The Millennial Mama Memo Podcast

Episode 17: The M in MATCH – A Millennial Mama Lore Drop 🌸 Millennial Mama Mix The first MATCH Framework lore drop, starting with M for Mom. I'm sharing my full story: pandemic pregnancy, baby blues that blindsided me (even as a therapist), the path to licensure, and the moment I realized the "millennial mama" in Millennial Mama Therapy is me, not my clients. 💟 Favorites Folder Voicemails for Is...

The Millennial Mama Memo Podcast | Episode 16: You're Not a Bad Mom, You're Just New at This 🌸 Millennial Mama Mix What being a business owner taught me about being a mom, and why there's no way to be good at either one out the gate. 💟 Favorites Folder A book rec from my friend Heather Woodford that every ADHD mama (and honestly every mom) needs on her shelf. 🛋️ Pink Couch Post-Its Resourcing Ca...

Welcome friends! 🌸 Millennial Mama Mix: The "18 summers" trend is everywhere and it's adding SO much pressure (shout out to Ash Brandin, @thegamereducator for inspiring this convo!) What if we flipped it? I'm talking about parenting with the future in mind, why good enough parents beat perfect parents every time, and a quick reminder about what secure attachment actually means. 💟 Favorites Folde...

🌸 Millennial Mama Mix The most important relationship in your life is the one you have with yourself. I'm sharing four of my favorite self-discovery tools (including the Enneagram, Human Design, astrology, and a book that genuinely changed my life) plus asking you two big questions you might not be ready to answer yet (and that's ok!). 🛋️ Pink Couch Post-Its The Millennial Mama Memo is officially...

EPISODE 13: I Said It — ART Is Better Than EMDR (Here's Why) 🌸 Millennial Mama Mix: May-cember is behind us, which means it's officially time to make the damn appointments — and actually go to them. Here's why taking care of yourself at a baseline level isn't selfish, plus two hacks for when scheduling feels impossible. 🛋️ Pink Couch Post-Its: A full breakdown of ART Intensives. What Accelerated...

EPISODE 12: Coming Back to Yourself After Becoming a Mom 🌸 Millennial Mama Mix: May-cember is finally over and I feel like a Munchkin doing a little song and dance about it. The thing that got me through the chaos? My village — specifically all the classroom aunties who showed up for my kid this year. We are not meant to do this alone. 🛋️ Pink Couch Post-Its: I'm starting to feel like myself agai...

🌸 Millennial Mama Mix: Lauren opens with something a lot of business owners and moms know well — the death spiral. Last week she skipped the episode because she was deep in one, questioning everything about her practice and her offers. She didn't hit the big red button. She stepped back instead. And this episode is about why that matters, and why forcing something that isn't working is a recipe f...

This week on The Millennial Mama Memo: 🌸 Millennial Mama Mix: This episode drops the day after Mother's Day, and Lauren opens by naming something that doesn't get said enough — that Mother's Day is complicated, and that's okay. From there she gets into matrescence: the developmental life stage of transitioning from being a person to being a person who is also a mother. Like adolescence, it's unco...

Millennial Mama Memo Episode 9: May-cember Survival Tips, ADHD Tax, and a $12 Toolkit You Need 🌸 Millennial Mama Mix: Lauren opens with a term that might just change how you think about this time of year — May-cember. It's basically December but in May. Mother's Day, teacher appreciation, graduations, summer break incoming, wardrobe overhauls, everyone off their normal. She breaks down why this m...

Lauren opens this episode with something she learned in grad school that has never left her: the Good Enough Mother. A concept created by British pediatrician Donald Winnicott in the 1950s, it's the idea that perfection is not the goal of motherhood — repair is. She gets into it honestly, including losing her marbles during potty training round two and what it actually looked like to repair with h...

This week Lauren opens with a question: when was your last dental cleaning? Your last pap? Your first colonoscopy? If you felt a little squirm of guilt — you're exactly who this episode is for. The Millennial Mama Mix this week is a full PSA about making appointments for yourself. Lauren shares her own experience (a first colonoscopy at 33), a checklist of appointments most moms are putting off, a...

We tried something new this week — Lauren pre-recorded the Memo from her office, which means no fumbling to turn off the live at the end. Progress. This episode covers a lot of ground. First up: the brand photoshoot recap, including what it's like to be perceived on camera when you really, really do not want to be perceived. Then The Break Room officially launched — Lauren breaks down what it is,...