Unearthing Joy, Regardless


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About me

Hello! I’m Lara Charles - mama to four, writer, cancer-thriver, and truth-seeker - currently living at home on Darkinjung Country in NSW Australia, after 17 years in beautiful Aotearoa New Zealand. Through my newsletter, book and published works, I explore life’s deeper threads as a path to unearthing our hidden wholeness and joy. My work interweaves culture, philosophy, spirituality and science with vulnerability and endless curiosity. My writing has been featured nationally and internationally.
If you're a curious soul like me - juggling self-reflection between doctor appointments, work and school drop-offs - you're in the right place. My work is for anyone with big questions, an open heart and a yearning to feel whole.
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My book: Joy, Regardless

A Memoir
A powerful memoir about embracing the unknown, reclaiming the feminine and rediscovering the wholeness that’s been hidden in your heart all along. Available April 2025. Find out more.
"Lara’s book is beautifully written and her unique voice shines through right from the start."
"A must-read for any soul-searching woman."
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  • “The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.”
    Rumi
  • “What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.”
    Eckhart Tolle
  • “You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.”
    Dr Brené Brown
Copyright © 2025 Lara Charles. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy Professional photography by Michelle Jacobson and Rebecca McMillian I work across the lands known as Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. In Australia, I acknowledge the Darkinjung People and the Guringai People, Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work, and pay my respects to their elders, past, present and emerging. In Aotearoa, I acknowledge and pay my respect to Māori as tangata whenua (First People) of Aotearoa New Zealand.