Heavenly Human
Welcome to the Heavenly Human podcast where we help you pause and pivot toward true fulfillment.
Have you ever felt that stirring deep inside — that quiet voice telling you there's something more for your life? That feeling that despite all your success, something still feels missing?
We’ve been there. We are you. Three years ago, co-host Laura King was at the peak of her career as an Executive Recruiter. On paper, she had it all. Awards, accolades, and a healthy bank account. But each night, she’d come home feeling slightly off, a bit disconnected, and wondering, "Is this it?"
In 2023, it all came crashing down with a triple diagnosis - severe anxiety, ADHD, and sleep issues. Her body was screaming what her heart had been whispering for years. There was another path. There was another way of being.
Co-host Mondo experienced a similar calling. Three years ago, he was living what many would consider the dream — a successful startup founder with a six-figure lifestyle. Then, his heart called him to something radical: surrendering 99% of his material possessions to pursue a completely different path.
What Laura and Mondo both discovered through deep conversations, healing, tears, breakthroughs, and countless moments of growth was that we were being called to our unique sliver of Heaven on Earth — what we now call, Heavenly Human.
We've now joined forces to create this podcast, sharing what we've learned with other believers who feel that same nudge toward something more meaningful. We're here to guide you toward fulfillment through the embodiment of heaven on earth.
Peace, Love, Joy, Freedom, Abundance.
It’s all waiting for you.
"Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
Heavenly Human
Why I Take My Shoes Off in the Front Yard
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Every morning at 6:30 AM, I stand barefoot in my front yard, arms stretched toward the sun in what I jokingly call my "suburban sunrise symphony." My neighbors have definitely noticed, and I've officially become "that woman" on our block – but I wouldn't have it any other way. This five-minute ritual has become my daily reset button, transforming how I show up for myself and others.
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Welcome to Peak of the Week
Speaker 1Hey , it's Laura , and welcome to your Peak of the Week , where we bridge the gap between external success and internal fulfillment on this Heavenly Human podcast . So if you would like to actually receive these emails from me on a weekly basis , head over to lauraekingcom and there will be a pop-up that invites you to join Peak of the Week , or you'll see it on the homepage . I have so many good things brewing . Mondo has so many good things brewing . We have lots of things brewing and our sincere desire is to make content that truly speaks to you . So keep reaching out , keep sending us a text , keep letting us know how these messages are hitting .
Barefoot Morning Ritual Explained
Speaker 1So let's get into this week why I take my shoes off in the front yard and other weird things that keep me grounded . I take my shoes off in the front yard and other weird things that keep me grounded . Every morning at 6.30 am , you'll find me standing barefoot in my front yard in whatever I slept in . Okay , sometimes I actually dress like I'm going to go out for a run , arms stretched towards the sun , like I'm conducting some kind of suburban sunrise symphony . My neighbors have definitely noticed . I'm pretty sure I'm officially that woman on the block now and you know what ? I don't care anymore , because this weird five-minute ritual has become the difference between starting my day as myself versus immediately becoming who I think everyone else needs me to be . So here's what really happens out there . I step onto that cool grass , feel the earth beneath my feet and something inside me just settles . All the mental noise from yesterday settles . All the mental noise from yesterday . The client emergencies , the boy's soccer schedules , the endless parade of urgent everything , all the unanswered emails and text messages it all gets absorbed into the ground .
Speaker 1Science calls it grounding or earthing . I call it remembering I'm human . Those five minutes become my daily check-in with what's real , my reset button , my reminder that I'm not a walking to-do list in yoga pants although I tend to wear lots of yoga pants . I'm a soul trying to stay awake in a world designed to put me to sleep . For years I would have been mortified by what people thought Old Laura started every day frantically scrolling her phone , answering client requests , anxiety already brewing before she'd even brushed her teeth .
