Author Archives: Laurie Gerber

Head Coach

Time is your life’s currency. Is your balance low?

What feels better than a day in which all of your to-dos are crossed off the list? The rare experience of “getting it all done” is empowering, thrilling, and deeply satisfying on all levels. But for every day that we master time, we undoubtedly log twice as many days in which we feel the pressure […]

This 7-Word Mantra Saves Me Every Time I Feel Anxious

“You would never meet me and think, this woman has anxiety. I walk into rooms wearing electric-berry lipsticks, flamboyant outfits (I’ve never met a ruffle I didn’t like), and tend to hold my head up and shoulders back (thanks to years of dance training). As a native New Yorker, I can be loud, bold, and assertive. […]

TO BE(TROTH) OR NOT TO BE(TROTH)

I love coaching people about love, unraveling their thought patterns, and helping them face the truth, so they can make the change and find who and what they so deeply desire. The process we devised at HG isn’t complicated; in fact, it’s so straightforward that we find we can apply it to many different types […]

3 H’s Guide to Finding the One with Free People

If you are TRULY done playing blind man’s bluff when it comes to love, join us for a hot and heated presentation on HG’s wildly honest, BS-free dating method: 3H’s Guide™ to Finding the One. At this lively, unabashed session with Free People,  you will take a look at which of the 3H’s–the head, heart, […]

Did you ALMOST have a date night?

Imagine this. You’ve decided that this is the year to make your relationship the best it can be. You schedule special, weekly date nights with your S.O. (which yes, includes a plan for mind-blowing sex). And then, lo and behold … you do it! Now ask yourself this—what do you feel? Are you terribly  disappointed […]

Design Your Year at the JCC

Join HG senior coach Laurie Gerber for an insightful, thought-provoking workshop, Design Your Year. Whether you want to take on your career, love life, health, family and/or bank account in the New Year, Laurie will help you wake up to your dreams and get into the right actions to realize them. You will leave this […]

Instead of Making a Resolution, Why Not Dream Big for The New Year?

Say you’re sitting at a table with your four closest friends. Each one of you makes a New Year’s resolution—to lose weight, spend less, travel more … etc. But guess how many of you will keep that resolution?  According to research, just ONE of you will keep the resolution. Ouch. So what’s the catch? How […]

Family Matters :: Tele-Talk

“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.”  Tom Robbins If you just rolled your eyes at the above quote or your head just muttered something about the fact that clearly I haven’t met YOUR family––you’ve come to the right place. Family is so important, and unresolved issues leave us deeply impacted, no matter […]

Talk about an inconvenient truth! How I cleaned up my own toxic spill.

Allow me to blow my own horn. I’ve acted as Co-President and President of HG Life for 12 years. In that time, I’ve coached thousands individuals and couples. I’ve had six-figure sales years. I’ve been quoted in dozens of articles and appeared on TV. I know I’ve fixed hundreds of lives and changed toxic relationships […]

BFF: Building Fearless Friendships at the JCC

Ready to build long lasting friendships that matter? Fostering fearless friendships is a skill you can learn. If you are longing to bring a whole new level of intimacy to your tribe or cultivate a new community, you’ve come to the right place. Join Laurie Gerber, Co-President of HG Life and expert coach for a […]

Extenuating Circumstances? Just Say No.

At HG we believe we humans should occupy our bodies in a state of power, grace, and self-love. Does this mean we all look like cover models? No. Does this mean it’s OK if we’ve got a little extra “winter weight” (in the fall!) because society is so obsessed with looks? Nope, not that either. […]

The Recipe for Delicious Friendships

Now here’s a line I’m sure you’ve heard (or said) before: “If it weren’t for people, I’d get a lot more done.” Okay, it’s pretty clear to most of us how sound that statement seems, but how about how miserly, mischievous, and borderline-mean it actually is? Especially for us “enLIGHTened” folk. As co-president of HG […]