Lauren Lane | Writer

Where story becomes insight. Exploring leadership, systems, design, and the experience of building a life — and a legacy.

Category: Essays

  • Why Your “Delay” Is Actually Your Advantage

    7–11 minutes
    1,698 words

    If nothing seems to be moving, it’s because the most important work is happening where you can’t see it.

  • The Generosity Debt: How I Stopped Trading My Soul for Comfort (And Why You Should Too)

    7–10 minutes
    1,586 words

    Your ‘yes’ is supposed to be currency. For givers, it becomes a cage. We confuse boundaries with selfishness until we are running on empty.

  • Why You’re Closer Than You Think: Trusting What You Cannot See

    7–10 minutes
    1,539 words

    You’ve been showing up, giving your all, and still, nothing seems to move. The numbers stall. The doors stay closed. The silence stretches on until it starts to sound like doubt. But what if the silence isn’t absence? What if it’s something unexpected?Imagine if everything you’ve prayed for, planted, and poured into is already forming…

  • Why Clarity is Your Biggest Excuse and How to Kill It

    6–9 minutes
    1,423 words

    Preface Forget the perfect plan. Forget waiting for the ‘right time’ or that elusive feeling called ‘clarity.’ You’re stuck because you’re addicted to the illusion of certainty. You believe success is a map you draw in a spreadsheet before the journey. It’s not. It’s a trail that only appears when you’re already moving. You’re calling your hesitation “wisdom,” but…

  • Why Do We Resist The Flow?

    7–10 minutes
    1,613 words

    Finding Peace in the Present Moment Most resistance doesn’t come from fear of failure.It comes from fear of losing control. We resist the flow not because it’s wrong, but because it asks us to release familiar structures. Roles. Narratives. Identities we’ve already paid for with time and effort. Flow threatens certainty, and certainty feels safer…

  • Why Do People Mistake Silence For Emptiness?

    7–10 minutes
    1,552 words

    I’ve learned that silence makes people nervous. Not performative silence. Not aesthetic stillness curated for public consumption. But real silence. The kind that arrives when a woman stops translating herself. When she withdraws, not to disappear… but to finally listen. In a world that rewards noise and urgency, stillness can look like collapse. But what…