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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