WHAT WE DO
Conscious Pioneer works with professionals, self-starters and leaders who are ready to take life to the next level.
What does that mean? It means no more living on auto-pilot, or chasing your tail, feeling as if something is missing. It does mean taking the risk to LIVE LIKE YOU MEAN IT.
Through workshops, journeys to ancient sites, and one-on-one intensives, Laura and Luca guide individuals to develop their personal gifts and awareness and to merge these unique qualities with day to day life.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
You find the answers. Conscious Pioneer gives you the tools and guides you along the path to ask the necessary questions.
OUR ROOTS
Over eons, humans have tried to understand why we are here and what makes us tick. Every mystery school that has ever existed has worked to answer this question – defining the spiritual, magical part of ourselves that is connected to something larger.
At the same time we are practical human beings, working in our day to day world as professionals, parents, partners and “doers” of all kinds.
Day to day, we (Laura and Luca) are an architect and a doctor, parents, partners, teachers, and entrepreneurs, making our way in this fast-paced world. Our training in Toltec and shamanic lineages has connected us to that ineffable part of our human nature that can only be called magic. We first started sharing in this way in 2008 through One Community Programs, which now, in 2015 has evolved into Conscious Pioneer.
HOW WE WORK
In merging the traditional shamanic masteries of awareness, transformation and intent with our day to day life experience, we guide others on the paths of Explorer, Innovator and Luminary.
As an EXPLORER, we teach how to SEE the way we create our lives and how to gain awareness of our magical selves.
As an INNOVATOR, we guide how to BE an integrated human – merging our magical selves with the practicalities of our day to day selves.
As a LUMINARY, we facilitate how to SHARE our totally unique, integrated, creative selves with the world, walking the talk to LIVE LIKE YOU MEAN IT.
About Luca
“How’s life? It’s fine.”
Don’t we all have some version of this conversation?
It has taken a long time for me to get clear about how to make my life a powerful adventure and not just “fine”. First, I had to get real with me.
I studied with masters of shamanic teachings, Toltec wisdom and Andean traditions for many years trying to get real with myself. Interestingly, my search was always outside of me. What I finally realized is that I start my journey with me, I take each step with me, and I will some day (not soon) end with me. I, like everyone else, create my life with every choice I make.
Making choices boldly, taking responsibility for every choice (yep, both the good and the bad) and seeing what I create as a result of each choice is what gets me up in the morning. It turns out that this simple awareness about choice-making was the key to my freedom and happiness.
Fast forward through medical school, marriages, fatherhood, work and play, and a good amount of un-doing, I find that the journey to my own freedom is a base map I use to help others. Whether as patients in my medical practice or as travelers of Conscious Pioneer, guiding others to boldly choose their passion and dreams is the personal adventure I create every day.
This is what I’ve learned: life isn’t just a set of rules we all need to follow. It’s about stepping beyond the preconceived ideas of who we think we are, and really connecting, in an authentic and respectful way, with everyone who crosses our path. This is what fills my life with joy, and how, with my humor and candidness, I greet others. This takes me to my next level, to up my game, and choose with an even keener sense than before.
About Laura
Why play small? Why travel the well-worn path? These questions make me really excited – because life is just too short to do anything else!
I help professionals, leaders, and go-getters who are pretty successful in their chosen field discover the missing, magical ingredient to take their life/work/play to the next level. And while they’re at it, add a big dose of happiness and deep personal satisfaction to the mix.
Well, it took me a while to figure this out. I was a crazy, type-A maniac. You know: over achieving, ivy-league educated, self-demanding perfectionist, always exhausted. Truth be told, I still am, except for the exhausted part. The difference now (thanks to years of intensive Toltec and shamanic training) is that my choices and actions are driven with a keen awareness of what motivates me, my unique magic, and a connection to my core that keeps me both grounded and soaring at the same time. I evolved my totally unique blend of type-A professional and magically trained human and now create in the world as what I call a modern shaman.
The route to creating my life in this way crystallized into a core pioneering platform that I now share with others:
• Everyone, and I mean everyone, has a unique and necessary magic to share with this world. Yes unique, and absolutely necessary; no exceptions.
• Each step of your messy and glorious life journey hones your personal magic. You can find it, and it’s closer than you think.
• The no-holds-barred blending of your personal magic and your day to day world will guide you to your next level of creativity, impact, and happiness; guaranteed.
I adore raising my kids, running my businesses, digging in my garden, and driving my husband and partner Luca nuts with my non-stop, over-the-top ideas for new ways to create. It keeps me excited, energized, and crazy in love with life.