a lifestyle blog by Lauren Walsh
A few weeks ago, I had the chance to speak to a sports management class at Pepperdine University. During my time speaking, an extremely bright young girl asked a very valid question--one that I really wish didn't have to be a topic of conversation in and of itself. She asked how you can implement your [...]
Are you a female already working in the sports industry, or working towards a career in sports? If so, you are invited to my brand new Women In Sports E-Course Mentorship Program. I am taking my 10+ years of knowledge, resources, expertise, and networking, and sharing it with the women through this program. The best [...]
Show Up in Sports and in Life With so much still up in the air for the world of sports, I recently reflected on when I first entered the industry almost five years ago, and the comparable amount of uncertainty that existed for me back then as well. In any normal year, many powerhouse college [...]
Connecting on a Deeper Level One of the reasons that I love working within the world of strategic branding for professional athletes and influencers has absolutely nothing to do with the glitz and glamour. In fact, the parties, having my name on guest lists, and rubbing elbows with sought after "A-listers", doesn't do it for [...]
The Review and Revival of Sports Happy Tuesday beautiful people! If you’re like me, the recent slow but sure revival to broadcasted sports is life-giving to both the soul and one’s mental sanity. I had always been under the impression that a career in the sports industry had a slightly above average degree of job [...]
Identify Your Passion Ever since I started my company, I am constantly asked what it takes to venture out on an entrepreneurial endeavor. Lately, this question has been asked of me more than ever, so I am unveiling my secret with the hopes of inspiring a few more hustlers. You just have to go for [...]
More than Just a Means of Being Social It's hard to remember life before social media. For younger generations who have grown up with instant access to these platforms, it's hard to even imagine life without them. Yes, there was a time--in all honesty, this wasn’t that long ago--when the terms “scrolling,” “vanity metrics,” and [...]
In business--and in large part, my entire life--I have operated largely from trial and error. Even if an idea seems far-fetched or odd, I'll take the risk, try it out, and see where it goes. One of the cornerstone questions that I always ask myself when considering a risk, is what do I have to [...]
Happy Friday beautiful people! We have finally worked our way through each of my four personal branding series steps. Step 1: You Do Not Build a Brand, You are Your BrandStep 2: Document. Do not CreateStep 3: Leveraging Your MediumsStep 4: Start Now I can’t thank you enough for sticking with me, engaging so well, [...]
The Final Branding Step Happy Friday, beautiful people! We have finally made it to the last of four steps covering my Personal Branding 101 series. For those of you who have been keeping up with me over the past several Fridays, welcome back and thank you for continuing to show up! If this is the [...]
LIFE WITH LW 