Hello, and welcome to my website.
I am Laina Orlando, founder of The Center for Awareness, LLC, author of The Power of Awareness (POA) Workshops, and Awareness Coach. If you’ve found this site and are reading these words now, then chances are you are looking for more out of life than what you are currently experiencing. I am thrilled and honored that you stopped by and look forward to sharing my story with you. Thank you!
I felt I was an average person who wore many hats; mother of three amazing children, wife, daughter, sister, friend, teacher, student, coach, realtor, sales rep, waitress, volunteer…and the list goes on. Now that I am living the life of my dreams I recognize that I am a spiritual being having a human experience….and boy, oh boy, have I been human!
My Spiritual Journey began in 2002, when my mother passed away. After that profound loss, I found myself feeling depressed, scared, empty, sad, lonely, glad she finally died, and then feeling guilty for feeling glad she died. These are just a few of the emotions that clouded my life for several years.
My life began to change when a friend suggested I attend a week long seminar. There I learned that the “past does not exist”…so now, I added confused to my list! You mean I was crying over something that didn’t even exist? Was I going crazy??? I needed to know, if the past truly didn’t exist, why was I suffering so much? What kind of joke was God playing on me?
As I began to awaken from living in an unconscious slumber, I went into a four year pursuit of knowledge. I attended many courses. I read hundreds of books. I participated in numerous group discussions. Acting as a sponge thirsting for knowledge I signed up for just about every workshop I could attend…all in search of the Truth of “who am I”?
During this search, I thought I was learning, but I was actually unlearning most of what I knew about humanity and myself. That, my friends, was the “dark night of the soul,” when I began to confront myself. My quest was to discover who the heck am I? My life was unraveling, while I pretended I was keeping it all together. I was the quintessential desperate housewife!
My marriage at the time of 16 years was falling apart, I was dealing with a depressed and hormonal 14 year old daughter, and I was integrating a newly adopted 6 year old son into our family while he coped with the grief of losing his birth parents, who had succumbed to AIDS. I was also trying my best to ensure that our 6 year old birth son wasn’t feeling ignored as his brother’s and sister’s drama took center stage. In addition, one of the most important friendships of my life was dissolving. I was overwhelmed with volunteer commitments (after all, as the perfect suburban housewife, I had to look like I had it all together) and to add a little extra drama for good measure, I was switching careers from stay at home mom to real estate agent…oh, did I mention our house was undergoing major renovations? Talk about chaos! Thank God I can laugh at all of this now.
Through all of this, my ego was losing its power and my heart began to soar. Now, I am creating a magnificent life, complete with rich relationships, especially with my former husband, Phillip, my children, my family, and the friends that supported me through my darkest days. I am also attracting into my life delicious new friendships. Looking back, I wouldn’t trade a single moment of my journey, because every step of it took me closer to finding the real ME. The toughest part was going through this process alone. I didn’t have anyone with a level of consciousness who completely understood what I was going through, or could explain to me what might lay ahead. It would have been less frightening and less overwhelming had I known that all of my experiences were for a purpose.
Looking back, I feel fortunate to have had these experiences as these are the gifts I am now able to share with others in similar situations. Now I am passionately and humbly inspired to act as a guide for anyone willing to undertake the ultimate journey – the journey of self awareness.
So, if you want a traveling companion, on your spiritual journey, you are in luck because I would be honored to be your guide!
As you gain awareness of the workings of your mind, you can then heal childhood wounds, stop the drama, and embrace the lessons of the past. Then you can step powerfully into the present and enjoy the magnificent life that is yours right now!
The Power of Awareness workshops are dedicated to all the courageous souls that are ready to take personal responsibility for their life. You inspire me!
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You are magnificent…Yes you are!
Namaste.
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Don't be satisfied with stories of how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.Rumi
