The Lauren Widrick Podcast

Show Notes:

🚗 Recording live from the Monday commute — audio quality is a vibe, just go with it

🍽️ Weekend highlight reel: surprise steakhouse dinner, toasting a friend's new job, and a body scan that actually didn't destroy me

💪 Lost 0 lbs, gained 2 lbs of muscle — calling that a win and nobody can stop me

🎯 The big debate: if your goal doesn't stretch you, is it even a goal or just a Monday to-do list?

💸 I set a $100K revenue goal, missed by half, had 7 out of 8 ideas flop — and it was still my best month ever

📖 Why "10X is Easier Than 2X" should be your next read — small goals just make you slightly more tired

🏆 Set audacious goals, stack tiny daily wins, and DM me the wildest thing you ever did to hit yours

🎤 92% of goals fail. Should we be the unhinged 8%???

A real-time meltdown about missing my daughter's first middle school soccer game…because apparently they start at 5 PM like we don't have jobs?? Da fuq?

What We Cover:

• Why millennial moms are up our kids' butts 6+ hours a day(our moms gave us 1-2 hours and a bike, bye)

• The batting average theory of parenting (spoiler: you'reat .990)

• How to not to trauma dump your Mom Guilt onto your husband and kids

• Guilt vs. shame (one is "I f*cked up," the otheris "I AM a f*ckup")

• Why your kid only guilt-trips you if YOU trained them to. *Ouch* but because I love you.

The Takeaway: You forgot the permission slip. Yousnapped at bedtime. You're gonna be late. Cool. You also fed them, loved them, and drove them all over God’s green earth. You're doing fine, babe.

Stop spiraling. Start modeling badass energy. Your kids arewatching.

Note: I record these in my car during my commute, so the audio quality is meh. I assume you don't mind.

I heard something on a podcast that literally blew my pants off — and now I can't stop applying it to everything.

In this episode:

🧠 The Alex Hormozi mic-drop moment that rewired my entire brain

💪 Why I've been hiding behind perimenopause like it's a security blanket — and the gym wake-up call I didn't see coming

🎙️ Every unhinged fear I had about relaunching this podcast (yes, including "what if everyone thinks I'm stupid")

🔥 The 3 types of limiting beliefs — and only ONE of them requires you to actually do something about it

😬 The real fear that almost killed this podcast before it started (spoiler: lawyers were involved)

🤷‍♀️ The most underrated strategy for dealing with fear: "who cares?"

🅱️ Why I'm recording this from a cheerleading parking lot and why that IS the point

👊 The unsexy first step I took to land my first two coaching clients — no website, no funnel, literally just a photocopied piece of paper

Bottom line: Your overthinking isn't a bug — it's proof you're brilliant. But B*tch, Please, it's time to take the baby step, mkay

I went from Joe Dirt rat tail to cascading blonde goddess. Everyone is *super intrigued* when I reveal that it's fake, so this is an unhinged FAQ in case you are extension-curious.

Highlights:

💸 I looked my husband in the eye and said "mommy needs this" — $1,500 later, here we are

🚿 Every morning I do a naked, bent-over, shower-cap-rubber-band-towel contraption just to wash five real hairs

⏰ Appointments are 3.5 hours every 8 weeks and yes, it costs $500 a pop

Regular sunscreen will turn your extensions pink and your investment into a bonfire

✨ My real hair now stays curled with the fake hair and literally no one can explain it

🧢 Even in a baseball hat I look like a shampoo commercial and I will not be humbled

🍜 The lifestyle is: eat ramen, look expensive

Verdict: 10/10, would financially ruin myself again. If you're in Charlotte, go see Lauren Cage at The Mill Salon in Fort Mill. People can't tell it's fake, and I will never shut up about it.

I don't have "one thing." No singular calling, no Taylor Swift-level obsession. What I do have is a brain full of ideas, a corporate job, and a wild itch to f*ck around and find out.

In this episode, I'm tackling the "millennial life crisis" — that spiral where you're either drawn to nothing or drawn to everything.

Things I could maybe be when I grow up:

• C-suite executive
• Costco influencer
• Standup comedian
• Conference queen
• Podcast host (hey, look at that)

What I've learned by FAFO'ing:

• You cannot journal, meditate, or ruminate your way to results
• Cooking up ideas alone and shoving them down people's throats doesn't work (RIP my last business)
• The universe rewards bravery with clarity

What I'm doing differently this time:

• Recording messy micro episodes on my phone with zero polish
• No products. Nothing to sell. No agenda.
• Throwing stuff at the wall — recipes, rants, life lessons — and seeing what sticks
• Letting you tell me what you want more of

Your takeaway: Whatever's nudging you — that dumb little idea you keep dismissing — just do the baby step. You don't have to solve the whole life problem. One tiny move gives you clarity for the next one.

Tell me your first FAFO baby step in the comments!

Fair warning: You might cancel me after this episode.

I'm saying the quiet part out loud: I can't stand International Women's Day.

While some people are shouting out incredible women (love that), others are drowning in victim stories about the patriarchy, the wage gap, and how impossible it all is. And I'm not here for it.

Here's the thing — words are spells. If you keep telling yourself you're stuck, congratulations, you will be.

