Have you ever stopped to question whether your vanity is actually yours? Or just patterns you absorbed long before you had a say?

Because vanity is NOT a dirty word. And pretending it doesn't affect your relationships, your intimacy, and how you feel about yourself is where things get messy.

In this episode, Lauren Dry, Master Marriage Coach and founder of Rise into Regulation™, gets honest about her own relationship with vanity as she navigates turning 40. No judgment, no agenda. Just a really uncomfortable and necessary conversation about ageing, attraction, and what it actually means to make conscious choices about how you show up.

Most of us are more influenced by vanity than we realise. That's not a bad thing. Until it becomes an unconscious one.

You'll hear about

• Why feeling attractive to yourself isn’t shallow, it's biological
• How your appearance affects the way strangers treat you whether you like it or not
• The difference between a conscious beauty choice and a fear-based one
• How to hack your own vanity to actually improve your relationships and your health
• The questions worth asking yourself before any beauty decision

There's no right answer here, but there is a really important question. Am I doing this from a place of freedom, or am I doing this to fit in?

Resources & Links

🌐 Learn more about Rise into Regulation™, the skillset for connection, communication, and Nervous System safety in modern marriage.

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Big love, Lauren x