The Real and The Woo with Lauri Stern
Welcome to the Real and the Woo, a podcast designed to bring you authentic conversations covering a range of topics from the factual and practical to the mystical and magical. Join Lauri as she invites experts and friends to engage in some raw, meaningful and informative discussions, combined with light-hearted, humorous and silly chats. Consider this your virtual happy hour, where no subject is off the table and everyone leaves feeling a little more joyful, supported and inspired.
As a life-long lover of learning and a true Gemini, Lauri is genuine in her desire to apply her years of experience and expertise in fitness, yoga, and other energetic wellness modalities, combined with her roles as wife, mother of four adult children, and dog mom, into relatable and understandable ways. Lauri’s indefatigable spirit drives her passion: to help all guided to work with her to understand themselves better from the inside out so they enjoy their lives from the outside in. Lauri envisions a world of oneness and aims to connect people to people and people to information that ignites their own light. Whether you are very real or super woo, this podcast is just for you!
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The Real and The Woo with Lauri Stern
Parenting in May: Stress, Self-Compassion, How to Be YOU - Not Your Kids!
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May can feel like a pressure cooker for parents—school endings, summer planning, shifting routines, emotional kids, and exhausted moms trying to hold it all together.
In this honest and heartfelt episode, Lauri Stern dives into the emotional reality of motherhood and parenting during seasons of transition. She shares personal stories, practical wisdom, and compassionate truth about anger, guilt, perfectionism, resilience, and how to lead your family without losing yourself.
This episode is for the mother who loves deeply but feels stretched thin... and wants to parent from power instead of pressure. And who wants to finally stop living by the adage: You're only as happy as your least happy child.
In This Episode:
- Why May can be one of the hardest months for families
- Mom rage, resentment, burnout, and what’s really underneath it
- How vulnerability builds trust with your children
- Why your child’s mood does not have to control your life
- Parenting without losing your identity
- School transitions, camps, schedules, and managing chaos
- Pregnancy loss, grief, resilience, and healing
- Why kids need boredom, freedom, and room to fail
- How mothers lead the emotional energy of the home
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome + Why May Is Intense for Parents
03:00 Mom Burnout, Anger & Self-Compassion
07:20 Honest Conversations With Kids
11:10 Parenting Without Losing Yourself
16:30 Pregnancy Loss, Resilience & Healing
23:45 Kids Need Structure + Freedom
28:35 Stop Living Through Your Children
33:00 Moms as Leaders of the Family Energy
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Lauri is an Energetic Wellness Coach, Yoga Instructor, Intuitive, and Healer who alchemizes her experience and expertise to design customized pathways that help people feel more understood, aligned, empowered, and joyful. She offers 1:1, group, and corporate sessions, programs, workshops, and retreats.
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