Lauren Nietschke

Lauren Nietschke

Fellow

Current Country

Australia 🇦🇺

Current City

Barossa Valley, South Australia (Home)

Intuition

Cultivating inner knowing

A question currently animating me about the inner life/spirit is:

How can I see parts of my less as blocks and more as a continuation?

September 3, 2025

A question currently animating me about the outer world/universe/multiverse is:

How can our diets influence our place and responsibility in caring for Mother Earth?

September 3, 2025

The practices I’m finding most helpful at the moment are:

Rest,Time in Nature

September 3, 2025

A moment I noticed my inner light kindled this month was:

When I was able to expand my thinking by learning from young leaders throughout my state! Earlier this month I attended a young leaders conference and ended up leaving with so many uplifting stories of youth action and leadership in South Australia!

September 3, 2025

A moment I noticed my inner light dwindled this month was:

Turning 18 was a weird feeling for me. While exciting and fun to celebrate, I also felt confused and overwhelmed too. Growing up and leaving my childhood behind is scary, and I feel like those feelings really coincide with my fear/excitement around my travels, beginning in Sept.

September 3, 2025

Courage

Aligning action

Assumptions I'm examining right now are:

Leadership,Time/Attention

September 3, 2025

I originally assumed:

I used to think that leadership was defined by the person who what the loudest and most confident.

September 3, 2025

These assumptions are changing:

Now I sense that good leaders step back and uplift those they lead. Good leaders have a healthy balance between giving and listening.

September 3, 2025

A moment I stepped out of my comfort zone this month was:

Facilitating a group of 50 people! It was something I had never done before, but a very rewarding and enriching experience!

September 3, 2025

Compassion

Engaged Empathy

Something that is helping me build trusting relationships here is:

Doug and I have tea time every Friday before our group session! It’s great!

September 3, 2025

Digital Detox Retreat

Number of days I've gone without technology

Number of days I've gone without technology

4

Gratitude

Peers I'm grateful for:

Douglas Teixeira de Queiroz Santos

Doug! It has been absolutely wonderful being able to get to know you more. Our conversations throughout the past couple of weeks have been so enriching and have really made me think more introspectively about my life, the world, and travel in general <3

September 3, 2025

Catalina Cox

Thank you for your support with helping me navigate timezones! From helping me throughout the UWC app process to even now over 3 yrs later I'm really so grateful for everything you have supported me with <3

July 28, 2025

Peers who have expressed gratitude for me:

Lydia Belz

reaching out to me when the flight school first started. It helped me to feel more like I was joining a community.

August 5, 2025