LaurenVenable
Lauren Venable is a single mama and somatic meditation teacher living in Lafayette. You’ll hear her joke often, “Thank God I meditate for a living!” as she juggles her 2 elderly yet somehow still wild Boston Terriers, navigates the endless chatter and relentless curiosity of her Kindergartener, and brings her own meandering mind back to the task at hand (instead of the butterfly that just passed.) She’s a sucker for spontaneous adventures and is rocking a solid 70% success rate with her house plants. Her struggles with divorce, postpartum depression/anxiety, and the general overwhelm of motherhood have cracked her wide open and offered such rich soil for personal growth that she now helps other moms manage the motherload, too. You can find out more at www.balancedrootsreiki.com or follow her podcast, Homeward Bound: Meditations for Motherhood.
Savoring Single Motherhood
I’m an observer by nature, so I do a lot of watching myself... sometimes it's exhausting and anxiety-inducing, but today, I'm grateful for it. As I watch myself pack up for our first solo...
Prioritizing and Protecting Your Mental Health in 2020
It’s never been more important to protect and prioritize your mental health as it is right now. It’s also never been easier to put on the back burner. We’ve got some really great reasons...
Untangling Your Relationship with Anxiety
What if your anxiety wasn’t something to figure out or fix? What if it was… just anxiety?
I hear you. I know it’s not just anxiety. I know the pain and paralysis of a spinning...
Into the Wild :: A Single Mom’s Study of Online Dating
Quick disclaimer, y’all… this is meant to be lighthearted and fun, not a serious statement piece on men or dating. Now, here we go. Let’s bask (cringe? laugh? hold our breath?) together in the...
Befriending Your Emotional Monsters
Like most alive humans, I never liked feeling insecure, jealous, tired, or angry. I wanted to be a healthy, loving mom doing a good job of taking care of my people and my home....
Making Space for YOU as You Manage the Mother Load
To the mamas lost in the woods of quarantine… this one’s for you. And to the ones daydreaming of escaping into the actual woods to live with the wolves (or the Saint Street coyotes at...