Where Wellbeing Meets Work:
Bringing Love, Self-Awareness, and Purpose to the Forefront of Success
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy for entrepreneurs, business teams, and professionals to lose sight of themselves in the pursuit of success. Stress, burnout, and a disconnect from core values have become the norm—but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Through her work as an author, speaker, and facilitator, Lauri-Ann Ainsworth offers a new path: one where personal wellbeing and professional success are deeply intertwined. With her framework, The Self-Love Mindset, she helps individuals and teams navigate the complexities of modern work by focusing on three key pillars:
Self-Care – Prioritizing personal wellbeing.
Self-Awareness – Knowing who you are and what you value.
Creating Value – Using your strengths and purpose to serve others.
Whether through keynotes, workshops, or retreats, Lauri-Ann creates safe, reflective spaces where participants can slow down, recharge, and reconnect with what matters most—leading to greater clarity, creativity, and impact in their personal and professional lives.
Explore below to learn more about Lauri-Ann’s book, speaking engagements, and how she’s helping people rewrite the story of success—one that begins with self-love.
How my journey began…
It all started when I hit rock bottom. I was an ambitious young lady who wanted it all!
I had just had my first child and I decided to quit my corporate job and pursue my dream of being my own boss, working from where ever and enjoying the free time I would have to spend with my new baby.
Except, I had no time. I had created a more stressful job for myself with longer hours and less pay. The reality of entrepreneurship coupled with the challenges of being a new parent (#teamnosleep), spun me in a spiral of anxiety, frustration, depression and eventual burnout.
When you burn out you literally have exhausted all of your ability to function. I could go no further.
Wake Up Call
One day I literally couldn’t get up off the sofa. I felt helpless, trapped and defeated. My heart palpitations were getting worse and I couldn’t breathe.
Sitting there I remembered when I was a little girl, how my mother blacked out and collapsed at work. She had an anxiety attack brought on by chronic stress. I remember her telling me how frightened she was when it happened and the thought of not being around for us kids scared her even more.
I cried. I screamed.
Then, I committed to prioritizing me again.
I learned about the power of self-love…
I started putting my wellness at the top of the list. Self-care taught me self-love. It’s not selfish to fill your cup first, it’s self-love. When you prioritize your mental, physical and spiritual health, you have the resilience to rise above the chaos and show up as your best self.
I started practicing Reiki - an ancient Japanese energy healing modality to balance the mind/body connection.
It gave me so much calm and peace that I kept studying and got certified as a Reiki Master.
To further my own healing I went to life coaching school and became a Certified Life Coach
I studied at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition to learn how to better nourish my body - I became a Certified Health Coach.
I travelled to Thailand, where I studied Thai Healing Massage
Yoga and Ayurveda were next on my journey and I became a Certified Registered Yoga Teacher - 200hr.
I learned the power of self-awareness…
I started using these healing tools to help family and friends. I knew that wellness and healing would be a big part of my future.
Meanwhile, I got back to growing my business.
Now although I was equipped with the tools to manage the stress and anxiety, I realised that I was still feeling bored, unfulfilled, and as though something was missing. The situations that caused the stress, anxiety and frustration were still there and my self-care was just putting a bandaid on it for a little while.
I began a journey of self-discovery to find out what I truly wanted and what would actually make me feel happier. As I became more self-aware, I started making better choices for myself. I recognized how I was self-protecting (some people call these self-sabotage and limiting beliefs) with habits and beviours that didn’t actually serve me. I learned how to strengthen my mental fitness to combat the self-protecting patterns and behaviours that kept me on the hamster wheel of being stressed, overwhelmed and unhappy.
TODAY
I’m a calmer, healthier, happier, and more fulfilled version of me. I build my mental fitness every day with science-backed mindset work, I nourish my body with healthy food and exercise and I feed my soul with a dedicated spiritual practice, and by living my purpose and sharing my message.
When I became the CEO of Richard Branson’s Centre of Entrepreneurship, I knew that I wanted to bring this kind of wellness to entrepreneurs because it would help them be better leaders, better decision-makers and build stronger, happier teams and make businesses a force for good. My own team has unofficially dubbed me the “Wellness CEO”. You can read all about that here.
