Laura chats with her very own midwife, Tamara Youngberg, as well as Tamara’s long-time friend and colleague, Sandy Knight Snider. Together, Tamara and Sandy have 50 years of midwife experience and they’ve attended over 2000 births combined. In this episode, they provide advice for those going into their birth (especially their first), give tips for staying calm during labour and birth, and discuss their online course called Birth Unafraid™. Tamara and Sandy are on a mission to change the landscape of birth from fear to faith, from panic to peace, and have already helped hundreds of women experience amazing birthing outcomes using their signature 9-Step Renewal Roadmap™. Listen in to hear how you too can have a calm, beautiful birthing experience no matter what is happening.

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Laura gives her real and honest thoughts and feelings about having a 4th baby, and also reveals how she's handling them. From changing her family dynamic to balancing her already busy life, she gets into it all.

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Laura can confidently say that this is the BEST way to tackle cravings because she has been dealing with them almost her whole life and has therefore tried a variety of ways to approach them. Listen in as she explains the (actually simple) way that she processes her cravings, which has ultimately reduced them in her life.

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This 5-day challenge, starting on Monday February 3rd, will dive in to key aspects of nutrition, health and well-being aimed to improve the lives of tired mamas. It's like a reset for your body and mind, one that will help you go from exhausted to energized. If you're looking for something to recharge your health and body, look no further, my friend. Sign up now.

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Welcome to 2025 - the year of the healthiest you yet! If you found yourself "getting off track" during the holidays, don't sweat. It happens to all of us from time to time, and there is always a way back. Laura shares her tips and experience with getting back on track - getting healthier, setting and working toward your new goals and desires, and just feeling better. The time to listen is now!

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It’s not an exaggeration to say that you could change your life after listening to this episode. Our life is made up of a series of days, each of which is made up of a series of moments. And in this episode, Laura explains how to change those moments. It’s all about the way you’re thinking, which dictates how you’re feeling, which then creates actions (or non-action) that lead to your results. It is so powerful when you take a good look at your brain and realize that you have the power to create the life (by creating the day) that you want.

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It's not about having time, it's about making time. Huge difference, and makes ALL the difference. In this episode, Laura gives her personal tips and advice for how to carve out time to eat and be healthy, and what to do during that time. You don't want to miss this episode.

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Laura is sharing 7 tips for putting herself first - yes, before the kids! Before she started doing this, she was way more likely to feel stressed, irritable, and easily frustrated. But now that she puts herself first, she is able to be the mom, wife, and human being she wants to be because her cup is full.

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Laura explains the importance of Mom putting herself first - yes, even before the kids. She must fill her cup because if she doesn't, she will have nothing to pour out! You, mama, should NOT have to spend your motherhood years exhausted and running on empty - quite the opposite, in fact. In this episode, Laura discusses her reasons why she puts herself first and the difference she feels in doing it.

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We need energy and clear mental space to be the mom that we want to be... but in order to get those things, we must nourish our body, both in the foods that we eat and the actions we take.

But how can we possibly find the time TO nourish ourselves? Enter: Laura's ultimate mom hacks - the ones that enhance our well-being and have us feeling so much better (and in a quicker time than you think).

In this episode, Laura talks about her first hack, but if you want the rest of them, join her FREE webinar this Thursday, November 14th, at 12:00pm EST. Click here to sign up!

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Laura's gettin' real, my friend. She opens up about the shame she used to hold around her identity as a stay-at-home mom, and how she's now embracing it loud and proud. She dives into how life used to feel when she struggled to balance her business with her babies, and the tweaks she's made to make it work.

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Laura talks about how the first trimester went, which for her (and many others) is typically the "anything goes, just get through it" part of pregnancy. She shares her thoughts and feelings about being pregnant, food aversions, things she's grateful for, and she even talks about the progesterone suppositories she took (and gives all the deets about what to expect with them). Dive right on in!

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At 31 weeks pregnant, this question has been on Laura's mind lately. In this episode, she shares her experience with her three previous hospital births, as well as what's going through her mind this time around as she decides what to choose for baby #4. Listen in if you've had to make this decision too, and especially if you're currently making it!

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Hear all about Laura finding out she was pregnant, whether or not they're going to find out if it's a girl or a boy (and what Laura thinks it is), her pregnancy diet and also her food aversions, and overall how she's been feeling throughout this pregnancy. If you, like Laura, love all things pregnancy, definitely tune in to this one!

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Laura sits down with Dr. Carolyn Gonzales, N.D., a naturopath of almost 20 years, to talk about how best to nourish our bodies in postpartum (and beyond), which nutrients she finds most of her patients are deficient in, and how to increase our energy and balance our moods. She gives real life examples of how to make it happen in our busy mom lives and provides practical advice on things we can start today.

Follow Carolyn on Instagram: @drcarolyngonzales

Check out her website (you can book an appt there!): www.drcarolyngonzales.com 

Download Laura's FREE Guide: 5 Weight Loss Mistakes

Laura is officially booking clients in person again and she can't be more excited. Tune in to hear about her services, including an upcoming 6-week weight loss workshop starting October 3rd, 2024. Click here to go right to the booking page and to read about the workshop and her other services. Book now as spots are limited!

FREE Guide: 5 Weight Loss Mistakes

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Laura sits down with Dr. Mohammed Hassan-Ali, a Paediatrician better known as Dr. Moe. They chat all about kids' cold and flu - keeping your kids healthy this season, what to do at home if they do get sick, when to call the doctor, when to take them to the walk-in clinic or urgent care, when to take them to the emergency department, how to handle fever - ALL of it.

