Lauren Haynes of Wooden Spoon Herbs shares how she's grown her business and how a conscious business can support a community. You’ll also hear about: How Lauren manifested the home of her dreams - by speaking her dreams out loud  What happened when Lauren quit her waitressing job, and worked on Wooden Spoon Herbs full-time  Getting comfortable with spending money on your business  Knowing when and how to seek help in growing your business  ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership!  Join like-hearted folks in a sacred container and community where you'll: Connect deeply to yourself, others, nature & spirit Learn to trust your intuition Activate your Earth magic Expand your healing & divination skills Put your intuition into practice in everyday life Stop feeling lonely on your spiritual path Embody & express your creative power & truths Experience safe space without agenda or judgement When you join the Collective, you get access to all of our past workshops, any live workshops happening while you're a member, live weekly energetic reset calls, monthly community rituals, all the secret episodes, member-run meetups to explore magical topics, and a lively members only forum (that's not on FB!). ▶▶▶ Learn more and sign up for the Collective membership here: https://www.earthspeak.love/collective ***** Lauren Haynes is a Clinical herbalist, and the founder and mother to Wooden Spoon Herbs - a conduit between the plant realm and one’s personal practice, offering guidance on the plant pilgrimage to all who seek it. Lauren is currently living in Georgia, where she runs her business from her cabin in the woods. Lauren sells herbal medicines on her online apothecary, which is relaunching with it’s rebrand this June! Check out Lauren’s stockists on her website.  In this interview we discuss how a foot injury helped Lauren to quit her waitressing job and take on Wooden Spoon Herbs full-time. We also chat about Lauren’s evolution from a plant enthusiast to a business woman and the evolution of Wooden Spoon Herbs from a side hustle to Lauren’s dream of providing medicine to thousands of people for years to come. We also get into the nitty gritty of knowing when and how to seek out help in growing your business.  In this episode, we talk about: Loving the land we call home - whilst holding grief for Indigenous peoples, stories and places  How Lauren manifested the home of her dreams - by speaking her dreams out loud Co-creating dreams with the land  Being rewarded by taking intuitive leaps of faith How Lauren quit her waitressing job and took on Wooden Spoon Herbs full-time  How to tend to and nourish the lifeforce of your business  Offering your business the resources it needs to thrive  Why Lauren questioned - “Do I still have integrity if I'm not putting the herbs in the jar?” Wooden Spoon Herbs as a matchmaker for plants and people  How growing a business can support a community  Cultivating a direction for you and your business  Asking for help and hiring a business coach How to inspire love and care for your business - in the people that work for you  Lauren chats about resting hard and working hard  An exciting rebrand for Wooden Spoon Herbs  And more! Bonus Secret Episode! Get the secret episode with Lauren Haynes on attuning to the energetic communications of plants, at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret. Links: Get the Body Speak: Intro to Somatic Therapy workshop at https://www.earthspeak.love/shopnow Learn more about Lauren Haynes’ offerings at woodenspoonherbs.com  Connect with Lauren Haynes on Instagram @woodenspoonherbs // https://www.instagram.com/woodenspoonherbs/  Connect with Lauren Haynes on Facebook @woodenspoonherbs  Follow Lauren on Pinterest at www.pinterest.com./wooden_spoon/ Get the secret episodes at https://www.earthspeak.love/secret References: Skullcap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutellaria Sumac https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhus_typhina Sassafras https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassafras Blue M