Lauren Sawyer is a community builder and marketing pro who values authenticity above all. She shares her incredible journey from adoption, how losing her brother deepened her faith rather than destroyed it, and how she found her tribe after years of fruitless friendships. Lauren and I have known each other for 10 years, and throughout that time she has never compromised her values - especially after breaking free from her people-pleasing days ahem like calling out a CEO during a job interview.. This is a raw and honest conversation about faith, family, loss, knowing your worth and finding your people in the chaos of life.

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TIME CODES:

00:00 - Show Intro

01:02 - Steven Colbert Cancelled

05:47 - Preview About Lauren

11:06 - Lauren Intro - Everywhere You Go, There You Are

17:09 - Who is Lauren

20:11 - Intentional Friendships

22:41 - Gentrix is a "Bad" Catholic

26:26 - Something Lauren Has Never Told Her Parents

30:34 - Growing in Faith

33:45 - Lauren's Adoption Story

38:35 - When Lauren Met Her Birth Mother

41:08 - Losing Her Brother

45:38 - Remembering Lucas + Dealing with Grief

52:08 - Family Dynamics

01:00:31 - What Lauren Does Outside of Work

01:03:39 - Lauren's Legacy