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Hi! I'm Lara.

Whether it's a month long habit challenge or private coaching, we re-define success and step into a life well lived on our own terms. I send out a monthly newsletter with tools and resources for powerful life transitions.

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Action Bananas!

🌦️ May Newsletter 🌼 theme is...

May 2025 // Bias To Action by Lara Buelow TLDR! 🚨Activate to Cultivate🌼 🚨Get Dirty 👩🌾 🚨Get 6 months of Banana Phone for $39 🍌☎️✒️ Etsy Shop 👩🌾 Get Your Hands Dirty! 🌻 A Personal Note Since reading Lost Connections by Johann Hari, I not only stopped taking my anti-depressant, but am re-committing myself to all the things that I mentioned in April's newsletter(s). Art. Community. Connection. Taking Action. The book puts into words the immense overwhelm I experience in daily life, juggling...
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cold water dip!

❄️ April Newsletter 🌷 Cultivation

April 2025 // by Lara Buelow TLDR! 🚨Cultivate your ideas 🌷 🚨Take Action! 🕺🏾 🚨Banana Phone enters Q2 🍌 Etsy Shop 🌷 🌷 🌷 Spring is Springing!🌷 🌷 🌷 A Personal Note I have worked on two different versions of this newsletter over a series of weeks and scrapped both of them (at least for now). However, I did not want to skip the April newsletter. I’ve been struggling a lot with sleep again, which means my mental health takes a dip and my brain generally isn’t functioning very well. That said, Banana...
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Banana Phone zine

Ring! Ring! Spring is calling... 🍌☎️💐

4 editions of Banana Phone, my snail mail zine, are published & circulating! 🥳 The Lastest Review is In... Sunshine and magical energy? Colorful envelope with surprise stickers? Creative motivation and actionable advice to help me reach my goals? YES, please! Banana Phone day is my FAVORITE day of the month! -Monica, New York Get a 1st Quarter bundle! Q1 Banana Phone Bundle Or sign up for quarterly zines to start receiving banana phone in the next quarter (April - June 2025). Q1 Banana Phone...
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Tema Okun

❄️ March Newsletter 🌱 planting seeds

March 2025 // Planting Seeds by Lara Buelow TLDR! 🚨Plant seeds in your mind 🌱 🚨For Sale: stuff in Etsy Shop 🚨The world is bananas! 🍌I'm coping by making Zines. Etsy Shop Spring is Coming:🌱 Plant Seeds 🌱 Despite several 60 degree days in Denver, I know we aren't through the woods of Winter just yet. However, I am soaking up every bit of warm spring-y weather that I can. The state of USA politics is abysmal and it being winter makes it that much worse. That's why I want to write to you about...
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back in my day

🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾 too busy, too exhausted >> wah <<

🦄 too busy for fun? 🕺🏾 ***PSA: You can turn off these launch emails by clicking this link.*** I loved learning about small habit change. Knowing that I could write for 1 minute a day instead of 30, and the Moxie Move. I did TWO cardio plunges! -Christine, Mt View California Cart is closing in 2 hours! Join Moxie “That Moxie Life is a super fun, great way to make some positive change in your life! It’s inspiring to recognize the big impact of small related actions.” -Ben, San Francisco CA...
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Back in the day

February Newsletter 🥶 +my elementary school photo

February 2025 // Hygge by Lara Buelow TLDR! 🚨Time to be cozy and rest. 😴 🚨That Moxie Life: Quitters Day edition runs Feb 4-Mar 4, details below. 🥳 🚨Banana Phone Quarterly pricing is LIVE! 🥳 $39 Month of Moxie What is Hygge? Say "hyoo-guh" 🗣️ Hygge is as Danish as æbleskiver and it goes far in illuminating the Danish soul. In essence, hygge means creating a warm atmosphere and enjoying the good things in life with good people. The warm glow of candlelight is hygge. Personal Update January has...
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Banana drawings for Banana Phone, the zine

it's a high-touch service! not like that...

High Touch with Real People What does that mean? It came to my attention recently, while working on editing these emails - that not everyone knows what "high touch" means. My coaching business is high-touch. Defined as: denoting or relating to a business characterized by a very close relationship with its customers or clients. In other words, when you sign up for a coaching package with me, even a group program like That Moxie Life, you get access to me. A real human, a professional certified...
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Makin' Babies

🫶🏼 We made a Baby👶🏻

🫶🏼 We literally made a Baby👶🏻 That Moxie Life is a month-long challenge supporting people in being a better(ish) versions of themselves. Here's the baby-making story!!! 👶🏻 👉🏼 "I recommend this event so much. If you’re having any hesitation, I can’t stress enough that you really do have 5 minutes in your day to take on your personal hobby. The community and social justice aspects are fantastic and so worth it. Plus you get access to Lara! I highly recommend the experience." - Rachel, Boulder...
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Keep It Interesting!

🫶🏼 You Got It! 🦄 So flaunt it Babe 😉

🫶🏼 You Got It! 🦄 So flaunt it. Yes! I mean YOU! At That Moxie Life, we are all about raising the communal tide. Let's lift each other up! And since my email list is still fairly small, you can bet your butt that I'm thinking of you when I write these emails. I know how amazing you are. Join That Moxie Life Here is what Moxie Makers have to say about the Moxie Month: 💗 “It’s OK to reassess and update goals to be more manageable.” -Anamacio, Riverside CA 💗 “The greatest part of Moxie is feeling...
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