Well, good morning. It's Lauren of being well with Lauren. It is the morning, Monday morning in

Australia and it is overcast. Yesterday we had incredible wins that meant that we all had to stay inside and the

markets were closed and people couldn't drive around and my boy's basketball ring banged back against the house and put a big dent inside the

garage roof. So a wild day, but not as wild as it has been for many and I'm

very sorry for those who have suffered experienced loss or struggled through these windy times.

Today I'm going to share with you the story of my father deciding to buy a bike, a push bike. It's a good story so I have my cup of tea here. But before I do so I would like to make a couple of announcements.

The first is that the free course is online at YouTube.

The free course, a six-week meditation course for balance.

That's the first thing, so just go on to YouTube and you'll be able to find the free

playlist. The second item there is that I have

just completed the course on this podcast, How to Find Balance in the mayhem so that will also be live on my wellness center

for members or you can find it for free on the podcast.

So those two courses.

Now I've got a really exciting announcement today,

a really exciting announcement,

before I talk about my dear dad. It's my mom's

birthday today as well which is really exciting. In the last few days my virtual online wellness center called Being Well with Lauren

went live. It actually went live a week ago but I had some logistical glitchy problems with it.

I created it myself from the ground up. I created a course some months ago how to be happy

which was to go with my book, Daily Rituals for Happiness,

available on Amazon.

And I created the course How to Be Happy

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