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An exploration of a failed launch, seven years of entrepreneurship, and the uncomfortable realization that what got me here in business is no longer what will take me to the next level of business growth. It's time to face my fears, my shadows, my resistance... allow myself to be seen and heard... and bring you with me. Want to connect? DM me @lisakurolap! Want to get clear, set roots, and soar to new heights? Let's get on a free discovery call. I am here for YOU.

A deeply personal update from a deeply transformative season of life. In this episode, I reflect on Q2, the awakenings that unfolded through Light Leaders and Spirit Weavers, choosing myself, reclaiming my voice, slowing down, and where I find myself now: on a journey of tea, presence, and spaciousness. If you've been here with me for this journey of becoming, this feels like the next chapter. And if you're navigating your own season of expansion, I hope these stories meet you exactly where you are. 🫀 P.S. Join us tomorrow for Q3 Goal Setting: https://lisakurolap.myflodesk.com/q3goalsetting2026

There are no words to describe the experience that was Anahata… and yet, 57 minutes of words poured out of me to share it with you. This was an incredibly sacred and profound personal experience. And I share it because these insights don’t feel like they are just mine. They feel like medicine for all of us. A heartfelt thank you to… Madelyn Sobey: Retreat Host, Spiritual Mentor, Medicine Woman Casey Fisher: Co-Facilitator, Integration Guide, Medicine Woman Anna Stasiuk: Retreat Chef, Tea Ceremonialist And to every single woman who said yes to this journey… I see you. I hear you. I love you. I'm listening!!! Thank you to the land that held us.The earth.The moon.The stars.The river.The mushrooms.The universe.My buddy. The women.It has always been women. The mushrooms.It has always been mushrooms. Thank you.Thank you.Thank you. With love, gratitude, truth, and presence,LK, the human 3

Today we have a solo episode, and I’m taking you fully behind the scenes of my world. We’re diving into my honest reflections on Q1… both in business and in life… because this quarter held SO much. From the “great crumbling of 2026” and navigating scarcity in January… to one of my most expansive weeks in business to date… this quarter stretched, challenged, and expanded me in every way. Inside this episode, I’m sharing: My full Q1 business recap and behind-the-scenes reflectionsThe death and rebirth of Soar the GroupThe evolution of the Roots R(evolution) and everything it has taken to bring it to lifeWhat burnout and contraction looked like for me this quarterThe internal work of navigating expansion, self-sabotage, and being seenPersonal life updates including (but not limited to) engagement portal, wedding planning, live music awakening, saying yes to Anahata, Survivor manifestation, and moreWhy I’m intentionally slowing down and creating more spaciousness in Q2This episode is real, reflective, celebratory, vulnerable, and very much a BTS with LK. So get cozy, get walking, get driving… and let’s chat. If you’re navigating your own season of expansion, uncertainty, burnout, or becoming… I hope this reminds you that growth is rarely linear, and we’re all just going up, down, and all around, doing our best to bring our gifts online. With love and devotion,LK 🫀 PS: Doors to Roots close tomorrow, April 14th.Update since recording this episode… we have 8 women inside! If you’re hearing this or seeing this and feeling the call, we would love to have you with us. (link below) Connect with LK 3 Explore the Roots R(evolution) Book a free discovery call Connect with me on Instagram

Episode 41 of Elements of Entrepreneurship is here, and this conversation is all about building real, sustainable confidence. Helen Denham returns to the podcast, and together we explore what it actually takes to trust yourself, follow through, and build a business that lasts. This conversation is a reminder that confidence isn’t something you wait for. It’s something you build. Through action.Through consistency.Through showing yourself, again and again, that you can do what you say you’re going to do. We talk about learning to trust your intuition, creating systems that support you, and navigating the balance between structure and flow. We also dive into Helen’s Lifted Method—a 7-part framework designed to support deep, sustainable confidence through daily practices that integrate the mind, body, and spirit. And maybe most importantly… We talk about starting small. Really small. Because confidence isn’t built in big leaps. It’s built in the small, consistent decisions that create evidence over time. Inside this episode, we explore: Why confidence is built through evidence, not affirmation aloneThe power of starting smallConsistency as the foundation of self-trustStructure vs. flow—and how to create systems that actually support youHow to discern between intuition and anxietyBuilding a business rooted in longevity, not urgencyHelen’s Lifted Method for confidence and self-trustThe role of rest and spaciousness in supporting growthIf you’ve been feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of your next step… This episode will bring you back to what actually matters. Join the Roots R(evolution)⁠ & use code HELEN100 for $100 off your enrollment. With love & devotion, Your favorite business coach, LK 🤍 Connect with Helen 3 Connect with Helen Denham on IG Join the Lifted Membership (Free Week) Connect with LK 3 Explore the Roots R(evolution) Book a free discovery call Connect with me on Instagram

