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Parenting Under Pressure: 4 Ways to Stop Snapping At Your Child & Instantly Calm Down
Parenting is tough work. Parenting in a pandemic? Harder. Try these proven tactics the next time you're are about to lose it on your kids. You are a superhero. I know that, because you are mom. This work is not for the faint of heart, and most of us stepped into it...
Seed Cycling for Balanced Hormones: Here’s the Scoop
About two years after having my daughter, I was still dealing with some major night sweats. And if you’re married, you know that it’s not like you can just change the sweat-soaked sheets in the middle of the night. Your spouse wouldn’t appreciate that very much. So...
How You Can Enter to Win a Gift From Me to You!
I believe so much in what I’m doing here at The Mom Feed Podcast, because if I had had access to this kind of information when I was a new mom, it would have made all the difference. My passion is to be a resource, to serve mamas in their lives as mothers, and I want...
30 Good-For-The-Soul Holiday Gift Ideas That Empower & Support Women Owned Businesses, Support Local & Help the Planet!
Gift giving can be wasteful, especially since we probably already have more than we need (present company included: do I have two stand mixers? I do. Two blenders? Yes. Two food processors? You got me again…). That said…: “I don’t want this beautiful, thoughtful gift...
Welcome to The Mom Feed Podcast!
My name is Lauren. I am a mother, writer, chef, cookbook author, IIN certified health coach, and most recently, a podcaster! There were many iterations of me before my life changed on February 19, 2016, when my daughter, Madison Grace, graced (see what I did there?)...
8 reasons why I’m proud of my postpartum body
I had a giant sized poster of Keanu Reeves on my wall when I was younger (it was after I saw the movie Speed: I wanted Keanu to be my boyfriend, and I wanted to actually be Sandra Bullock). Before Keanu, it was Jonathan Taylor Thomas. And before him (and likely during...
One unedited account of what becoming a mother taught me about life
February 19th, I celebrated a very important birthday. No, it’s not the day I was born (that was June 5th about a million years ago, so mark your calendars. I like peonies. And pretty things.). It’s not the day I gave up chocolate (ha, ya right, like that would ever...
7 Realistic Ways I’m Trying to Love My Post Baby Body (and you can too)
I wrote this post at nine weeks postpartum after delivering my sweet baby girl. I am now twelve and a half weeks postpartum, and am still a work in progress. Everything I wrote here still rings true. This post is for any woman who not only has ever given birth, but...
My labor story: An 81 hour + 9 minute journey into motherhood
Every mother has a labor story (and often, more than one). I heard at least 50 of them throughout my pregnancy, and probably a lot more before I ever even got pregnant. But I wasn’t listening. I mean, I was listening. Or rather, I was hearing the words without...
An honest, raw look at pregnancy & 6 lessons it has taught me about life
I never thought I would be able to conceive. I was told in my early twenties that it may not be possible for me, but that I would only know for sure once I started trying (not very reassuring, I know). Not feeling very optimistic about the diagnosis, I eventually...