is a new and fumbling mom. She's dedicated to raising her baby Charlie with the same Unity values that she learned growing up, and she's constantly amazed at how difficult such a simple purpose can really be in practice. Laura is also a freelance writer of children's stories and a published author in the field of business management. In what she calls her previous life, Laura spent 10 years as a broadcast news writer and reporter. She attends Unity Temple on the Plaza in Kansas City.

is a licensed and ordained Unity minister serving as Associate Minister at Unity Church of the Triangle in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her decade of experience in music therapy and special education, including over eight years of research and experimentation in the field of conscious parenting, gives her a passion for empowering parents and children to live from an awareness of their inner wisdom and divine birthright. She currently co-hosts the weekly Unity.FM show "Spiritual Parenting in Unity."