We had the good fortune of connecting with Lauren Porchia and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Lauren, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
Souldivine Wellness & Creations impacts the community by helping people to reclaim their inner child, sexuality, and freedom. Our brand highly believes that wealth is to be experience in every aspect of ones’ life: mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally, and financially. We help people to heal through simple and innovative holistic wellness therapies to include yoga, reiki, vibrational sound therapy, vaginal steaming, and detox therapy. Our most popular and recognized service is Hula Healing Fitness is our fun and effective way to mind body spirit detox with the hula hoop. We look forward to helping the community relax.connect.elevate via group and virtual wellness sessions.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
I have been working in the Wellness Industry for four years. What sets me apart from others is that I have personally experienced stress, anxiety, physical conditions/ailments and depression and have healed myself naturally. I often openly share and speak on my experiences. Most people are afraid to speak on these topics so therefore I am here to be the voice for them. I am most proud about hula healing fitness which positively impacted my confidence and self image. It makes me so happy and free. I never was a hula hooper/dancer growing up. My dedication to this practice since August 2019 has catapulted my self-confidence, self-image, and health to the highest good. I love to hula hoop with randomn people all over the world. The smiles and laughter brings immense joy to my spirit. I got to where I am business-wise by being authentic and humble. I am truly passionate about what I do. I am a free spirit that expresses my hula hoop dancing in every setting. I am known as The Hula Empress that hula hoops all of the world. I can be found on social media hula hooping in the airport, in the streets, beaches, you name it! This wasn’t an easy journey. I often placed my success in the hands of others which often lead to disappointment. As soon I recognized that I AM enough, it has been smooth sailing. Some lessons I learned along the way is to hire people to do business tasks that you aren’t well versed in. Become more visible by being consistent in showing up and being YOU. Connect and collaborate with genuine people; larger brands are not always “the way”. I want the world to now that I & Souldivine genuinely wants to see everyone living their best lives. We can start by giving 15 minutes to ourselves daily through holistic wellness therapies/activities and I(we) are here to support.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
Oh my goodness!! I love this question. lol. I like to call myself the ATL food guru for vegan restaurants. lol. There’s so many places to choose from, but I will name a few of my top favorites. Plant Based Pizzeria Wadada Tassilli’s Raw Reality Slutty Vegan Life Bistro ATL Lovn’ It Live Some of my favorite parks are Cascade nature preserve, Little Five Points and The Beltline. You can frequently find me hula hooping at any of these spots! I curate private wellness experiences called The Lauren Danielle Experience for groups as well. So I would say our brand is the most fun, interesting, and exciting thing to check out! *wink wink* Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
My Mother Ruthie Porchia who has supported me through some of my darkest moments and believed in me and my dreams. Haadiyah Barbell for inspiring my hula hoop journey. My favorite Artists Lupe Fiasco, India Arie, and Beautiful Chorus and their uplifting music. My true supporters. I’m grateful for them all in my journey of healing.

Website: www.iamlaurendanielle.com

Instagram: www.instragram.com/souldivinevibes

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-madison-b05867169/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/souldivinevibes

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/souldivinevibes

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP9BAe5Zo6RblYj2YhnOqTg?view_as=subscriber

Other: http://insig.ht/souldivinevibes Interview with Comedy Legend Michael Colyar: Forward to 1:15 mark https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1939295842876166&id=100003873078056 Forward to 23:00 mark https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1963038330501917&id=100003873078056 Hula Healing Fitness: https://www.instagram.com/p/CLS9lZ4H8U4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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