What does it actually mean to become a social alchemist? In this episode, I’m joined by Tessa Frommer, founder of Social Alchemy Institute, and this conversation is a deep dive into what it looks like to live, lead, and create from a place of true alignment and embodied authenticity. Tessa weaves together a wide range of cosmic and golden threads of wisdom into a grounded, real-world way of expanding your life force and transforming how you show up in your life and business. We explore: How to expand your life force instead of leaking or depleting itWhy authenticity isn’t something you “achieve”—it’s something you continuously practiceHow your shadows, insecurities, and so-called “mess” are actually your greatest points of connection and powerThe role of vulnerability in building trust and meaningful relationshipsWhat it means to truly embody your Human Design in a way that impacts your real lifeHow to become a lighthouse—someone who naturally draws people in through how they liveHow social alchemy transforms your inner work into collective impact and resonanceThis conversation is an invitation to stop separating your inner work from your outer expression. To stop performing… and start becoming. Because the more you live in alignment with who you truly are, the more powerful your presence becomes. And that’s where real impact begins. Join the Roots R(evolution)⁠ & use code TESSA100 for $100 off your enrollment. With love & devotion, Your favorite business coach, LK 🤍 Connect with Tessa 3 Connect with Tessa on Instagram Learn more about Social Alchemy Institute Connect with LK 3 Explore the Roots R(evolution) Book a free discovery call Connect with me on Instagram

Chaos princesses… this one is for you. In this episode, we sit down with Alix Camp, healer, mentor, and self-proclaimed chaos princess, for a deeply expansive conversation on what it actually takes to build a life and business that can hold your full expression. From a sensitive, shy child who struggled to find her voice… to a woman leading movements, building community, and helping others create structure that supports their magic. Alix’s journey is a powerful reminder that nothing about you is too much… it just needs a place to flow. Together, we explore the dance between softness and courage, the truth about visibility, and why structure is not here to confine you… but to liberate you. This episode is an invitation to stop trying to override your nature — and instead, build a life that honors it. Inside this episode, we dive into: The “river” metaphor: why structure creates flow instead of restrictionSoftness + courage: how to hold both and move forward anywayHealing your relationship to being seen (even when it feels cringe)The truth about authenticity and why it’s the real success codeCreating routines that actually work for sensitive, creative womenLiberation through commitment — and why choosing one path sets you freeLetting your inner child lead your expression and creativityIf you’ve ever felt like you’re “too chaotic,” “too emotional,” or “too multifaceted” to succeed… This episode will show you that those are actually your greatest gifts. Join the Roots R(evolution) & use code ALIX100 for $100 off your enrollment. With love & devotion, Your favourite business coach, LK 🤍 Connect with Alix 3 Connect with Alix on Instagram Connect with LK 3 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Journey deeper into my word⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a free discovery call⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with me on Instagram⁠

In this episode, we are joined by Lily Redding, founder of UPGUIDED and a practitioner devoted to helping people experience deep subconscious transformation. Lily’s work blends somatic healing, embodiment, and subconscious reprogramming. At its core, her mission is simple: helping people return to their true selves and live with greater freedom, authenticity, and joy. In this conversation, Lily shares her journey from struggling with self worth, social anxiety, and emotional eating to becoming a guide for others on their healing path. We explore how the blocks we experience in life are not obstacles to push through, but invitations to go inward and meet the parts of ourselves asking for attention. Lily introduces the concept of slingshot healing: the process of briefly meeting past wounds with compassion so they can propel us forward into greater alignment and expansion. We also talk about why entrepreneurship is one of the most spiritual journeys we can walk, and how the inner work we do individually creates ripple effects that transform the collective. In this episode, we explore: Lily’s journey from emotional eating and self doubt to subconscious healing workWhy our triggers are powerful invitations for transformationSlingshot healing and how the past can propel you forwardWhy entrepreneurship is a deeply spiritual journeyHow shifting your inner world transforms your external realityThis episode is an invitation to see your challenges differently. Not as problems to fix. But as doorways back home to yourself. Join the Roots R(evolution) & use code LILY100 for $100 off your enrollment. With love & devotion, Your favourite business coach, LK 🤍 Connect with Lily 3 Connect with Lily on Instagram Learn more about UPGUIDED Connect with LK 3 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Journey deeper into my word⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a free discovery call⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with me on Instagram⁠