Speaker 1But here's what life has taught me the most grounding practices often look the most unconventional and , honestly , people judging your weird
Finding Your Own Grounding Practice
Speaker 1are usually the ones who need grounding most . Maybe your body might be asking for something like this . It might not be my barefoot mornings , okay . Maybe it's talking to yourself in the mirror like actual conversations , not just affirmations . Dancing in your kitchen , putting your phone on airplane mode for your first hour awake , asking your body before saying yes to anything , taking three breaths in your car before walking into work , writing three messy sentences about how you actually feel and crying when you need to . Here is your assignment . Stop crying , performing normal . Stop performing normal . Start honoring what actually brings you back to yourself .
Speaker 1What would change if you stopped worrying about looking polished and started prioritizing feeling grounded ? I used to think being successful meant having everything perfectly controlled and composed . Now I know it means staying connected to who I actually am , even when especially when it looks strange to others , look strange to others . My morning barefoot routine doesn't prevent chaos from happening , but it gives me a completely different starting point for meeting it . Instead of reacting from old patterns , I respond from centeredness . My kids notice the difference . My husband
Embracing Weirdness and Authenticity
Speaker 1notices , my clients definitely notice .
Speaker 1When you're grounded in yourself , you give everyone else permission to find their solid ground too . So what grounds you Seriously , what grounds you ? The beautiful thing about grounding is they don't require a life overhaul . They're micro moves , small , consistent choices that gradually shift everything . Your version might be weird to everyone else . It just needs to work for you . So here's my gentle challenge what's one small , potentially weird thing you could do this week to feel more like you ? Maybe it's a practice you've been curious about but felt too busy for . Maybe it's saying no to something that sounds good but feels heavy . Maybe it's having an honest conversation instead of another polished performance . Start where you are . Trust what's calling to you . Trust what's calling to you . And I'll be on the one on the front yard , arms up , feet down , probably looking like a complete absurd . That's all right . I'm feeling like more like myself than I have ever . Well , one weird thing is waiting to ground you with deep belief in your magnificence . How about that ? So one big thing that I am trying to teach my four boys is that being weird is really cool .
Speaker 1Because I grew up feeling like the oddball , like someone who was so different than everyone else . I had such big emotions . I wasn't like other people . I felt things so deeply . I wasn't like other people . I felt things so deeply . I wasn't like other people , even sometimes in environments where I I should have felt safe . I should have felt safe . I didn't feel safe and that weighs on you over time .
Speaker 1So it is so critical for me as a parent to enforce with my children that this is a safe environment for them to be who they are , that they don't have to pretend to be someone else in order to make me happy or their dad happy or anyone else happy . Now , yes , there are some . Yeah , we teach them lots of life lessons and ways of being and respect . Don't get me wrong , but I encourage the weird . I regularly encourage the weird , and I like to think that this is going to make a huge difference in the next generation , as they are so comfortable being authentically who they are instead of someone like me , who felt like I had to be someone I wasn't for so many years
Tuning Into Your True Self
Speaker 1until I woke up and I'm like who am I ? Like ? This is not me . I am acting a character in a movie that I am not even directing , so why don't I put myself back in the director's seat and say how does this get to go ? How does this get to feel ?
Speaker 1Because I don't know about you , but there's been a lot of extreme circumstances and situations and I've been at way too many funerals over the last year to know that it is so precious . This is so precious and it's here for you . The sunset is here for you , the giggles are here for you . The belting a song at the top of your lungs is here for you . I mean , insert whatever you want , it's here for you . We didn't come here to struggle . We did not come here to entangle with fear . We came to realize that we are actually way more powerful in that we control our thoughts and therefore we control our experience of this life . And when you begin to wake up to this oh my goodness , life just comes alive . You start seeing things that you never saw before . For me , it was like oh my gosh , I have never really listened to the birds chirp before . And yes , I am that weird . I'm like oh my gosh , the birds are chirping . Get weird . Get in touch with you , tune out the noise of the world and tune into you .