Week 19 opens with Laura typing "wealthy" over and over until her phone stops autocorrecting it to "deathly" - a perfect metaphor for how she reprograms her brain daily. Running out of recording time because she could talk about this forever, she reveals her actual practices: manufacturing future feelings on desert walks while imagining ocean waves, making every decision neutral to remove fear of wrong choices, only creating content when she feels whole and complete. And why open drawers and cabinets signal energetic leaks. Plus the deal she's made with herself about when she's allowed to take action.

What You'll Learn:

• Why usefulness matters more than truth when it comes to mindset
• How pairing thought work with motor patterns makes new beliefs stick (and what typing has to do with it)
• The morning mirror practice that cultivates the voice inside you that never shouts

The Pattern Shift: From: "I need to do more" To: "The only thing left to do is remember"

Connect with The Bet:

• Instagram: @think.laura
• Hub: thinklaura.com

Month 4 wraps up with Laura confronting the brutal reality of what happens when you abandon your content plan for the first time since September. While Instagram metrics tell one story, coaching spots are mysteriously filling without promotion, and The Bet podcast shows surprising growth with zero marketing. Through a spontaneous journey into crystals and sacred geometry that started with a birthday ping back in 2024, she discovers what it means to follow intuitive guidance without turning it into another "system" to master. Plus, a conversation with Mike about $50K masterminds reveals the kind of belief she's never experienced before, leading to a complete reversal on the renewal she committed to just last week.

What You'll Learn:

• The direct correlation between consistency and visibility (and why that might not matter)
• How following random pings without studying the manual leads to unexpected alignment
• What happens when your partner believes in you more than you believe in yourself

The Pattern Shift: From: "I need to execute a perfect content strategy to build my business" To: "I need to reprogram my financial thermostat to hold the success that's already coming"

Connect with The Bet:

• Instagram: @think.laura
• Hub: thinklaura.com

Week 17 brings Laura face-to-face with an uncomfortable question after Mike drops a truth bomb about movies and reality. Two holiday films - one Hollywood, one raw - spark a conversation about whether she's been performing her life instead of living it. Her first troll comment arrives (finally), proving she's no longer playing it safe. Through closing out 2025's lessons and a brilliant relationship hack discovered during a bicker, she confronts the difference between meaningful work and hard work. Plus, the spa membership she finally decided on after two years? There's a plot twist nobody saw coming.

What You'll Learn:

• Why your need to be the main character might be keeping you from your actual life
• The canvas-clearing practice that prevents old patterns from bleeding through
• How making your marriage a team sport changes who gets to be right

The Pattern Shift: From: "My life needs to be interesting enough for others to care about" To: "My life just needs to be real enough for me to actually live it"

Link to Substack article: "A Love Letter For Your Brain"

Connect with The Bet:

• Instagram: @think.laura
• Hub: thinklaura.com

Week 16 lands Laura squarely in the unsexy part of success - when everything is working and there's nothing to fix. After years of clinical training to diagnose problems, she discovers what happens when your business runs smoothly and your brain starts hunting for deficits that don't exist. Through a revelation about why clinicians might unconsciously need problems to feel valuable, she confronts the addiction to building versus the boredom of running. Plus, the two-year spa membership she finally decided on? There's a plot twist that proves exactly what waiting costs.

What You'll Learn:

• Why smooth success feels more threatening than chaos to problem-solvers
• The difference between boring and unmeaningful (and why we confuse them)
• How to manually override your brain's automatic deficit-finding program

The Pattern Shift: From: "If there's no problem to solve, I'm not needed" To: "The boring middle is where sustainable success actually lives"

Connect with The Bet:

• Instagram: @think.laura
• Hub: thinklaura.com

Laura sits down to record and nothing flows. Ninety minutes of trying to weave the week's scattered observations into something cohesive, and it's just not happening. Add in being sick from a conference, catching herself in an Oura ring rabbit hole, and the realization that she's literally forcing flow in a podcast about NOT forcing things — and the only option left is to turn on the mic and be honest about it. What emerges is a raw look at the words we speak, the waffling patterns that leak our power, a conference insight about value being unlocked only by the right receiver, and proof that showing up messy still counts.

What You'll Learn:

• Why the narrative "I have so much to do" creates the exact reality you don't want
• How waffling erodes your ability to trust yourself
• The subjective nature of value and why the same idea lands completely differently depending on who hears it
• Why done and somewhat shitty beats perfect but paralyzed every time
• How your closest relationships mirror the patterns that are actually blocking you

The Pattern Shift: From: "I need to manufacture coherence before I can show up" To: "Showing up in the mess IS the point"

The Update: Two one-on-one coaching clients are officially lined up for 2026. The bet is working.

Connect with The Bet:

• Instagram: @think.laura
• Hub: thinklaura.com

Week 14 finds Laura in a state of absolute focus, opening coaching applications with zero attachment to the outcome. When her husband challenges her credentials, she discovers how far she's come in terms of her identity and belief systems. Through a daily morning gratitude practice and a wild energy healing experiment during a showing of Wicked, she reveals what happens when you concentrate your power with absolute intention. Plus, why building your own big thing might not be the point once you realize what you're actually here to do.

What You'll Learn:

• Why you have to prove you can do your impossible thing before you can know you can do anything
• The two types of friction that show up when you're growing (and why both are beautiful)
• How operating from your future identity eliminates the need for "credentials"

The Pattern Shift: From: "Needing to build something big in order to matter" To: "Helping the women who are building big things access their power".

Connect with The Bet:

• Instagram: @think.laura
• Hub: thinklaura.com

Week 13 arrives with Laura deciding to test herself by going completely unscripted for the first time. What happens when you drop the safety net and trust your voice to find its own way? The November metrics reveal explosive growth after taking the filter off her messaging, while the actual work shows something deeper taking shape. Through examining two fundamental rules that govern this bet, she discovers why quitting isn't just off the table - it's the secret to forcing real transformation. And as she commits to another year of investment while feeling silly talking about it all, something unexpected emerges about what makes a decision truly powerful.

What You'll Learn:

• Why the energy you make something with is the energy you have to maintain it with
• The secret sauce reason for taking quitting off the table (hint: it's not what everyone says)
• How knowing you're being observed changes everything - even if it's just six people

The Pattern Shift: From: "I need to be palatable for everyone so I don't miss anyone" To: "I need to be crystal clear for my people so THEY don't miss ME"

Connect with The Bet:

• Instagram: @think.laura
• Hub: thinklaura.com

Week 12 starts with Laura sick of talking about Instagram every week, spiraling into whether YouTube is the answer or just another distraction. A coaching call meant to analyze MEMO data becomes something entirely different when one question lights up her entire body. Find out why she almost cancelled this call (twice!) and how it became the pivot point that will add six figures to next year's revenue. Through brilliant overthinking about platforms and audience growth, she discovers she already has everything she needs. And by week's end, she's crystal clear about the woman she's building for - the one who wants to move toward desire without needing pain as fuel.

What You'll Learn:

• Why brilliant women are the best at building logical cases against their own success
• The difference between learning to fly and learning to hold altitude
• How the right question at the right moment changes everything

The Pattern Shift: From: "I need to figure out the perfect platform and strategy to reach more people" To: "I'm building the energetic structure so strong that the physical forms around it"

Connect with The Bet:

• Instagram: @think.laura
• Hub: thinklaura.com