About Lara

Hi, I’m Lara!

Founder of Surrounded by Life, LLC

I love to help others open their connection with themselves.

I am dedicated to helping people feel seen and appreciated in their journey, and I know how much we all need community and care to thrive in life!

As a neurodivergent mystic and mom, I understand many intersections of joy and challenge in a person’s life. My work includes absolute respect for your own experience and is used to meet you where you are. I’m excited to live in a time where we can re-weave the beautiful tapestry of our complex lives into social awareness and community. It is also a challenging time, and I believe in the power of loving community to support and witness our journeys.

My purpose is to help you feel connected to your own life, wisdom, and center, and facilitate ways for you to develop your own strong practices and belief in yourself. You can see me as a caring hand who offers connection and community.

I am a devotee to the flow of Divine Love in our world, as well as an animist, druid, and earth-based pagan. I believe we are each a conscious facet of a larger conscious Universe seeking to continue its growth through us. We are both divine and earthly, and this causes tremendous challenge that shapes our journey in life.

I value communication to create new understanding and work together. You can reach out to me with any questions or issues you want to address.

My favorite work is helping people connect with and trust their own abilities and wisdom.

This includes seeing each person with respect, training guidance skills for every day use, and honoring the universal sovereignty in each of us.

Being awake to your own connection to the life around you is a beautiful thing. I am proud to be awakened and awakening. It is my purpose to help others experience their own innate connections as well.

Joy is the best way to learn and shift habits and beliefs!

Joy allows us to be open to possibilities, hope, and flow. I believe in fostering joy in spiritual practice, to deeply reach the seed of Divine Love that lives in each of us and gives us life and vitality.

My Experience

I have been growing with a focus on healing modalities for more than 20 years.

I have been reading tarot and oracle cards for almost 20 years, and I love fostering an awareness of its benefits in community and personal life. I started hosting community events in 2010 over 15 years ago, and I love to create space for people to come together and share their joy and curiosity. We still hold a monthly tarot meetup at our local bookstore - it’s a lovely experience to grow with new and experienced readers, as well as those who are curious about card reading and want to learn more.

I am very interested in spiritual guidance in the larger community.

TRAININGS + EDUCATION

  • Brigid’s Grove’s Practical Priestessing Certification

  • Alana Fairchild’s Soul Guidance and Sacred Mentoring Certification

  • Hay House Certified Card Reader

  • Reiki Certification

  • Texas Licensed Massage Therapist

  • Member of the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids in the Ovate Grade

  • Biddy Tarot’s Tarot Certification (in progress)

  • Rebecca Campbell’s Oracle Card Reading Certification (in progress)

  • 13 Moon Mystery School Priestess Training (in progress)

  • BA in Anthropology, Arizona State University (2025)

To help others feel safe and more comfortable in their bodies, I held a massage license through the state of Texas for 8 years, until relinquishing it due to chronic physical illness.

My Teachers:

I give such immense gratitude for the amazing people who have guided me and continue to inspire me with their work.

You can find more about them at the links below!