Are you pregnant with your first child and wondering what life is really going to be like once you have your baby?  What's the biggest challenge you're going to face as you adjust to new mom life?  Welcoming a baby into the world and having a child is the most amazing journey! There's so much joy, but there's also so much uncertainty, change, and transition.  You're living in a way you've never had to live before.  What's the hardest part about new mom life?  What can you expect? In this episode I'm sharing the 2 biggest challenges I had in transitioning into motherhood so that you know what to expect when you enter this amazing but challenging new phase of life.

XOXO, Lauren

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With regards to the Black Lives Matter Movement, this podcast episode from Chalene Johnson & Keenya Kelly was very helpful to me in gaining a better understanding and getting some of my basic questions answered!

Stay tuned for more as I dive in & learn more!

EP 16 - 10 Things No One Tells You Before You Become a Mom

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Today’s show is sponsored by my favorite product line and fitness/nutrition regimen! Taking care of YOU FIRST is a non-negotiable if you want to thrive and energize your new motherhood journey.  You can’t pour from an empty cup.  Self care isn’t selfish, it’s essential!  When you feel your very best, that impacts every other area of your life, especially your mothering.  Ready to make your fitness & nutrition a priority in your life with simple, easy to follow 30 minute at home workouts/programs (that’s right, you don’t even have to leave your house because we all know how tough that can be with babies), balanced nutrition programs (no diets here), and an online community of amazing women to hold you accountable? Pssst….it’s way cheaper than a gym membership & I’ve been helping women get results that last for the past 5.5 years with this method! Email me at [email protected] for details.

Wanna do a 1-on-1 coaching session with me? From 30 minute power calls to weekly and monthly packages ranging on topics from motherhood to self care/fitness/nutrition to helping you increase your productivity, set, map out, & accomplish goals, and create new habits to help you thrive and energize your journey, there’s an option for you! Click here & complete the form!

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If you're an expecting mom, how many women have talked to you about what breastfeeding is really like?  If you're a new mom, did anyone prepare you for this journey and discuss your different options with you?  Breastfeeding is one of the hardest parts of new mom life, yet no one talks about it! It can be the most amazing experience for some but it also can be painful, stressful, overwhelming, time consuming, and just plain not possible for others, and the reality is it's NOT for everyone! A fed baby is the best kind of baby! Join me as I share my two very different breastfeeding journey's and the reality of breastfeeding to help you figure out what's best for you!

XOXO, Lauren

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Willow Wearable Hands Free Breast Pump Generation 3

Elvie Wearable Double Electric Breast Pump

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Today’s show is sponsored by my favorite product line and fitness/nutrition regimen! Taking care of YOU FIRST is a non-negotiable if you want to thrive and energize your new motherhood journey.  You can’t pour from an empty cup.  Self care isn’t selfish, it’s essential!  When you feel your very best, that impacts every other area of your life, especially your mothering.  Ready to make your fitness & nutrition a priority in your life with simple, easy to follow 30 minute at home workouts/programs (that’s right, you don’t even have to leave your house because we all know how tough that can be with babies), balanced nutrition programs (no diets here), and an online community of amazing women to hold you accountable? Pssst….it’s way cheaper than a gym membership & I’ve been helping women get results that last for the past 5.5 years with this method! Email me at [email protected] for details.

Wanna do a 1-on-1 coaching session with me? From 30 minute power calls to weekly and monthly packages ranging on topics from motherhood to self care/fitness/nutrition to helping you increase your productivity, set, map out, & accomplish goals, and create new habits to help you thrive and energize your journey, there’s an option for you! Click here & complete the form

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Have you ever said, "I’m the type of person who when I start something I have to be able to give it 100% or I don’t want to do it?" Has this held you back from accomplishing big goals or even day to day tasks in your life?  What if taking massive action and going "all in" weren't actually the best way to go about achieving things or getting things done?  What if it was actually setting you up for FAILURE?  Join me as I dive into why & how this type of mentality is holding you back, and give you an alternative way to approach anything you need to accomplish that relieves stress & anxiety, sets you up for success for the long term, and is doable for any busy mom!  Believe me, you don't want to miss this one!