Madelyn Sobey joins me for a conversation about the power of being fully yourself. We talk about the concept of the Golden Shadow: the parts of us that are already powerful, already magnetic, but often overlooked because they feel so natural that we assume they can’t possibly be the thing. This conversation moves through entrepreneurship, authenticity, abundance, and what it really looks like to build something meaningful while you’re still in the middle of becoming. Madelyn shares about leaving a six-figure job to follow the pull of her soul, building a business from the ground up, navigating seasons of uncertainty, and discovering that success often has far less to do with strategy than we think. It’s a conversation about trusting your path, showing up imperfectly, and remembering that sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is simply be yourself. Inside this episode, we explore: The Golden Shadow and reclaiming the traits that make you youWhy authenticity is often the real catalyst for successRedefining abundance beyond money and metricsBuilding a business with a small but deeply connected communityMasculine structure and feminine flow in entrepreneurshipLetting yourself be seen while you’re still figuring things outIf you’ve ever felt like you need to become someone else before your work can succeed, this conversation is a gentle reminder that the opposite might actually be true. Join the Roots R(evolution) & use code MADELYN100 for $100 off your enrollment. With love & devotion, Your favourite business coach, LK 🤍 Connect with Madelyn 3 Connect with Madelyn on Instagram ANAHATA Retreat Book Coven: Women Who Run With the Wolves Connect with LK 3 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Journey deeper into my word⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a free discovery call⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with me on Instagram⁠

Samantha Lucy returns, and everything has changed. In the year since her last appearance, she has walked through a whole lot of life. A health initiation. The LA fires. A leap into the unknown. Four months in Europe. Finishing her poetry book If California Dies Before Me. Falling wildly in love. Heartbreak. And finally, landing on solid ground in the most unexpected way. This conversation is about being forged by life and turning it into art. We explore: Saturn returns and surrenderTrusting your path in uncertaintySisterhood as a revolutionary forceThe healing power of women gatheringShame, visibility, and being seen while you are still aliveWhy poetry is simply telling the truthLetting creative identities die so something truer can be bornSam shares the evolution from Poetic Period to House of Poetess and what it actually feels like to release a successful offering when your soul is calling you elsewhere. We talk about self censorship, good girl conditioning, and the courage it takes to dump out your sticks and let yourself be fully seen. If you have been standing at the edge of your own truth, this is your invitation. Fear is but a primal plea for aliveness. Press play and let something in you come alive. Join the Roots R(evolution) & use code SAM100 for $100 off your enrollment. With love & devotion, Your favourite business coach, LK 🤍 Connect with Sam 3 Connect with Sam on Instagram House of Poetess Connect with LK 3 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Journey deeper into my word⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a free discovery call⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with me on Instagram⁠

I joined a 60-day content challenge and where I (of my own free will) committed to posting three times a day on TikTok, with Instagram layered on top. At first, it felt expansive. Exciting! My foundations are strong, and I thought: what if I amplified the people who already see me? Ten days in, and reality set in. I had never worked harder — or felt more distracted. I was on my phone more than ever. More tired. More stimulated. Already deep in a creative portal, building and channeling, I layered forced visibility on top. The truth became clear: it was pulling me away from my Rocks. And from my way. The moment I chose to pull back, I received immediate confirmation. A discovery call from a former client’s friend. A soul client referring two people. A friend of a current client reaching out. The reminder was simple: Content supports the business. It is not the business. And this challenge returned me to my core belief: Be so good at what you do that you don’t have to worry about where your next clients are coming from. In this episode, we explore: When visibility becomes a disguised distractionTending your fire vs. chasing new eyesDepth over breadth in sustainable growthWhy what works for someone else does not have to be your wayAuthenticity + alignment as the only strategy that lastsWhy Rocks create transformation — not content volumeThis conversation is about devotion, presence, and building something that lasts. The question is not “what works?” The question is: what is your way? With love & devotion, Your favourite business coach, LK 🤍 LET'S CONNECT! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Journey deeper into my word⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a free discovery call⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with me on Instagram⁠

