My Story
Early Years
My mum describes me as a little girl with a strong sense of self, full of emotions, opinions, and drive constantly questioning everything and everyone. Growing up, I often felt frustrated by the constraints of life and the limited thinking of adults. I was raised in a safe, loving home with both parents present, but it was framed by a “9–5” mindset protected, structured, but not very spontaneous. Even as a child, I craved freedom. Looking back, I was incredibly privileged, yet what stuck with me most was our family’s relationship to money. I’d often hear, “We can’t afford that.” Those words planted deep roots. From a young age, I longed to experience life without limitation.
I never liked “no” as a final answer. I always believed there was another route and would often speak or act on it, regardless of my age. At 14, I begged the manager of our local shop to give me a job despite the legal age being 16. He agreed after I worked unpaid and he applied for a permit. My citizenship teacher once wrote, “Laura loves to debate and question.” It was true. I thrived on questioning, challenging defaults, and exploring new ways of thinking. I worked through a mix of logic, intuition, and facts, but at my core there’s always been a fire for fairnessfor every voice to be seen and heard beyond privilege, upbringing, or circumstance.
After school, I trained at a conservatoire and earned a degree in musical theatre. At 22, I flew to Canada to pursue acting in TV (a path I only secured after reapplying and personally calling the head teacher who had first rejected me). I gained experience on screen and as a showgirl in Vegas, but I didn’t find freedom there. Even with success, I was objectified and sexualised until it became normalised in both professional and personal spaces. For such a strong young woman, I still fell into what society told me: that worth and success came from being desirable and how I looked. Yet even as I conformed, my integrity always pulled me out. What I truly wanted was happiness. I thought success and money equalled freedom, and freedom equalled happiness. But I learned it was never that simple.
Building my 1st Business
I returned to the UK in 2014, working in a gym, and met a girl who had the same dreams and mindset as me. That year we made a plan to start a business in property. We borrowed money to invest in mentors for a year. Over 5 years we built our lettings company heavily without social media through trial and error. Consistency, faith, and in reflection a lot of vulnerable action. I believe nothing beats doing, with great mentors, when learning. We created a business model that was slightly different in our area so we could team up with local agents. We would cold walk into intimidating offices to hear so many no’s before a year later hearing a yes. Skip to 2019, That was where I personally had a challenging time. Truth was, I wasn’t ‘in love’ or motivated to build that business any longer. But I loved it, I was proud of it. I was proud we built something into 6 figures when we had so many challenges. I also always had this deep love for the construct of businesses and building them. I think younger Laura felt quite accomplished but at 29 I was missing a sense of purpose.
I picked up a professional camera in 2017 and self-taught myself photography. The creative in me felt fulfilled after loosing that in the industry and responsibilities of the directorship. Mainly revisiting an industry I had been connected to younger and having the ability to empower women this time, calling and well, creating the shots. Ensuring they felt safe, seen, and respected. I had the pleasure of shooting around the world with brands and individuals.
In 2020, I resigned as director of Live with Laura with a quiet knowing that my next chapter was about guiding others. I trusted that instinct and invested most of what I’d walked away with from the business into working with an incredible mentor Rebecca Cross who I had originally met under my first mentorship for my property business. I thought I needed accountability, but what she gave me was much deeper. She helped me peel back layers I hadn’t even realised were there, showing me how energy and expansion worked, and that money could flow naturally when we lead from who we truly are instead of just exchanging time for it, and in that shift, something remarkable happened: I realised I never felt like I was “working.” I felt truly free. The fulfilment came not from chasing success, but from helping others find and build from their truth. That has become my honour and greatest privilege to make money by guiding and supporting others to create aligned businesses and lives.
My twenties had been spent chasing wealth through paths that didn’t honour who I really was. I let the world decide how I was valued, how success should look, and what made me visible. Now I see clearly how much of business has been shaped by patriarchal systems that suppress individuality, creativity, and balance. Through my own growth, I became passionate about helping others break out of that mould too.
To date, I’ve personally mentored 20+ entrepreneurs on long, invested journeys supporting them as they uncover their truest selves and build businesses that bring both freedom and fulfilment. I’ve also held event spaces designed for people to feel seen, heard, and connected, helping them realise they are not alone in carrying societal expectations, generational conditioning, or cultural limitations.
Then, at 33, I made my boldest move yet. I left my entire life in England without family, connections, or certainty and followed only intuition to Sydney. It felt terrifying, but I knew it was right. Sydney gave me more than a new home: it became the place where my soul felt safe enough to heal, to exhale, and to build. Surrounded by ocean, nature, and community, I began constructing The House of Me my own inner blueprint, finally rooted in truth.
That personal build became the foundation for what I now teach. Out of my own process and experience I innovated The House of Business™: a framework to help others design lives and businesses grounded in who they truly are. Chapter by chapter, I’m now writing it into a book guiding readers as if I were their project manager, supporting them to build The House of You and The House of Business™ side by side.
Sydney has become both my home and my teacher. It’s where I learned to trust my intuition more deeply, expanded my clairsentient gifts, and shaped the framework into what it is today. Looking back, every time I’ve trusted the scary decision, it has led me closer to freedom, truth, and the work I was meant to do.
Learning my Purpose
Thank you for being here.
May you always feel safe to be brave and live from your truth,
