Buena Vida Newsletter

September 2026🍁

Helllo Friends! 🍂

Fall is almost here, which means change is everywhere. The trees, the leaves, the traffic, the birds, not to mention all of a sudden everyone is drinking something with cinnamon and pumpkin in it. 🎃☕️

The change of seasons always reminds me that Nature gets to change constantly…without having an existential crisis about what it means.

Yet…we, on the other hand…phew! We change our minds and immediately want to launch an investigation.🕵🏽‍♀️ But I said I wanted this. But I already committed. But I’ve put so much time into it. What will people think?! What if I get it WRONG?! What if I change my mind and then want to change it BACK?! 😩

Sound familiar??? 👀👀👀👀👀

Jusssst like the seasons - you’re allowed to change. And you’re sure as hell allowed to make new choices when you do.

Why? Because maybe it was the right decision then. You made it with the information you had, the capacity you had, and the person you were. But here you are today, and now you know more. Maybe you want something different. Maybe your capacity has changed. Or maybe you tried and discovered, ohhhhh, nope nope nope. All of that is information.

One of the sneakiest ways we get stuck is by letting an old decision turn into a rule we never meant to make. Ya know, that completely made-up “I chose this, so now I have to stick with it” rule.

And yesss, sometimes sticking with something is absolutely worth it. (Not every hard day means it's time to burn everything down and move to Costa Rica.) But there’s a difference between staying because you still choose it and staying because you're afraid of what changing your mind would mean. 👀

So maybe September - the season of everything changing - is a good time to ask: Knowing what I know now, is this still what I want to choose?

Pay attention to what you know now. What you want now. Who you are now.

You still get a say. And you sure as hell get to choose again. ❤️

Read on for more…

Abrazos,
♥️ Laura

What’s New

A little September reminder from the Buena Vida nest ❣️🍂🪺🐿️🤟🏽

You are not required to keep living by choices, rules, or expectations that don’t fit you anymore.

Sometimes the work is figuring out what you actually want. Sometimes it’s making a decision you’ve been circling for months. Sometimes it’s realizing, wait…why am I still doing this?! And sometimes it’s finding the courage to choose something different, even when you don’t know exactly how it’s all going to turn out.

That’s a whole lot of what we do around here. 💛

My coaching nest has a few spots open for anyone who’s ready to get unstuck, trust themselves a little more, make some bold comfortable moves, or simply figure out what the heck they want now - not what they thought they were supposed to want six months, two years, or ten years ago.

You get to change. You get to choose. And when you need to, you get to choose again. 💖

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Get Comfy with Choosing Again 🍁🤸🏽🍁

Changing your mind doesn’t have to become a whole thing. You can notice what’s changed, get curious about what you want now, and be kind to yourself in the process.

Here are 4 ways to check in, get curious, and make a little room to choose again ⬇️

1️⃣ Try “More or Less?”
Sometimes “What do I want?” feels like a realllllly big question. So let’s give ourselves a break, eh? 💛 Start smaller, ask: Do I want more of this, less of this, or about the same?

More space? Less responsibility? More connection? Less pressure? More time? Less of whatever the hell this is? 😵‍💫

Give yourself some time to explore it this way. You’re not looking for THE answer - you’re just making it a tiny bit easier to hear what’s already there.

2️⃣ Is This Hard…or Do I Not Want This? 🫠
Sometimes we hit a hard, uncomfortable, frustrating part and our whole system goes, NOPE. WE’RE DONE HERE. 🏃🏻‍♀️💨 Before you burn it all down, get a little curious: Do I actually want something different, or do I just want this part to feel easier?

Maybe you still want the thing - you just don’t want it this way. Maybe you need more help, less pressure, a different pace, or a little room to breathe. Changing your mind doesn’t always mean walking away. Sometimes it means changing the way you want to move forward.

3️⃣ Update Your Information 📝
You made that decision with what you knew then right? But hellooooo, you know more now! 👋🏽 So, what do you know now that you didn’t know when you first chose it?

Maybe you learned something. Tried something. Got tired. Got excited. Changed priorities. Discovered a limit. Discovered a want. Maybe something simply doesn’t fit the way you thought it would. That’s all useful information.

Before you ask yourself what comes next, don’t forget to update the dang file. 👀

4️⃣ Take “Forever” Off the Table
Sometimes it’s realllllly hard to hear what we want when our brain has decided that whatever we choose RIGHT NOW IS WHAT WE MUST CHOOSE FOR ALL OF ETERNITY. 😵‍💫

Phew. No wonder we can’t decide. Instead try: “What do I want for right now?” Or make it even smaller: “What would I choose for the next month?”

You don’t have to make a choice for every version of you who will ever exist. You just have to make the choice that fits you right now.

Go make some room for what fits you NOW. 💛

❣️ And remember: you always get to choose your Buena Vida. ❣️

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Take Action: Choose Where Your Support Goes 💛

We make choices every day about where our time, energy, attention, and money go. And those choices can be one small way we care for our communities, too.

This month, choose one place to send a little support. It doesn’t have to be huge - small choices count.

Some examples:

Check out my Story Highlights- there are a bunch of businesses you can follow, support, share, or keep in mind the next time you need something.
Head over to DonorsChoose.Org, enter your ZIP code, and find a teacher or pick a project that speaks to you, and give what feels doable. 🍎
Share the work of a small business, artist, creator, or organization you love. Sometimes getting them in front of one new person matters.
Pick one purchase you were already going to make and see if you can get it from a small or local business instead.

Go put a little love where you want to see more good stuff grow. 🌱💛

Love you. Support you. Here for you.

♥️ Laura

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