33: How unplugging and reconnecting with yourself can grow gratitude with Lauren Schwab (Enneagram 3)

Unplugging from the external to be fulfilled by the internal <br /><br />This week’s becoming bulletproof episode is all about getting unplugged and tuning into the internal. My guest this week is someone who has an extensive amount of experience and grit, and exudes contagious energy and beauty from her spirit, soul, and wisdom. Lauren Schwab has mastered how to get unplugged and in touch with yourself and those around you. She shares her unique journey through perfectionism to messy failures, connection and consistency, and how her move across country changed her life forever.<br /><br />Listen to this podcast to hear the event that caused Lauren to completely unplug for three months, how to stop filling voids of happiness with external solutions, and how to seek fulfillment internally, with gratitude. <br /><br />Making moves and getting messy<br /><br />Quotes:<br />“I really wasn’t getting the results I actually wanted in life until I started doing it messy.” -Lauren 5:09<br /><br />“I would plug into maybe alcohol, or drugs, or relationship after relationship, or retail therapy thinking that when I get this or if I have this then I’m gonna be happy and of course we all know that that never happens that way.” -Lauren 12:12<br /><br />“God was teaching me that it would never be anything external that we plug into that’s gonna actually make us comfortable; it’s actually gonna be the act of unplugging from those external comfort zones.” -Lauren 12:30<br /><br />“You’ll never give up if you know why you’re here.” -Lauren 13:03<br /><br />“We don’t actually own anything in life, and the moment that we think we own something, it actually owns us. Everything is borrowed.” -Lauren 14:40<br /><br />“When we realize how connected we are to the external, it actually robs us of connecting with the very things that we want.” 23:01<br /><br />“Fill yourself up and serve from the overflow.” -Lauren 24:03 <br /><br />“I was able to take everything that I loved— the retreats, the live events, the human connection, the peopl