Laurie Mendenhall

I’m so glad you’re here. My name is Laurie and I am an artist, yogi, Reiki Practitioner, podcaster, and intuitive guide. I’m certified yoga teacher with an additional certification in Yin Yoga. I’m a certified Life Coach with an additional certification in therapeutic art. All my life, I’ve struggled to find my calling (clearly). I always felt like there was more to life waiting for me out there. BUT out WHERE?!?!

Let’s make the connections…..I’m a self-taught artist based in High Point, North Carolina. My passion for creativity and design runs deep. I love bright colors, patterns, and textures, especially in interiors and architecture. In addition to my love of English Lit classes, my favorite courses during my Interior Design days at East Carolina were historic interiors and the creative labs where we would focus on color theory. I also love historic architecture.

The pandemic hit, I was laid off. I found myself searching for more and decided to become a yoga instructor. Not necessarily for teaching but for my own mental health and self awareness. Little did I know, this was the BEGINNING OF MY HEALING JOURNEY. A journey that led to studying Reiki — Life Force Energy work. I am a certified Level 2 practitioner working toward my master certification. I thought I wanted to be a Life Coach, so I grabbed that certification, too. While working on that, I found Therapeutic Art certification as an add-on (and of course, being an artist, this seemed to be a perfect fit). My work began as a creatives coach helping people remove the obstacles that kept them stuck in their businesses, but what I found was the things keeping them stuck was part of the energetic pieces from a lifetime of trauma.

I had a life coach, Jane, for many years until she developed an inoperable cancer that eventually took her earthly body from us. I learned from her, and she, along with other licensed professionals, helped me dig through my trauma. Trauma is usually though of as a giant, life-altering event, but trauma can be something as easily as getting your feelings hurt from being left out or picked on by our peers. I found as I gathered up certifications, I was also letting go of things I had held onto for years….YEARSSSSS!!! Even I didn’t realize what I was holding onto until it bubbled up out of my subconscious. And thus, began the healing.

Healing is why I’m here. It’s what I’m here to do for you. Join me on the journey to a happier and healthier YOU.