The Well-Nourished Mother: Helping You Thrive in Pregnancy, Birth & Motherhood

We’re back!!!

Nicole and Lauren finally press record after a six-month break from recording together. 

In this episode, we share updates on our lives, including meeting in person for the first time, camping adventures, and Lauren’s transition back into nursing. Nicole delves deep into her family's discovery and acceptance of autism, discussing her daughter's diagnosis for the first time publicly,  and the subsequ...

Matrescence—the identity transition into motherhood—is gaining recognition, but even though many now understand what it is, most mothers still lack a roadmap for how to navigate it.

Enter, Jessie Harrold.

Jessie has written a beautiful book based on her many years of work supporting women and mothers through radical transformation, which offers practical tools for navigating the complex and sometimes uncomfortab...

What do biomechanics have to do with birth?!

Everything.

And yet, it's often left out of the birth conversation and pre-natal education entirely.

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“You’ll never hear me say I trust birth.”

Those are the words that caught my attention last week on social media and ignited my fascinating conversation with this week’s guest Adelaide Meadow, ...

Having a baby changes everything. Especially your relationship. It can throw you off guard, but with the right tools, open and honest communication, and a commitment to prioritizing the changing needs of your relationship, you can feel like a rock solid team riding the waves of parenthood, together.
 
In this episode I'm chatting with Autumn Fowler, a clinical counsellor, relationship expert, business owner, wife, and ...

We’re so often given the advice of “more being, less doing” yet what does this actually look like in modern motherhood as busy, potentially high achieving, and conscious mothers or women entrepreneurs? 

It can be easy to enter a shame spiral when we find ourselves betraying our own needs or not following through on things we intend to do. 

In this episode, we uncover the identity of efficiency and discuss how being efficient can be a...

In this episode, we vulnerably reflect on the turbulence we’ve both experienced this past month and how it’s impacting our nervous systems, our creativity, our productivity, and our sense of Self. We share our own journeys of discomfort and fear, and embrace the concept of pausing and slowing down to return in a more authentic way.

As we continue to deepen into cyclical embodiment, we both acknowledge that being in a season of slow ...

Listen in as we redefine consistency, untangle (and embrace) our natural cyclical rhythms, and discuss the delicate balance between desire and obligation and where devotion fits into motherhood and/or conscious entrepreneurship. 

While we are both celebrating the 1 year anniversary of our podcasts, we reflect on our devotion to getting to this point by defining our own rules around consistency. We open up about the challenges of sta...

Join us for another all-over-the-place episode in true Lauren and Nicole style, where we continue to share insights about introspection, practicing self-compassion, and embracing uncertainty from our experience as mother entrepreneurs.

We pull on some pretty thick threads anchored around fear, perfectionism, performance, and productivity, all while orienting back to our values of connection and embodiment.

One o...

Buckle up friend! This is a true glimpse into how our behind the scenes conversations usually flow… a little all over the map, but with so much depth, curiosity, and reflection along the way. 

Join us as we begin this FULL MOON episode by each candidly sharing updates around what’s currently alive in our respective seasons of business and motherhood. 

We then begin to untangle the harsh extremes in the online moth...

What are the essential components to focus on in early postpartum, so you can heal, bond, and thrive as a new mother?

Join Brittany Zeer and I as we explore just how to plan and prepare for a nourished postpartum experience.

Brittany is the creator of Blissful Womb Care where she supports women and mothers through the entire childbearing continuum. She is a certified INNATE Postpartum Care Practitioner, and she&a...

WELCOME TO THIS CO-CREATED SEGMENT BETWEEN NICOLE PASVEER AND LAUREN FORTUNA-FLOCH, ANCHORED AROUND CYCLICAL EMBODIMENT AND EXPLORATION OF THE WITCH

This is the first segment of Musings + Magick!!!! ☾

The intention is to meet on the full and new moons of each month to do an energy check in and explore nuanced conversations around big topics related to cyclical orientation, feminine embodiment in biz and motherhood, and our own person...

Do you believe in this idea that you need to be selfless to be a "good" mom? Maybe you don't fully believe in it, but the cultural narrative and pressure around it tries to take hold of you and pull you under once in awhile. How do we flip that script and learn to be "self-ish"? And why does it even matter?

In this episode I chat with the lovely Samantha Hall. Sam is the creator of the Welcome Mama...

It's time to deeply nourish and nurture yourself, friend. I know you take such great care of everyone else in your life, but this is a very loving and gentle call out to take stock of where you're putting yourself last.

If you're in the depths of postpartum right now, and feel like you're in a bit of survival mode, listen up! This chat is for you. And if that's not you, well, there's still SO...

How do we begin aligning with our biology as women instead of fighting against it? 

In this episode I’m joined by the ever insightful Beth Wood. 

Beth offers integrative life coaching and business strategy for women looking to craft a life honoring their cyclical nature and feminine design.

Her programs are designed to help you learn how to dance with your incredible menstrual cycle that nature has woven into the feminine, so you can ...

Your body holds the wisdom your mind is searching for.

In this episode I'm finally sitting down to explain what the heck Somatic Coaching is and how it can benefit you, especially as a mother. I share a quick intro about how I found this work and how I now blend it with birthwork. I introduce the concept of somatic work and its approach of connecting with the body's wisdom to create lasting change and healing. Th...

Does our commercialized view of baby registries prevent mothers from receiving the gifts and support they truly need? 

How do we shift our focus and spending towards supporting parents and caregivers during the postpartum period, instead of just the baby's materialistic needs? 

How can we change the perception of what is truly necessary for a new mother-baby dyad?

We’ll answer all of these questions and more in this jui...

How do we shift from this mentality of trying to “fix” or change our bodies, to partnering with our bodies to work together to heal and grow? 

In this episode, your host Lauren Fortuna-Floch chats with passionate Body Partnership Coach Erika Wirth. 

Erika opens up about her personal healing journey, starting from preconception to postpartum, and reveals the empowering body partnership approach she embraces. Rather than striving to ch...

The forbidden "D" word!
No one likes talking about death, but this inevitable piece of our natural cycle of life shows us what's truly important.

Join me, your host Lauren Fortuna-Floch, as I share some of the beautiful lessons learned from navigating the recent death of a loved one.

We'll dive into:

- Unsubscribing from masculine hustle culture and instead stepping into a more ...

"We live in a culture that values the appearance, spontaneity, and hustle of the maiden

but craves the depth, creativity and radiating love of the mother

while ignoring the wisdom and sensitivity of the crone."


In this short and sweet BONUS episode, your host Lauren is diving deep into the heart of the societal values (or lack thereof) placed on the maiden, mother, and crone archetypes, a...