Lara Wellman
@larawellman.bsky.social
Author of You’re Not Lazy, in a deep stage of self-discovery, very left, trans ally, mama bear, and a bunch of other things too. She/her
Boundaries are a hot topic! What do you think about our take on them in this episode of Unboxing it? @mavenofmayhem.bsky.social
28: Are we setting too many boundaries?
And is it making us lonelier?
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November 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Boundaries are a hot topic! What do you think about our take on them in this episode of Unboxing it? @mavenofmayhem.bsky.social
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Rowan recently had a health scare and we tackled this topic in the middle of it. Uncertainty can be really tough. We shared some of our perspectives on what can help.
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22: Embracing Uncertainty
Because Anxiety Loves it When We Don't
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October 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Rowan recently had a health scare and we tackled this topic in the middle of it. Uncertainty can be really tough. We shared some of our perspectives on what can help.
open.substack.com/pub/unboxing...
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Have any of you tried a Skool community? I tempted to create one but also have never been in one…
September 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Have any of you tried a Skool community? I tempted to create one but also have never been in one…
As two people who have been online a lot and for a long time, and been asked “who cares?!” a lot, @mavenofmayhem.bsky.social and I tackled the topic of being online in this week’s episode of the podcast
20: Who we are online (and why)
Personas, curation and oversharing on our 20th episode(!)
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September 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
As two people who have been online a lot and for a long time, and been asked “who cares?!” a lot, @mavenofmayhem.bsky.social and I tackled the topic of being online in this week’s episode of the podcast
Once upon a time a time I thought 70 was so old I wouldn’t want to live past that age. Thankfully my idea of what aging means and how it can feel has changed!
Thank you Dani for joining Rowan and I on the podcast this week! @mavenofmayhem.bsky.social @curiouscrone.bsky.social
Thank you Dani for joining Rowan and I on the podcast this week! @mavenofmayhem.bsky.social @curiouscrone.bsky.social
19: Aging and Your Career with Dani Donders
Much of society thinks of retirement as the end of something important.
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September 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Once upon a time a time I thought 70 was so old I wouldn’t want to live past that age. Thankfully my idea of what aging means and how it can feel has changed!
Thank you Dani for joining Rowan and I on the podcast this week! @mavenofmayhem.bsky.social @curiouscrone.bsky.social
Thank you Dani for joining Rowan and I on the podcast this week! @mavenofmayhem.bsky.social @curiouscrone.bsky.social
I’ve been overwhelmed by the expectations put on me by the world, and also catch myself putting unrealistic (or potentially harmful) expectations on the people around me. That’s what @mavenofmayhem.bsky.social and I talk about on this week’s episode of Unboxing It.
18: Expectations
In which we toss some rules into the sea
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September 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I’ve been overwhelmed by the expectations put on me by the world, and also catch myself putting unrealistic (or potentially harmful) expectations on the people around me. That’s what @mavenofmayhem.bsky.social and I talk about on this week’s episode of Unboxing It.
Have you ever heaed of aphantasia? I’ve got it and it means I can’t visualize. We talk about it and other cool ways brains are different in this week’s podcast!
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17: On the differences in all of our brains
Or: Neurodivergence is the actually the norm
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August 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Have you ever heaed of aphantasia? I’ve got it and it means I can’t visualize. We talk about it and other cool ways brains are different in this week’s podcast!
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@mavenofmayhem.bsky.social and I had another great conversation for this week’s podcast.
We talk about when things get hard again.
How easy it is to feel badly about getting help.
How much resistance we can have to getting help.
And most of all that getting help is good.
We talk about when things get hard again.
How easy it is to feel badly about getting help.
How much resistance we can have to getting help.
And most of all that getting help is good.
15: Talking mental health and asking for help
Or: Rowan Goes Back on His Meds
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August 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
@mavenofmayhem.bsky.social and I had another great conversation for this week’s podcast.
We talk about when things get hard again.
How easy it is to feel badly about getting help.
How much resistance we can have to getting help.
And most of all that getting help is good.
We talk about when things get hard again.
How easy it is to feel badly about getting help.
How much resistance we can have to getting help.
And most of all that getting help is good.
Our latest episode is out. We got to talk about gender and allyship with Stevie Bees, designer of one of my favourite shirts.
Ps before or after you listen to this episode, go check out their site and you can get a shirt of your own! steviesafespaces.com
Ps before or after you listen to this episode, go check out their site and you can get a shirt of your own! steviesafespaces.com
14: Gender, Allyship and Stevie Bees
Pals, we’re stoked to bring you this interview with the incredible activist and stellar human Stevie Bees!
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August 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Our latest episode is out. We got to talk about gender and allyship with Stevie Bees, designer of one of my favourite shirts.
Ps before or after you listen to this episode, go check out their site and you can get a shirt of your own! steviesafespaces.com
Ps before or after you listen to this episode, go check out their site and you can get a shirt of your own! steviesafespaces.com
I’m going to be fifty next year and I have feelings about that. So @mavenofmayhem.bsky.social and I talked about them :)
13: On Aging and Ageism
Lara just turned 49 and has been thinking a lot about how 50 is right around the corner.
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July 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I’m going to be fifty next year and I have feelings about that. So @mavenofmayhem.bsky.social and I talked about them :)
How do you deal with unexpected change? We talk about it in this episode and I also realize I might be in denial/have blocked out a lot of the difficult things I’ve gone through over the years. lol
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#podcast #unboxingit @rowanjetteknox
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#podcast #unboxingit @rowanjetteknox
June 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
How do you deal with unexpected change? We talk about it in this episode and I also realize I might be in denial/have blocked out a lot of the difficult things I’ve gone through over the years. lol
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#podcast #unboxingit @rowanjetteknox
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#podcast #unboxingit @rowanjetteknox
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They want us to fight each other because it saps our energy and divides us, and then we can’t fight them.
