What if I told you that in the next 12 months, you could experience extraordinary growth, form deep friendships, and create a life you love—all while living with joy and purpose? In this episode, I’ll show you exactly how you can make that a reality by joining a movement designed to help you grow, connect, and live intentionally. You don’t want to miss this!
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Years ago, I set out and mapped out my life. You may know this story, but I had a vision of who I wanted to be, what mattered most, and how I could live with intention. Just 10 days later, my world was shattered and my husband unexpectedly passed away at 29 years old. In the wake of this tragedy, my vision became my lifeline, my roadmap. It reminded me of what God had placed on my heart and gave me a hope for a future that I couldn't yet see.
I went from being in a hospital waiting room planning out content about goal planning while they were prepping Joel for a planned surgery to actually teaching how to do it in the midst of grief and loss because it was so meaningful to have that map laid out in front of me of exactly where I needed to go when I had nothing left. That's why I believe so deeply in creating a meaningful life with purpose and intention.
A clear vision does not erase life challenges, especially in those bitter moments, but it equips you to navigate them with strength, hope, and even joy.
And now I want to help you experience this same clarity and transformation because you deserve a life that feels vibrant and fulfilling, a life of joy.
Friend, I know it can feel overwhelming.
You're juggling endless responsibilities, trying to keep it all together and wondering if joy is even possible in your current season of life. I know because I was you. For years, I have been praying for you, hopefully expecting that you would show up at our door so I could welcome you inside and now you're here. I'm going to give you a big hug. I created the Joyful Life Insiders Community, a place for women like you who are ready to connect, grow, and create a life you love.
Through this community, over the next 12 months, here's what you can look forward to if you decide that this is for you. We'll focus on these areas, community and friendship, of course, connection. That is like the first thing. I want to build connection, like actual long-lasting connection between people that are not just surface level scrolling on Facebook, yeah we're "friends". But truly building connections with women who will actually walk alongside you, support you and cheer you on to complete your goals and grow! Cultivating meaningful change in your life, personally and spiritually is so important.
I wanna see you in your best self, like the version of yourself that you cannot wait to be that you dream of becoming all while creating a life that you love designing a purposeful intentional life aligned with your values and your dreams. Together, we're going to create a life filled with joy. No matter the season.
What You'll Gain:
Now, when you join the joyful life insiders, you're going to get immediate access to two of my biggest resources.
The Joyful Life Goal Planner: I created this resources just for this community. And everything we do is going be centered around this planner, and you're going to find sooooo much value in it! You're going to get access to the full Joyful Life Goal Planner, which right now is 62 pages of bliss, that is going to help you create a vision for your life, stick values to it, and then also help you with goal planning and habit setting, with goal planning and habit setting.
The Joyful Life Workshop: Where you will have access to endless replays of the workshop that goes along with the planner. I will walk you step-by-step and how to use the planner and make the most of it.
Together these powerful tools will help you set goals to create a vision and make meaningful steps and take meaningful steps towards living with intention. This is my personal step-by-step goal setting process that I follow every single year. and it includes prompts and ideas, worksheets, journal pages, the whole nine yards to help you form a vision and turn it into daily habits.
Exclusive Monthly Classes: Each month, I'm going to guide you in an exclusive Insiders podcast, only available within the community, that will help you focus on the most common challenges in our community. So you are going to have the ability to raise your hand and say, this is what I'm struggling with and...You may see me create a podcast out of it that helps dive directly into that topic and I'm stoked about it. This might include classes like decluttering your mind in your space, building the habits that stick, finding joy in everyday struggles in life. There's so many things that we could dive into.
Weekly Devotionals, Challenges and Resets: Exclusive access to devotionals and journal prompts and actionable steps to help you stay on task. Of course, gratitude pages and my starting today page that teaches you how to create priorities and make sure that you're working towards the goals that you want and have in your life.
Community Focused Chats and Cohorts: These private chats are where you can connect with other people who are in the same boat at the same time as you. So whether you're just starting out in your motherhood journey or you're a little further along and you have grandkids and you're empty nesters and you want to learn from people who are your peers, this is the perfect place for you. You can share your struggles and your challenges and have Q and A's and talk to one another and become friends. Share ideas and encourage one another.
Quarterly Refreshes: These are opportunities to reflect over the last 90 days and celebrate milestones and recalibrate towards your goals to refocus and recenter to make sure that you're actually making progress or reevaluate and say, it's time to shift and time to pivot. And you're going to know exactly how to do that when you join this group, because you're going to have all the tools and resources you need to do it.
Earn 1-on-1 Goal Coaching Sessions: Plus, I'll be giving an opportunity each quarter to earn a one-on-one coaching session inside the community as you grow with me. And I'm stoked about it because this is a practice I've been doing for six years and I am going to be able to help you specifically unpack your journey and your mindset and get out of the stuck.
