Today we’d like to introduce you to Lauren Sims.
Lauren, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
When I was in the fifth grade, I started wearing bras out of necessity. When I was ten years old, I got my period. When I was 15 years old, my period began to rip me to shreds from the inside out every single month. After experiencing terrible periods consistently, my mother put me on birth control. HUGE MISTAKE! Once I started taking birth control, my period stopped debilitating me, but I had no clue what it was doing to my body. My junior year of college, I changed my birth control from the pill to the patch, and then from the patch to the shot. Once I had my first dose of birth control by syringe, I got my period every single day for four months straight. Over the course of those 4 months I had 2 days of relief. I stopped taking the shot and needed to be put on medication to stop the bleeding. One could assume that one dose was enough. SIKE! I needed ANOTHER dose of the blood stopping medication. Not only did it stop the bleeding, but it also stopped my period! UGH! During this time, I was hating my period. I was hating my body, I was hating myself. I was extremely depressed and experiencing suicidal thoughts on a daily basis. I smoked weed at least four times a day and I was eating like shit. Oh yeah! I also didn’t have a period for about five months.
Once I finally got my period to come back and behave properly, I began looking into natural organic methods of feminine healing. I was scrolling through Instagram one day and came across a woman selling the products that I sell now on Full Bloom’s website. I saw the proof in the purge! Pictures and pictures of women who’s released Mucous, Dead Skin, Old Blood, Fibroids, Uterine Plaque and much more. Women everywhere were raving about the benefits and the relief that they were experiencing from herbs! So naturally, I decided to experiment with my own healing. I detoxed my uterus and passed fibroids I didn’t even know I had! I lifted my sacred space and my spirits because I had finally found a solution to my yoni problems!
We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc. – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
No. It has not been a smooth road. I didn’t realize it at the time, but my struggles had led me to form my business. Everything I had gone through with my body was preparing me to help other women who are/were going through the same thing I was going through.
When I started exploring the ancient practice of vaginal steaming and mixing herbs for my healing, I had no clue what I was doing. But hey! I started. Getting to this point with my business is a blessing and it wouldn’t have happened without the years of suffering I had to go through. So, my painful periods, endless period, missing period, fibroids, and failed birth control experience were all necessary to birth Full Bloom Holistics.
My advice? Trust every second, every experience, and every breath of your journey. Don’t judge yourself. Love yourself and be gentle with yourself as you grow and evolve into who you are and who you’re becoming. Don’t “try” just be, just watch life unfold before you and listen to YOURSELF! Don’t let others discourage you and don’t look to others for validation or handouts. Trust your vision and birth it into existence.
So let’s switch gears a bit and go into Full Bloom Holistics story. Tell us more about the business.
Full Bloom is a mobile feminine cleansing service that serves and develops the highest form of women in every aspect. We provide mobile vaginal steaming services, a wide range of womb-care products including waist-beads, and transformational coaching where we assist women in developing self-care habits and self-based behaviors that remove the perspective of lack(fear) and transform it into a lifestyle of possibility(abundance).We also host online meditation sessions and private guided meditation sessions! Full Bloom is a mobile self-care powerhouse meant to empower your house and the house within your house.
Full Bloom is different from other similar businesses because we are mobile! We know that not everyone has the opportunity to go out and take care of themselves. We know that not everyone is comfortable taking their healing outside of their homes. The healing MUST happen though! Whether it’s self-care training, vaginal steaming, or intentional meditation services, it doesn’t matter. We will meet you where you are! Even if that’s in your bathroom. Even if that’s stuck in the bed paralyzed by depression. Even if that’s in your backyard. We just want to find you and help you!
Do you have a lesson or advice you’d like to share with young women just starting out?
Start! You’ll hit the ground running! You’re going to be on fire in the beginning, but understand that the fire will burn as long as YOU keep it alive. The light will seem dim and the results very low, but trust yourself. trust your vision! Don’t expect others to support you, cheer you on, believe in you and your dream. It’s not their responsibility, it’s yours. Encourage yourself! It’s way more rewarding and memorable that way. Embrace every step of your journey, someone else will need it when you’re ready to share it.
Pricing:
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$25 Online Consultations
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$100 Sister Steaming Sessions (4 people or less)
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FREE Online Intentional Meditation Sessions!
Contact Info:
- Website: fullbloomholistics.com
- Phone: 470-312-8549
- Email: fullbloomholistics@gmail.com
- Instagram: fullbloomholistics
Image Credit:
Casey Budd (CBudd Photography)
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