XOXO, Lauren

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The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy

The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson

Atomic Habits by James Clear

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Today’s show is sponsored by my favorite product line and fitness/nutrition regimen! Taking care of YOU FIRST is a non-negotiable if you want to thrive and energize your new motherhood journey.  You can’t pour from an empty cup.  Self care isn’t selfish, it’s essential!  When you feel your very best, that impacts every other area of your life, especially your mothering.  Ready to make your fitness & nutrition a priority in your life with simple, easy to follow 30 minute at home workouts/programs (that’s right, you don’t even have to leave your house because we all know how tough that can be with babies), balanced nutrition programs (no diets here), and an online community of amazing women to hold you accountable? Pssst….it’s way cheaper than a gym membership & I’ve been helping women get results that last for the past 5.5 years with this method! Email me at [email protected] for details.

Wanna do a 1-on-1 coaching session with me? From 30 minute power calls to weekly and monthly packages ranging on topics from motherhood to self care/fitness/nutrition to helping you increase your productivity, set, map out, & accomplish goals, and create new habits to help you thrive and energize your journey, there’s an option for you! Click here & complete the form!

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New moms & expecting moms, are you thinking about your postpartum fitness journey and already feeling anxious & nervous?  Wondering when you can start exercising again after birth, how it will feel, how long it will take to lose the "baby weight", if you'll "bounce back", how you'll feel exercising and how you'll fit it in now that you have a little one that needs lots of attention? Are you feeling pressure to "get your body back?" Having gone through this twice myself and really having actually enjoyed the process, in this episode I'm diving into 6 tips that really helped me embrace my postpartum fitness journey, enjoy the process & ditch the feelings of pressure, stress, & overwhelm, lose the baby weight in a healthy way, and feel better than ever!

XOXO, Lauren

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Today’s show is sponsored by my favorite product line and fitness/nutrition regimen! Taking care of YOU FIRST is a non-negotiable if you want to thrive and energize your new motherhood journey.  You can’t pour from an empty cup.  Self care isn’t selfish, it’s essential!  When you feel your very best, that impacts every other area of your life, especially your mothering.  Ready to make your fitness & nutrition a priority in your life with simple, easy to follow 30 minute at home workouts/programs (that’s right, you don’t even have to leave your house because we all know how tough that can be with babies), balanced nutrition programs (no diets here), and an online community of amazing women to hold you accountable? Pssst….it’s way cheaper than a gym membership & I’ve been helping women get results that last for the past 5.5 years with this method! Email me at [email protected] for details.

Wanna do a 1-on-1 coaching session with me? From 30 minute power calls to weekly and monthly packages ranging on topics from motherhood to self care/fitness/nutrition to helping you increase your productivity, set, map out, & accomplish goals, and create new habits to help you thrive and energize your journey, there’s an option for you! Click here & complete the form!

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How to Meal Plan & Prep to Simplify Your Busy Mom Life, Save Money, & Stay on Track With Your Nutrition.  I know as a busy working mom of toddlers, meal planning & prepping can seem incredibly overwhelming & daunting, but the reality is when you take a few hours to do it on the weekends, it saves you money, so much time, and free's up brain space during the week.  In this episode, I break down for you step-by-step exactly how I meal plan every single week and simple, easy, quick ways to prep your food & snacks.  It doesn't have to be complicated or overwhelming mommas.  Tune in to hear how simple this process really can be.

XOXO, Lauren

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Meal Planning & Prepping Resources

https://www.beachbodyondemand.com/blog/meal-prep-101-a-beginners-guide-to-meal-prep

https://www.beachbodyondemand.com/blog/clean-eating-meal-prep-tips

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Today’s show is sponsored by my favorite product line and fitness/nutrition regimen! Taking care of YOU FIRST is a non-negotiable if you want to thrive and energize your new motherhood journey.  You can’t pour from an empty cup.  Self care isn’t selfish, it’s essential!  When you feel your very best, that impacts every other area of your life, especially your mothering.  Ready to make your fitness & nutrition a priority in your life with simple, easy to follow 30 minute at home workouts/programs (that’s right, you don’t even have to leave your house because we all know how tough that can be with babies), balanced nutrition programs (no diets here), and an online community of amazing women to hold you accountable? Pssst….it’s way cheaper than a gym membership & I’ve been helping women get results that last for the past 5.5 years with this method! Email me at [email protected] for details.

