Hey, I’m Lauren — a trauma-informed breathwork facilitator, intuitive healer, and founder of Darlin’ Breathe.

My story began long before I realised it was one worth rewriting. At two years old, I became disabled after a sudden illness. Growing up within the medical system taught me to see myself through the lens of something “broken” — a problem to be fixed. Years of internalising those narratives shaped my self-worth, leaving me in cycles of people-pleasing, self-doubt, and numbing out just to cope.

Layered with deep grief — losing my dad at 12 and my mum at 22 — I carried so much more than my body could hold. Talk therapy gave me understanding, but my nervous system still held the weight of it all. I intellectually “got it,” but I didn’t feel free.

Then came my turning point — a plot twist of my own. During my Saturn return (and a year backpacking around the world, which I once believed “people like me” couldn’t do), I discovered somatic healing and Breathwork. Everything changed.

Breathwork showed me that healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken — it’s about remembering that you were never broken to begin with. Working with the body and mind together, I released years of stored emotion, pain, and beliefs that weren’t truly mine. I finally felt space to breathe, create, and be me.

Now, I guide others through the same process — helping you free yourself from limiting beliefs, past experiences, and the social narratives that keep you attached to an old story. Because you are the author. You get to decide how the next chapter unfolds.

Let’s do it for The Plot. 💫

“Lauren is phenomenal, and the energy work she is able to do - she is so talented! Beautiful, soft, genuine energy”