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Lara Champion

Writer, TV Producer/Director, Digital Creator. (Discovery Channel, HGTV, The CBC, Elle Canada, The Toronto Star, and US Weekly.) Although I'm an award-winning journalist who has shot stories around the world, nothing gives me more joy than taking photos in my local stomping ground, “The Rouge” and turning them into illustrative art. I love sharing stories and images with my community along with free and paid resources to help others break the chains of the 9-to-5 hamster wheel to achieve a life they love. Check out my previous posts but keep in mind that only subscribers get access to my occasional gifts which aren't posted below - so sign up to receive my daily newsletter!

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🌟 Saturday Sparklers and Shiny Treats

Hi Reader,I hope you're having a wonderful Saturday! If you're one of my US readers, I hope you had a happy Fourth of July and are still in full-on celebration mode. Canada Day is a big deal for us, but not at the scale it is in the United States so I hope you're enjoying your extended long weekend.We went down to the lake to watch the fireworks as they were having a big display across the lake which we thought we'd be able to see from the beach. We got there too late though so we watched the...

A couple celebrating the Strawberry Moon 😍 Hi Reader, Can you believe we are officially into summer now?The weather has already been hotter than hades this past week with high humidity which has made things very uncomfortable in Toronto.I think this may be the longest I've ever gone without writing a newsletter with the exception of when I'm traveling so this was highly unlike me.I was completely burnt out from going on about 4 hours a night of sleep trying to get my course finished so after...

Sailing at Rouge Beach (2021) Hi Reader, MAYBE MONDAY???For those who already signed up, just a reminder that the full course will be ready in about a week's time. If you've watched a few lessons and are confused, well there's a reason for that. Some of the lessons I uploaded weren't published and others that were supposed to be a draft only WERE. Talk about horrifying. I'm in the middle of tackling all the tech hiccups and I've been in the process of adding lessons so everything will make...

Hi Reader!Well, it's safe to say that the wait took a LOT longer than I expected, but I'm finally writing to let you know that the course you signed up on the waitlist for, Create Art with A.I, is finally available. You may not even remember signing up to be notified for it since I've had people waiting since May of 2023. 😆But since you DID show an interest, I offered anyone who signed up for this course a killer deal so I'm writing to you to make good on that promise. Regularly $67, right...

Hi Reader! Well, it's safe to say that the wait took a LOT longer than I expected, but I'm finally writing to let you know that the course you signed up on the waitlist for, Create Art with A.I has finally arrived. You may not even remember signing up for to be notified, since I've had people waiting since May of 2023, but since you showed an interest, I offered anyone who signed up for this course a killer deal so I'm writing to you to make good on that promise. Regularly $67, right now, you...

Spring sailing at Rouge Beach (2021) Hi Reader, Happy Saturday!I hope you're having a fantastic day. It's beautiful here today with near perfect weather. Not hot, muggy and meltingly humid which is what the forecast is calling for this summer. 😅There's a light cool breeze and I'm going to head down to the lake soon. Normally I skip weekends as it's so busy down at the beach, but a gorgeous day like today will bring out many boats and I simply cannot resist a great boat shot. Yep. Boats are my...

Hi Reader, The last two days have been a bit of a blur.In typical Late Lara fashion, I was working on my course until the bundle went live and since then, I had so many issues with tech I've been focusing most of my time just trying to get things to work, much less my content. I'm still trying to get a handle on Thrivecart so the learning curve (and the mistakes therein) has been a humbling experience to say the least. NGL. Growing pains are HARD. For anyone who has checked out the course and...

Hi Reader, How was your weekend? Mine was a complete blur as I've been chained to my desk for the past few days (ok weeks) trying to complete my course, and there's nothing like the stress of having a deadline for such a major bundle to force you to get 'er done.It's been slow going as the tech has been so daunting for me. But when Dan sent out an email asking for contributors, I didn't think he'd actually accept my submission, but his reply was: Oh yeah! This is great! I'm down with this for...

Hi Reader, I have some pretty cool news to share with you. (Insert drumroll here?) 🤣I'm going to be a contributor to this year's BC Stack! I'll be unveiling my Art with A.I. course which I'm super excited for people to check out. (And nervous too since it's my first course.)For anyone who was supposed to receive this course when I offered it as a bonus, if you pick it up through BC Stack, I'll also be offering you my next course, which is close to completion along with any other goodies I...

Our newest addition: Zenya =) Hi Reader, How has your week been so far?(This email is brought to you by my son - as he's very excited about what happened today so he wanted me to share the news with you.)Right now, we are the proud owners of three new pets, namely jumping spiders. 🤣My son found one of them at his school and wanted to keep it. He named it Zarina and we went to buy it an enclosure at PetSmart and some things to make her comfortable. The only problem was, Zarina was so little,...