Wanna do a 1-on-1 coaching session with me? From 30 minute power calls to weekly and monthly packages ranging on topics from motherhood to self care/fitness/nutrition to helping you increase your productivity, set, map out, & accomplish goals, and create new habits to help you thrive and energize your journey, there’s an option for you! Click here & complete the form!

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Expecting moms, are you trying to figure out what you really need to take care of your baby when you bring him/her home from the hospital? What should you put on your registry?  What items are a must if you don't get them from your baby shower?  Truth be told, the list is actually rather small and pretty simple, which you wouldn't expect given the thousands of products being marketed to you! It's amazing the things you think you're going to need and end up with, that you never even touch! Join me as I take the overwhelm out of this process for you and lay out the essential items you'll need for the newborn phase!  

XOXO, Lauren

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EP 10 - What Is Sleep Training, Is It ForYou, & How Does It Work?

Freshly Picked Diaper Bag

Halo Bassinet

Halo Swaddle Sack

Boppy Newborn Lounger

Doc-a-Tot

Lamaze Toys

Infant Optics Baby Monitor

K'Tan Baby Wrap

Infantino Baby Carrier

Ergobaby Baby Carrier

BOB Stroller

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Today’s show is sponsored by my favorite product line and fitness/nutrition regimen! Taking care of YOU FIRST is a non-negotiable if you want to thrive and energize your new motherhood journey.  You can’t pour from an empty cup.  Self care isn’t selfish, it’s essential!  When you feel your very best, that impacts every other area of your life, especially your mothering.  Ready to make your fitness & nutrition a priority in your life with simple, easy to follow 30 minute at home workouts/programs (that’s right, you don’t even have to leave your house because we all know how tough that can be with babies), balanced nutrition programs (no diets here), and an online community of amazing women to hold you accountable? Pssst….it’s way cheaper than a gym membership & I’ve been helping women get results that last for the past 5.5 years with this method! Email me at [email protected] for details.

Wanna do a 1-on-1 coaching session with me? From 30 minute power calls to weekly and monthly packages ranging on topics from motherhood to self care/fitness/nutrition to helping you increase your productivity, set, map out, & accomplish goals, and create new habits to help you thrive and energize your journey, there’s an option for you! Click here & complete the form!

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Have you ever been watching someone's new mom life or just mom life in general and thought to yourself, how does she do it all?  Is she a master of productivity & routines?  Does she have specific mom life productivity tips I should be implementing?  Does she just not sleep?  Does she have any help?  What's her SECRET, because whatever it is I need it?  Well in this episode, I'm spilling the beans!  Want to know the secret to doing it all, being more productive, and getting more things done? I think you're going to be incredibly relieved when you hear the answer! 

XOXO, Lauren

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EP 3 - Ask For Help

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Today’s show is sponsored by my favorite product line and fitness/nutrition regimen! Taking care of YOU FIRST is a non-negotiable if you want to thrive and energize your new motherhood journey.  You can’t pour from an empty cup.  Self care isn’t selfish, it’s essential!  When you feel your very best, that impacts every other area of your life, especially your mothering.  Ready to make your fitness & nutrition a priority in your life with simple, easy to follow 30 minute at home workouts/programs (that’s right, you don’t even have to leave your house because we all know how tough that can be with babies), balanced nutrition programs (no diets here), and an online community of amazing women to hold you accountable? Pssst….it’s way cheaper than a gym membership & I’ve been helping women get results that last for the past 5.5 years with this method! Email me at [email protected] for details.

Wanna do a 1-on-1 coaching session with me? From 30 minute power calls to weekly and monthly packages ranging on topics from motherhood to self care/fitness/nutrition to helping you increase your productivity, set, map out, & accomplish goals, and create new habits to help you thrive and energize your journey, there’s an option for you! Click here & complete the form!

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It can be so easy to look around at what other moms are doing, how they're parenting, or handling the same phase you're in, and compare or feel guilty for not doing the same thing. It can be so easy to have mom guilt or feel like a failure when how you thought you were going to feel about certain mom life situations before you were a mom, isn't actually how you feel now that you're in it!  Buckle up, because in this episode I'm giving you permission to tune into what's right for YOU on this motherhood journey, own that without guilt, and then do it! This message is one every momma needs to hear!