In this episode, I'm getting into:

• Why I think the "it's not fair" narrative is keeping you small
• The uncomfortable truth about why your husband "doesn't help" (and what actually works instead)
• A book recommendation that changed my perspective — even as a full-on atheist (Love and Respect — yes, it's Christian-based, yes, it's still gold)
• The real reason women aren't in the C-suite (spoiler: it's not a room full of men plotting against you)
• Why I respect the stay-at-home-mom as much as the female CEO — and why you should just pick one and stop suffering in the middle
• The time I delivered this message to 80 women at a financial services company... and it bombed
• My free-range, wild-chicken parenting philosophy

I'm not saying this to be mean. I'm saying it because I see how capable you are. You have choices, you have agency, and you are not a victim of your circumstances.

Now — are you a secret baddie who agrees? Tell me.

🌶️ Spicy spice, delivered with love.

Live from I-77 on a Monday morning. Watch me go from Saddie to Baddie in 6 minutes flat.

• The uber-embarrassing thing I did this morning that instantly changed my mindset
• Why your to-do list is scarier in your head than in real life
• My cold brew brain dump hack: 50 tasks → 2
• The phrase that changed how I think about time (hint: it's not PG)
• When you have more than 6 minutes, listen to this ear candy about making time your B: https://open.spotify.com/episode/12dKny7ReavjS5RBgcr4Ve

• A 30-second mindset shift for when work stress feels like the end of the world

Lemme ride shotgun on your commute and we can level up together.

I got struck with this "Gaslighting for Good" concept and why talking sh*t to myself is really the only way I get things done. Hmmm....

• My 4:20 AM mantra that gets me out of bed (and it's not positive affirmations)
• The meal prep boxes that say "be a baddy, not a fatty" — and why I stand by them
• I told my coaching clients my secret and they staged a mini intervention
• The difference between gaslighting for good and just being mean to yourself in the bathroom

Now I'm curious - would you ever gaslight yourself for good?

While LinkedIn melts down, I'm thrilled AI is about to handle all the soul-crushing spreadsheets and task tedium. I have a multi-pronged approach to thrive in this crazy new world, and I'm spilling the beans so you can too.

🪣 Bucket 1: AI Queen of Corporate — Build a sweet-ass command center with autonomous agents so you can stop digging through 120 project plans and start playing maestro with dashboards.

🪣 Bucket 2: Side Hustles, But Sentient — The Lauren Bot: a voice-enabled digital clone you can actually talk to. Plus a Sassy Sprint App for ADHD squirrel brains that roasts you into hitting your goals. ("Bitch please, you said you'd meal prep. Pics or it didn't happen")

🪣 Bucket 3: AI-Proof Ideas — Pop-up dance nights for elder millennials who just want Usher and Little John by 10:30pm. Open bar, sequins, finish-the-lyrics games. AI can't twerk. Case closed.

🪣 Bucket 4: Get Your Money Right — Bitcoin, stocks, multiple income streams. Even the sexiest AI cockpit can't guarantee your job.

Sidebar: My 9-year-old wants to skip college and open a one-stop beauty empire. Honestly more AI-proof than most Fortune 500 strategies.

Bottom line: If you're only using ChatGPT to process feelings, you're behind third graders. Stop chitchatting, start building.

Forget the 12-step skincare routines and hand-crafted matcha moments. This is what a real working mom morning looks like—recorded live from the rage-inducing parking lot that is 77 North (so forgive the audio quality please).

In This Episode:

• Why 4:20 AM wake-ups aren't brutal (brainwash yourself)
• The date + nut butter + flaky salt combo that's better than a candy bar
• Sidebar: my beloved minivan died and I bought a... Hyundai Tucson
• Orange Theory vs. ISI: One made me gain 8 lbs of pure fat. Guess which one
• Perimenopause "cortisol spiking" is hot garbage
• How I fit the gym, grocery shopping, packing lunches, full glam, a Dunkin' run with the kids, commuting and hour and recording a podcast all before 9:00 AM.
• WFH days: The luxury of three-hour slow mornings to journal, Bible study, or just scroll Instagram guilt-free
• The art of brainwashing yourself into loving things that should suck

Key Timestamps:

• 4:20 AM: Alarm. Straight to shower. Not sorry.
• 4:40 AM: Two dates with Nutso
• 5:00 AM: Orange Theory hip-hop sweat fest
• 6:02 AM: Smug Starbucks run
• 6:15 AM: Home feeling like an absolute BOSS (with groceries)
• 7:10 AM: Quality car time with kids who already live their own lives at 13
• 9:00 AM: Arriving at work after living half a day already

The Real Talk: Extraordinary mornings require choices. You can't stay up till midnight and wake up at 4:20. You can't hit snooze and also crush a workout. But you CAN lie to yourself until loving your routine becomes true.

Products Mentioned (That I'm Not Getting Paid For):

• Gorgie Energy (the blue one, obviously)
• Nutso mixed nut butter from Costco
• Orange Theory (cortisol spike and all)
• Hyundai Tucson (my zippy new dream car)
• Voxer (for asynchronous friend BS-ing)

Where can YOU re-brainwash yourself? Slide into my DMs and tell me about your morning routine—awesome, terrible, or somewhere in between.