June 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
They want us to fight each other because it saps our energy and divides us, and then we can’t fight them.
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I've watched my friend Dani develop her wrapping skills and express her creativity using antiques, found materials and craft scraps, and I've been charmed by it.
Now she's made a book, and she's a pro photographer, so it's a gorgeous book. If this is your kinda thing, go buy it and get wrapping!
Now she's made a book, and she's a pro photographer, so it's a gorgeous book. If this is your kinda thing, go buy it and get wrapping!
Well this is an amazing bucket-list achievement: I wrote a book!
It’s a 54 page eBook with detailed instructions on basic rock wrapping techniques, supplies and materials, including 3 unique projects. And it comes with over 60 mins of YouTube tutorials too! curiouscrone.etsy.com/listing/4313...
It’s a 54 page eBook with detailed instructions on basic rock wrapping techniques, supplies and materials, including 3 unique projects. And it comes with over 60 mins of YouTube tutorials too! curiouscrone.etsy.com/listing/4313...
June 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I've watched my friend Dani develop her wrapping skills and express her creativity using antiques, found materials and craft scraps, and I've been charmed by it.
Now she's made a book, and she's a pro photographer, so it's a gorgeous book. If this is your kinda thing, go buy it and get wrapping!
Now she's made a book, and she's a pro photographer, so it's a gorgeous book. If this is your kinda thing, go buy it and get wrapping!
Perfect perfect perfect. Or maybe not since I don’t really think perfection exists :) open.substack.com/pub/unboxing...
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Episode 3: Perfectionism
My, my, my… How are we already on our THIRD episode?
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May 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Perfect perfect perfect. Or maybe not since I don’t really think perfection exists :) open.substack.com/pub/unboxing...
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@mavenofmayhem.bsky.social
I’m leaving on an adventure Wednesday and I couldn’t be more ready!
May 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I’m leaving on an adventure Wednesday and I couldn’t be more ready!
So excited to launch this into the world!
The fantastic human that is @larawellman.bsky.social and I launched a podcast today called Unboxing It with Lara & Rowan! We’re rolling it out on all podcasting platforms but you can check out episode 1 on our substack. I’d love it if you did, too!
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Episode 1: On Fatness
Welcome to the very first episode of Unboxing It with Lara and Rowan!
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May 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So excited to launch this into the world!
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Fast-track this NOW. ON is in big trouble.
People are asking: How do we stop Bill 5?
#Bill5 lets Doug Ford override environmental laws, wipe out #endangered species protections, and silence #Indigenous + public voices — all to fast-track industrial projects.
We only have until May 17 to fight back! Here's how.
#Bill5 lets Doug Ford override environmental laws, wipe out #endangered species protections, and silence #Indigenous + public voices — all to fast-track industrial projects.
We only have until May 17 to fight back! Here's how.
May 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Fast-track this NOW. ON is in big trouble.
My exciting news of the week is I’m launching a new podcast with @mavenofmayhem.bsky.social that starts next week!!
It’s called Unboxing It and you should go check out our substack now so you can follow all the news about upcoming episodes 💕
Unboxingit.substack.com
It’s called Unboxing It and you should go check out our substack now so you can follow all the news about upcoming episodes 💕
Unboxingit.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My exciting news of the week is I’m launching a new podcast with @mavenofmayhem.bsky.social that starts next week!!
It’s called Unboxing It and you should go check out our substack now so you can follow all the news about upcoming episodes 💕
Unboxingit.substack.com
It’s called Unboxing It and you should go check out our substack now so you can follow all the news about upcoming episodes 💕
Unboxingit.substack.com
Dressed in my resting isn’t lazy hoodie to record a podcast about how resting isn’t lazy. This is one of my favourite topics to talk about!!
May 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Dressed in my resting isn’t lazy hoodie to record a podcast about how resting isn’t lazy. This is one of my favourite topics to talk about!!
I heard someone point out just how strange it is to revere being selfless. I agree. Revere kindness, revere goodwill, revere helping and supporting others. Don’t revere giving up your “self” in order to be a good person, we all deserve to be our full and complete selves, and to care about that self.
March 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I heard someone point out just how strange it is to revere being selfless. I agree. Revere kindness, revere goodwill, revere helping and supporting others. Don’t revere giving up your “self” in order to be a good person, we all deserve to be our full and complete selves, and to care about that self.
I’m so afraid of the millennial pause I keep cutting off the beginning of my words in videos and voice notes 🤪
March 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I’m so afraid of the millennial pause I keep cutting off the beginning of my words in videos and voice notes 🤪
I’ve been wondering what the real numbers were on this. That’s a lot less visits given both our population size and “February”
Cross-border trips to the U.S. reach COVID lows with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers in February
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Cross-border trips to the U.S. reach COVID lows with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers in February | CBC News
Nearly 500,000 fewer travellers crossed the land border from Canada into the U.S. in February compared to the same month last year, according to data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the l...
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March 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’ve been wondering what the real numbers were on this. That’s a lot less visits given both our population size and “February”
When you’re almost 50 and still wondering “What do I want to be when I grow up” - does that mean you’re a failure or does it mean something else? (This might have to be a topic discussed on my not yet launched new podcast ;)
March 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
When you’re almost 50 and still wondering “What do I want to be when I grow up” - does that mean you’re a failure or does it mean something else? (This might have to be a topic discussed on my not yet launched new podcast ;)
One of my hobbies is finding supplies that can be reclaimed for art and sewing projects. Now I just need to figure out how I would ever get through even a fraction of it ;)
March 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
One of my hobbies is finding supplies that can be reclaimed for art and sewing projects. Now I just need to figure out how I would ever get through even a fraction of it ;)