XOXO, Lauren

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Come over and hang with me on Instagram:@lauren_francois

Today’s show is sponsored by my favorite product line and fitness/nutrition regimen! Taking care of YOU FIRST is a non-negotiable if you want to thrive and energize your new motherhood journey.  You can’t pour from an empty cup.  Self care isn’t selfish, it’s essential!  When you feel your very best, that impacts every other area of your life, especially your mothering.  Ready to make your fitness & nutrition a priority in your life with simple, easy to follow 30 minute at home workouts/programs (that’s right, you don’t even have to leave your house because we all know how tough that can be with babies), balanced nutrition programs (no diets here), and an online community of amazing women to hold you accountable? Pssst….it’s way cheaper than a gym membership & I’ve been helping women get results that last for the past 5.5 years with this method! Email me at [email protected] for details.

Wanna do a 1-on-1 coaching session with me? From 30 minute power calls to weekly and monthly packages ranging on topics from motherhood to self care/fitness/nutrition to helping you increase your productivity, set, map out, & accomplish goals, and create new habits to help you thrive and energize your journey, there’s an option for you! Click here & complete the form!

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Feeling stuck momma?  Like, you know there's more in you but you just can't get it together?  You want to workout, wake up earlier, be more patient with your babies, advance in your career, but there's just something holding you back! You have good intentions and start working on these things often, but for some reason you find yourself falling back into old habits!  Then this episode is for you!  We are in control of our own destiny, but all too often we are our own worst enemy without even realizing it!  I've got the secret for you! If you change this ONE THING, you literally can watch your entire life transform right before your eyes! Sound too good to be true, listen in, start implementing immediately, and you'll be a believer!

XOXO, Lauren

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Train Your Brain by Dana Wilde

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy

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Today’s show is sponsored by my favorite product line and fitness/nutrition regimen! Taking care of YOU FIRST is a non-negotiable if you want to thrive and energize your new motherhood journey.  You can’t pour from an empty cup.  Self care isn’t selfish, it’s essential!  When you feel your very best, that impacts every other area of your life, especially your mothering.  Ready to make your fitness & nutrition a priority in your life with simple, easy to follow 30 minute at home workouts/programs (that’s right, you don’t even have to leave your house because we all know how tough that can be with babies), balanced nutrition programs (no diets here), and an online community of amazing women to hold you accountable? Pssst….it’s way cheaper than a gym membership & I’ve been helping women get results that last for the past 5.5 years with this method! Email me at [email protected] for details.

Wanna do a 1-on-1 coaching session with me? From 30 minute power calls to weekly and monthly packages ranging on topics from motherhood to self care/fitness/nutrition to helping you increase your productivity, set, map out, & accomplish goals, and create new habits to help you thrive and energize your journey, there’s an option for you! Click here & complete the form!

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Getting closer to your due date momma, but still haven't packed your hospital bag, because you're just not exactly sure what you really need?  In this episode, let me take all the stress out of this important task for you!  Between personal experience from having 2 babies and asking my Instagram mommy friends what 3 things they considered essential to include in your bag, I developed a list of exactly what you need when you head to the hospital, and it might surprise you.  From a few obvious items, to things you probably haven't thought of (I know because I didn't the first time around) I've got you covered!

XOXO, Lauren

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Come over and hang with me on Instagram:@lauren_francois

Today’s show is sponsored by my favorite product line and fitness/nutrition regimen! Taking care of YOU FIRST is a non-negotiable if you want to thrive and energize your new motherhood journey.  You can’t pour from an empty cup.  Self care isn’t selfish, it’s essential!  When you feel your very best, that impacts every other area of your life, especially your mothering.  Ready to make your fitness & nutrition a priority in your life with simple, easy to follow 30 minute at home workouts/programs (that’s right, you don’t even have to leave your house because we all know how tough that can be with babies), balanced nutrition programs (no diets here), and an online community of amazing women to hold you accountable? Pssst….it’s way cheaper than a gym membership & I’ve been helping women get results that last for the past 5.5 years with this method! Email me at [email protected] for details.

Wanna do a 1-on-1 coaching session with me? From 30 minute power calls to weekly and monthly packages ranging on topics from motherhood to self care/fitness/nutrition to helping you increase your productivity, set, map out, & accomplish goals, and create new habits to help you thrive and energize your motherhood journey, there’s an option for you! Click here & complete the form!

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