For women
“I don’t know who I am anymore.”
You’re not the only one who has said it.
It’s what we hear most. Women tell us, “I don’t know what I actually want.” “I want to rediscover things about me that are true.” “I’m operating in a fuzzy middle.” If you hear yourself in any of these, nothing is wrong with you, and you are not starting from scratch. This is a place to find yourself again.
What we hear from women
What women are really longing for
These come from the hundreds of women we’ve walked with over the last 17 years. Most arrive worn out, pulled in too many directions, questioning who they are and whether they’re enough, unsure of their purpose, quietly lonely, or stuck between one season and the next. Underneath it all, one of these longings is usually on the table within the first hour.
Underneath it all
“I want to know that I am enough.”
It usually shows up dressed as a scheduling problem or a career problem, and solving the surface problem never quiets it. Underneath everything else, this is often the real work.
“I want to be confident in who I am instead of becoming an amoeba into what is expected of me in the role I’m in. It’s exhausting.” Jocelyn
Permission to want
“I need permission to choose myself.”
After years of putting everyone else first, choosing herself can feel selfish, even wrong. She often already senses what she wants. What she needs is permission to want it, and to take her own life seriously.
“I don’t trust myself to be in charge of myself.” Heidi
Clarity on purpose and calling
“I want to know what I truly desire in life, not what others think I should want.”
Her sense of direction has been handed to her by a job title, a season of parenting, or other people’s expectations, and it is running out. She wants to know who she is beneath all the roles, and what she was made for.
“I’ve lost a sense of my own identity. I have devoted 80% of my energy to my family the past 35 years. What do I really want?” Dee
A plan and a structure
“I long for a rhythm that sustains me.”
She is caring for children, aging parents, and a job at once, and her life has split into pieces that never quite fit together. The first things to go are the ones that restore her. What she wants is a plan and a structure that hold her whole life together.
“I want direction and purpose. I want to know who I am and how to use that. I want the excitement of knowing what I’m working toward.” Abby
To be truly known
“I desire to be known, not just needed.”
She is surrounded by people and still lonely, because nearly every relationship runs one direction. She longs to be seen and valued for who she is, not only for what she does.
“I grew up knowing that I was loved, but not valued. I want to be seen, acknowledged, and valued for who I really am.” Heather
Strategic discernment
“I want to navigate this season well.”
She can feel a change coming, in her work, her family, or her calling, and she does not want to drift into it or rush it. She wants to see her options clearly and choose the right path at the right time.
“How do I not allow my fear of the unknown keep me from moving into my desire for positive change?” Genna
What we see, over and over
“I have always been floundering around with no value. Now I feel like I have a foundation I can build on.”
TonyaThe quiet fear is that if you look closely, there will not be much there, just a woman who got very good at adapting. Our Guides find the opposite every time. Your gifts have been at work for years, at your job and in how you love the people closest to you, and once they have names, decisions get much easier to make.
Hear it from them
Women who sat where you are
Ways to begin
One day, or one season
Life Strategy Session
We start with your story, name how you are wired, and hold all of it up against the decisions you are facing.
- Your purpose, written in your own words
- Your core values and specific gifts, named
- A filter for the decisions in front of you
- A quarterly plan with real next steps
Poiema | A Living Study
The Greek word poiema, translated “workmanship” in Ephesians 2:10, is where we get our English word “poem.” You are God’s poem. Each week pairs Scripture with a Life Strategy tool, and you build your own playbook alongside women who come to know you well.
- Winter 2027: twelve Tuesdays, January 12 to March 30
- Early registration through January 5
- Your own playbook, built tool by tool
- A personal advisory circle you choose
Talk it through with Laura
A Discovery Call is a real conversation, just you and Laura, to look at where you are and whether a Life Strategy Session or Poiema | A Living Study is the right next step. No pressure and no pitch.
In their words
What women walk away with
The Thinking Zone was an ah-ha for me. It reframes my feelings of being indecisive to something positive. There is a strength in it.
Your Guides
The women who guide this work
Every Guide is trained in the same Life Strategy process Laura has used since 2009. Choose the woman you would most like to sit across from.
Laura Brasov
Co-founder and Guide
USC graduate with a Master’s Degree in Theology from Talbot Seminary who led high-performing sales teams at a Fortune 500 company. A Life Strategist since 2009, Laura has guided more than 1,000 individuals and couples and leads Poiema | A Living Study.
Loves traveling, hiking, and skiing in beautiful mountains with her Romanian husband and three grown boys.
Book with Laura
Kim Swindall
Guide
For more than a decade Kim has worked alongside business owners and organizational leaders building healthy systems. She brings calm and structure to situations that feel overwhelming.
Raised five daughters in Oklahoma and loves spontaneous travel with just enough planning.
Email Kim
Michelle Sosa
Guide
Over 20 years in nonprofit leadership and youth mentoring, with certifications in mental health coaching and life coaching. Michelle helps people reconnect with their stories.
Mom of three, bonus mom to one, and a brand new grandmother who loves Colorado trails.
Email Michelle
Joan Adams
Guide
Holds a degree in Business Education and a master’s in Counseling, with a career spanning teaching, strategic operations, and counseling clients through seasons of change.
Married thirty-six years and known as JoJo to her four grandchildren.
Email Joan
Gaby Ortiz
Guide
University of Texas graduate and former bilingual educator who became a trained counselor. Gaby has a heart for women and young adults in personal and professional growth.
Bilingual in English and Spanish, and lives in Colorado with her husband and their two young adult children.
Email Gaby
Jenny Jewett
Guide
Former critical care and cardiac cath nurse from Boston to Alaska and co-founder of Spring Back Utah. Jenny pairs big dreams with a strong bias toward action.
Loves her two kids, Utah’s red rock canyons, and good coffee around a fire.
Email Jenny
Kristen Berger
Guide
Registered dietitian for over a decade, then a builder of women’s groups and church leadership. Kristen helps people reconnect with their strengths.
A Tampa native who spent two years in Alaska and now calls Colorado home with her four kids.
Email KristenIs this for you
A good fit, and when it isn’t
This is for you if
- You are in a season of change and want to understand yourself before you decide
- You have done the books and the assessments and still feel stuck
- You are ready to give one full day to yourself
It may not be right yet if
- You want someone to make the decision for you
- You are in crisis or working through trauma, where a counselor is the right first step
- You are looking for a weekend retreat to get away
You have been showing up for everyone. Let someone show up for you.
Start with the five-minute Thinking Zone and see how you are wired. When you are ready, a Discovery Call is thirty minutes with no pitch.