This episode lands on the eve of the Year of the Horse, a year rooted in momentum, strength, instinct, and forward motion. It feels fitting because today we are exploring a side of creativity that does not get talked about enough. We are often taught that creativity comes from stillness, silence, and spaciousness. And yes, that is true. But there is another doorway that has been especially alive for me lately. Creativity that emerges through ACTION. In this conversation, I share how aligned action has become the catalyst for my most powerful ideas. Not waiting to feel inspired. Not overthinking the plan. But beginning, and letting inspiration meet me in motion. We explore: Why clarity & creativity do not always arrive before actionHow taking action signals willingness and opens the channelThe energetic relationship between doing and receivingWhy overthinking can clog inspirationHow momentum builds clarity, strength, and trustCreativity is energy. It wants to MOVE. When we act on the ideas that come through us, we become a clearer and safer vessel for even more. If you have been waiting to feel ready, this episode is your invitation to take one aligned step today. Not the whole plan. Not the polished version. Just the next step. Begin, and watch what meets you there. With love & devotion, Your favourite business coach, LK 🤍 LET'S CONNECT! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Journey deeper into my word⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a free discovery call⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with me on Instagram⁠

Lately, it feels like everyone is stuck in lack. And when I see something everywhere, I know it is reflecting something within me too. This episode is an invitation to look at scarcity and abundance both individually and collectively, and to remember that abundance is not something we earn later. It is something we can access now. We explore the real differences between scarcity and abundance energetically, emotionally, and practically. Scarcity focuses on what is missing, contracts the nervous system, and pulls us into fear and the future. Abundance brings us back to presence, expands our capacity to receive, and helps us notice what is already here and working. We talk about why gratitude is one of the most effective ways to shift out of lack, especially in the early stages of business. Why getting one or two clients is not a sign that something is not working, but a moment to slow down, nurture what is here, and build from a grounded place. And why abundance shows up in many forms beyond money and clients. This episode also bridges mindset with tangible practice. Meeting the universe halfway through aligned action, tracking what is working, and building trust before proof arrives. Because where attention goes, energy flows. And the way you relate to what is here now shapes what comes next. With love & devotion, Your favourite business coach, LK 🤍 LET'S CONNECT! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Journey deeper into my word⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a free discovery call⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with me on Instagram⁠

In this Part 2 episode of Elements of Entrepreneurship, Connor and I shift the conversation from our love story into the lived reality of building a business in partnership. Connor has been by my side for nearly my entire entrepreneurial journey, first as a friend, then as a partner, and now as my fiancé. In this episode, we explore what it’s actually been like to love an entrepreneur from the inside. The uncertainty, the blurred lines between work and life, the seasons of instability, and the deep trust required to keep choosing the long game together. We talk about support in all its forms. Financial, emotional, energetic, and practical. About belief as fuel. About safety as a prerequisite for risk. About intuition, logic, and learning how to let each other lead. And about how entrepreneurship doesn’t just build businesses, it builds people and relationships, too. We also touch on cyclical living, creativity, and what it looks like to honour the body while building something meaningful. This is a conversation about devotion, stability, and the quiet ways love can make growth possible. In this episode, you’ll hear: What it’s like to be in partnership with an entrepreneurHow trust and belief shape long-term visionFinancial instability, safety, and choosing the long gameIntuition vs logic and learning to lead togetherCyclical living and building a business that honours the bodyWhy entrepreneurship was never meant to be done alonePart 1 was the love story. Part 2 is the behind the scenes of building a life and business together. With love & devotion, Your favourite business coach, LK 🤍 LET'S CONNECT! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Journey deeper into my word⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a free discovery call⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with me on Instagram⁠

In this Part 1 episode of Elements of Entrepreneurship, I’m joined by the love of my life and fiancé (!!!!) Connor Wood, for a walk through our story from his point of view, spanning 2016 to 2026. We talk about the early friendship years, the New Zealand trip that quietly changed everything, the behind-the-scenes chapter of FML Adventures, and the moment our “we’re just friends” era became something more. We also share the full proposal story, including the journey of the ring, the surprise, the river spot we call the Merge, and why January 16, 2026 came to hold far more meaning than we ever could have imagined. In this episode, you’ll hear: Our love story through the years (2016–2026), from Con’s perspectiveThe FML Adventures era, behind the scenes and what it taught us about partnershipThe friendship-to-lovers transition and what it took to let love mature in its own timingThe ring journey (diamonds, sapphires, body knowing, and meaning)The proposal story in full, complete with firelight, photos, and a very clueless bride to bePart 2 is where we bring it all back to entrepreneurship, stability, devotion, and what it looks like to build a life and business in partnership. With love & devotion, Your favourite business coach, LK 🤍 LET'S CONNECT! ⁠⁠⁠⁠Journey deeper into my word⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book a free discovery call⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with me on Instagram⁠