Laurie Shopland Coaching

Laurie Shopland Coaching Life Coach

Helping successful women feel happier at work and at home.

08/17/2026

Today would have been my parents’ 69th wedding anniversary. 🤍

I’m feeling especially grateful for the beautiful life they built and all they taught us about love, faith and family.

Thinking of them—and missing them—today.

The strongest women I know aren’t the ones who do it all alone. 🤍Sometimes strength looks like saying, “I could use some...
08/13/2026

The strongest women I know aren’t the ones who do it all alone. 🤍

Sometimes strength looks like saying, “I could use some help.”

Save this for the day you need the reminder—or share it with a strong woman who carries a lot. ✨

08/12/2026

Strong women ask for help too. 🤍

Tag a woman below who carries a lot and remind her she doesn’t have to carry it all alone.

Let’s be women who remind other women that asking for help is a strength—not a weakness.

And follow along for more ways to move beyond overwhelm and make more room for joy. 💫

There was a time when I would have hidden from a leadership role like serving as Chair of the Langley Chamber Women’s Bu...
08/12/2026

There was a time when I would have hidden from a leadership role like serving as Chair of the Langley Chamber Women’s Business Network.

I would have questioned whether I belonged at the table. Whether I had enough to offer. Whether someone else could do it better.

And had I listened to those thoughts, I would have missed all of this.

These incredible women. 🤍
The friendships we’ve built.
And the opportunity to be part of a network that now brings together more than 300 women in our community.

I wonder how much we miss when we hide from the very places we’re being called to step into.

So if you’ve been holding back, doubting yourself, or wondering if there’s really a place for you at the table, let this be your reminder:

There is.

The world needs what you uniquely have to offer.

There is so much waiting on the other side of trusting yourself enough to step forward. 🤍

Celebrating three years of the Greater Langley Chamber Women’s Business Network with this incredible committee. So grateful for each of these women, for what we’ve built together, and for the 300+ women who have pulled up a chair and become part of this community. 🤍

So grateful each of you:
Dana George
Carly Moir
Andrea Woo ❤️
Shannon Owen | Fraser Valley Mortgage Broker
Forever Kind
Haleh Magnus
Pop Studio Balloons | Cloverdale Balloons
SORORA MEDICAL + LASER | LANGLEY | DERMATOLOGY | AESTHETICS

A little reminder for all the capable women out there. 🤍You don’t have to prove how capable you are by carrying it all.S...
08/11/2026

A little reminder for all the capable women out there. 🤍

You don’t have to prove how capable you are by carrying it all.

Send this to another woman who might need the reminder today. ✨

08/11/2026

Being capable of carrying it all doesn’t mean you have to. 🤍

Know a woman who could use this reminder today?
Send it her way.💫

08/06/2026

PART 2

Yesterday I shared how I caught myself looking for validation instead of trusting what I already knew to be true.

Today, I want to share what happened next.

The moment I stopped looking for someone else’s permission, fear quickly stepped in with a new story…

“It’s too much money.”

“The timing isn’t great.”

“Maybe you should wait.”

The interesting part?

I hadn’t even stopped to ask myself the most important question:

Is this actually the right decision for me?

Fear was making the decision before I’d even considered the possibilities.

That awareness changed everything.

I’ve learned that one of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves isn’t making perfect decisions.

It’s learning to recognize whether we’re making decisions from fear or from trust.

Because fear focuses on what something might cost.

Trust considers what’s possible.

That has become one of the greatest lessons of my life—which is why it’s included in my guide, 58 Lessons That Helped Me Trust Myself Again.

I didn’t write it because I’ve mastered these lessons.

I wrote it because I’m still learning them.

If trusting yourself a little more is something you’re working on too, comment 58 below, and I’ll personally send you a copy.

08/05/2026

Ever notice how quickly we look outside ourselves for answers?

This week, I caught myself doing exactly that.

I was invited to a coaching workshop in October that I knew in my heart I wanted to attend. I could already feel the excitement of being there.

And yet… before I even trusted that feeling, I asked Jim what he thought.

Not because I needed his opinion.

Because I wanted his validation.

That realization stopped me in my tracks.

How often do we already know what’s right for us, but look for someone else to tell us it’s okay?

I’ve learned that every time I do that, I’m handing over a little piece of my self-trust.

The good news?

Awareness is 80% of the work.

The moment we notice what we’re doing, we have the opportunity to choose differently.

I’m curious…

Where in your life have you been looking for validation instead of trusting what you already know?

Tomorrow I’ll share what happened next—because what I uncovered surprised me, and it completely changed the way I made my decision.

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