your body than the march, you’re welcome to my house. We’ll write letters to Congress, drink hot tea, and comfort each other.] It’s become apparent that I may not be...

#ShowMeYourBawdy’s last theme is Happy Happy Joy Joy. What delights you?

by LaurenMarieFleming | Jan 8, 2017 | Uncategorized

I learned the hard way that being miserable helps no one. For years, I suffered for the cause, martyring myself to be what others wanted me to be, and failing horribly at it. I was mean to the people around me and deplorable to myself. One night a few years ago, I sat...

#ShowMeYourBawdy Day 6’s theme is Uniquely You. What makes you one-of-a-kind?

by LaurenMarieFleming | Jan 7, 2017 | Uncategorized

Remember that time I tried to recreate Amy Schumer’s Pirelli calendar shoot with Bob Williams? We spent hours trying to get my body in the exact right position with the exact right expression on my face. And we got pretty damn close. Still, I’m no Amy Schumer. But you...

#ShowMeYourBawdy Day 5’s theme is Honoring Expansion. How are you growing and branching out?

by LaurenMarieFleming | Jan 6, 2017 | Uncategorized

From a young age, we are all taught to sit down, shut up, and do as we’re told. As we get older, the language changes but the sentiment remains. Lose weight. Don’t wear that. Don’t say that. Be happy with what you’re given. Sit down. Shut up. The trees and sky and...

#ShowMeYourBawdy Day 4’s theme is In Your Element. Where do you thrive?

by LaurenMarieFleming | Jan 5, 2017 | Uncategorized

Writing is everything to me: profession, creative outlet, therapy, clarity, life. Most mornings, you will find me sitting next to a window with a cup of tea and my journal, working through whatever my heart, brain and soul needs to process. This is what keeps me sane....