What to Expect:
Are you ready? Okay, so what can you expect to experience here when you join the Joyful Life Insiders.
Connection: This community is going to be built on meaningful connections, friendships that inspire you and uplift you. Making friends can be a struggle sometimes, especially when hello time is limited, but that does not have to stop you.
Let me share a little personal story with you about my friend Lorie. Years ago, I was on the farm. If remember, I had about 90 animals, just me and my teenage son, and well, I had these goats and they were very bad goats and I would just call them bad goatees. And one day I was warning them and I was like, look, the bears are going to come out and get you if you don't straighten up.
Well, little did I know that that little white lie would turn into an incredible friendship. My friend, Lorie had been watching me from Louisiana for years, like over four years, since 2015 to be exact, when she saw Joel and I dance on Inside Edition. But that very day was the day that she decided to reach out asking if we really had bears on our farm. To which I told her the truth. We don't have any bears. At least not there or that I've ever seen.
But before I knew it, that conversation would turn into a very special friendship. Even from far, far away. Lorie flew out and visited me twice at the farm before we moved. And then last year, just as I welcomed little Abel into the world, she came up and visited us.
My friend Lorie became Aunt Lorie and it's been nothing short of amazing and she has become family to us.
And that's just one of dozens of stories I have about friendships that I've made online. Genuine real life friendships. Yes from afar, but they were all started online. That's why I'm beyond excited that you landed here. I've been waiting for you to come and knock at my door as they say in three's company, now I'm showing my age.
Growth: Okay, the second thing that you can really look forward to experiencing here is growth. You're going to have personal and spiritual growth. You're going to feel aligned to your purpose and your calling for your life. And I'm going to help you unpack all of that.
Joyful Living: You are going to have and be able to create and design a life that you love with purpose, intention and joy every step of the way.
Sometimes you just need to bounce ideas off of people. You need to have a community rallying around you because maybe the community that you have is small or maybe they don't support your dreams. And that's why I wanted to make sure to open this up and have this community that was incredibly empowering for women just like you.
All right, so let's talk about the importance of vision in our lives.
In Habakkuk 2.2, we're reminded to write the vision and make it plain. That's what community is all about. Writing a vision for your life, keeping it in front of you, and allowing God to work through it. That's exactly what the Joyful Life Insiders is.
Proverbs 16.3 says, Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. When we surrender our goals and dreams to God, he aligns our heart with his purpose.
And that is such an incredible thing to do, but without community and without that accountability and without the tools and resources to do it, it's really hard to do alone. And I am thrilled to be able to guide you in this journey that I've already been down time and time again, chasing my dreams and goals. This is not just about achieving goals. No, it's about walking in obedience, cultivating joy and embracing the abundant life that God has promised us.
How You'll Feel:
By the end of these 12 months, a year from now, you're going to have a clear, confident direction for your life. You're going to know where your life is headed. You're going to feel empowered with tools and habits that align you to the goals that reflect your values and vision for your life.
You're going to feel so connected to a community of women cheering you on. This is an empowering community. You're also going to feel at peace and purpose that no matter what life throws at you, that you're going to be able to face that challenge with joy and know exactly how to choose it.
Limited Time Offer
Friend, this is your moment. Don't wait for January 1st to start living with purpose. Start today.
Everything you need, I already have it waiting for you in the Joyful Life Goal Planner, the workshop, and the community-- it's all ready to go RIGHT NOW! You could start today.
For just $5 a month, you're going to gain access to all of this and more. Imagine looking back a year from now and you've seen how much you've grown and knowing that you invested in a life that you love. And I am so excited for this opportunity for you to grow with you.
And here's the best part. If you choose to jump in before January 1st, you'll lock in that $5 a month founding member price for this year. Starting January 1st, the price is going to increase to $10 a month. But by acting now, you're going to save that while going ahead and getting access to what's already there for you.
You can get started before January 1st with these tools, these resources and community support from me creating a life that you love.
So do not wait on the new year!
Start living with intention, secure your spot today, and join women who have already experienced growth and connection and joy inside the Joyful Life Insiders Community.
We are just getting started. And also, if you have had, you know, mom or grandma wondering what the world I could get you and you didn't know what to put on the list, I will also have a special link to be able to gift a membership, whether you're thinking of someone that this will be perfect for, or you want to have a friend join you. This is a special gift. Send your husband a little hint, like really would love to be a part of this community, it's going to help me reach goals for our family and grow me and make me feel connected and not so disconnected from the world because my schedule is busy, here's a link for 60 bucks for the year you're taking care of which is incredible.
As we move into this new season, this new year, I want you to know that joy is a choice, a promise that God has given us. And when we live with purpose and intention, we cultivate a life that reflects the goodness of his love. You do not have to do this alone, friend. Let's build friendships. Let's grow together and let's create lives filled with joy.
Join us today and let's make 2025 your most joyful year yet.
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Lauren Alonso
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