<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[the cost of Functioning: You Are Here - Premium Terrain Guides]]></title><description><![CDATA[https://youarehere.laurentobey.com]]></description><link>https://www.thecostoffunctioning.com/s/you-are-here-premium</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!reUa!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F60ca5a71-97f6-452d-9fb9-11a80684a009_500x500.png</url><title>the cost of Functioning: You Are Here - Premium Terrain Guides</title><link>https://www.thecostoffunctioning.com/s/you-are-here-premium</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:49:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.thecostoffunctioning.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Lauren Tobey]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[laurentobeyspiral@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[laurentobeyspiral@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Lauren Tobey]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Lauren Tobey]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[laurentobeyspiral@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[laurentobeyspiral@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Lauren Tobey]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[You Are Here]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twelve questions. Ninety seconds. A straight answer about where you actually are right now.]]></description><link>https://www.thecostoffunctioning.com/p/you-are-here</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.thecostoffunctioning.com/p/you-are-here</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Tobey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:06:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7c54ce7c-0c23-4322-9451-bdfbcdc3901d_1200x630.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://youarehere.laurentobey.com&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Find out where you are&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://youarehere.laurentobey.com"><span>Find out where you are</span></a></p><p><strong>Most of us know how to answer &#8220;how are you doing?&#8221;</strong></p><p>Fine. Busy. Getting through it.</p><p>That&#8217;s a report on whether you&#8217;re still functioning. It isn&#8217;t information. It doesn&#8217;t tell you what functioning is costing, or why the same week that used to be manageable now isn&#8217;t, or why you can get everything done and still feel like you&#8217;ve been somewhere else all day.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>This tells you something more useful: </em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://youarehere.laurentobey.com&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Where Are You?&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://youarehere.laurentobey.com"><span>Where Are You?</span></a></p><p></p><p>Your nervous system moves through four terrains &#8212; Ashes, Ember, Flame, and Rise (Learn More About the Terrains). You&#8217;ve been through all of them. You&#8217;ll go through all of them again. Each one feels different from the inside, needs something different from you, and gets mistaken for something else by everyone watching.</p><p>Most people try to do Flame things while standing in Ashes, then blame themselves when it doesn&#8217;t work.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>What this is</strong></p><p>A location. Present tense. Where you are today, not what you are.</p><p>You&#8217;ll get your terrain, what it needs, and one thing to do this week.</p><p><strong>What this isn&#8217;t</strong></p><p>Not a diagnosis. Not a personality type. Not a score, a level, or a stage you&#8217;re supposed to graduate from.</p><p>There&#8217;s no best result. Rise isn&#8217;t winning and Ashes isn&#8217;t losing &#8212; they&#8217;re places on a map, and you&#8217;ll stand in all of them more than once.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Free, and you&#8217;ll get your result immediately.</strong> No email required to see where you are.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://youarehere.laurentobey.com&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Find out where you are&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://youarehere.laurentobey.com"><span>Find out where you are</span></a></p><p><em>Twelve questions. About ninety seconds.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>