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Visualizing yourself at your goal weight - how you look, how you feel, how you feel about the way you look, the actions you take, how you treat your body - is a huge part of the weight loss process. We must tell our brains to believe in this new version of ourselves, to believe that we already are that version. If we start to lose weight and go past the "set point" that our brain believes that we're at, we start to say, "No, that's not really me... I'm actually lazy... I don't plan my meals or choose healthy foods... I overeat... I'm an emotional eater..." and that brings us right back to where we were at the beginning. In order to get past that believed (and deeply ingrained) set point, we have to change our belief about who we really are. We have to believe we really are that person before we get there - our brain doesn't know the difference - so visualization is a hugely important tool in the weight loss journey.

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When we have a craving (which is really just a thought, like "I want that"), we have to break the connection between that thought and taking action on it. Insert: Laura's strategy... she discusses what she does when she has a craving and encourages you to do the same. And, she wants to hear from you! Send her a DM on Instagram @lauraannlima to let her know how it goes when you use this strategy the next time you have a craving.

Download her FREE weight loss guide: 5 Weight Loss Mistakes

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Taking the necessary steps to lose weight is uncomfortable... but so is staying where you are and not ever getting to experience the changes you desire. So, the choice is yours and the ultimate question is: which discomfort will you choose?

FREE Guide: 5 Common Weight Loss Mistakes

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Two major players in our decision making include our prefrontal cortex (AKA our higher brain) and our lower brain, which is more primitive in nature. In order to change the game in our weight loss journey (and our life in general), we have to rely more on our prefrontal cortex while essentially ignoring our lower brain, since one is more about long-term results and creating a healthier future self, while the other is all about seeking immediate pleasure and comfort.

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Do you ever wonder why we overeat? If we're eating past the point of fullness, it's usually because we think food will make us feel better. Tune in to hear why that isn't actually the case, why we have this psychological pull toward food, and what to do instead.

FREE Guide: 5 Common Weight Loss Mistakes

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Learn Laura's 3 tips for ensuring you can actually ENJOY yourself this summer without being super tired, hungry, and always thinking about food.

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With Valentine's Day right around the corner, Laura answers a common question she gets around these types of holidays and celebrations: Should you indulge or should you hold back? She gives her thoughts about it and also reveals which one she will personally be choosing this Valentine's Day.

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If you’re experiencing burnout then listen in to this episode where Laura goes over:

--> What you can do nutritionally and in your lifestyle to support your body
--> How you can nourish both your physical body AND your mental/emotional body (both super important!)
--> The role our thoughts play in our experience of overwhelm and burnout
--> How to work with your thoughts to lessen overwhelm and enhance well-being

Grab your FREE Healthy Mama Foundations guide here

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Quitting cold-turkey isn't for the faint of heart... but it's also not something anyone should do until they're properly prepared and ready. In this episode, Laura gives us an update on how she's been feeling since giving up coffee 2.5 weeks ago, and more importantly, she tells us what she believes is the MOST important thing she did before quitting.

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Yes, she has done it - she's given up coffee! Laura explains the reasoning behind this including the downside not only of caffeine but of oat milk (the other part of her lattes), and how much better she knows she will function without it. This is definitely a must-listen-to episode.

Grab Laura's FREE Healthy Mama Foundations Guide: Click here

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Laura is opening up the doors to her one-on-one nutritional consultations (and she is so excited about it)! In this episode, she goes over what it's like to work with her on a one-on-one basis and why you just might want to do that.

Learn more and sign up for a free 20-min call here

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Sometimes you need to "just keep going" when you're feeling tired and overwhelmed to get things done... but other times, you NEED to stop and simply do nothing. Taking 5 minutes to sit, distraction- and device-free, can do *wonders* for your nervous system and your mental state. Tune in to hear how Laura incorporates these 5 minute pockets into her own life.

FREE New Mama Energy Guide

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Adding more vegetables to your life doesn't have to be hard or boring or tasteless - in fact, quite the opposite! Listen in as Laura goes over three easy ways to do it... plus a bonus one thrown in there for good measure.

FREE Thrive in Five Challenge starts Monday Feb 19th! Sign up here.

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Laura shares 3 hacks that have uplevelled her life - in health, in business, in relationships... and in pretty much every other area. When you work on YOU, everything else is upgraded as a natural result.

The FREE Thrive in Five Challenge starts Monday February 19th! Five days to help you get where you deserve to be, mama... thriving in motherhood. Sign up here.

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If there was one thing Laura would recommend adding to your life in order to change your life, this is it. Tune in to discover just what that is, and listen as Laura takes you through an example of it. Curious yet? Press play already!

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Cravings are really your body's way of attempting to eat something that will make it feel better. But we have to ask ourselves, what do we need to feel better FROM? How are we really feeling in the moment of a craving, and what is the thought we have in our brain that is causing that feeling?

Listen in as Laura dives into this concept and gives an example from her own life when she used to have mega cravings.

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Cravings (specifically sugar... and even MORE specifically, chocolate and chips) have been a huge part of Laura's life and now that they're mostly in her past, she is sharing how the heck she took control of them. She shares why we WANT to control our cravings, WHY we have them in the first place, and HOW to do it.

5 Weight Loss Mistakes FREE GUIDE: bit.ly/5wlmistakes 

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This week, Laura brings you the recordings from her live Zoom calls from the Thrive in Five Challenge - 5 days to get you to where you want to be, mama: THRIVING in motherhood.

Today, she talks about keeping it going now that the challenge is done. She brings it all together and reviews the topics she's covered each day this week. This will help to tie everything up with a nice bow and leave you feeling motivated and inspired to carry on after the challenge.

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Back in December, Laura had a miscarriage after having 3 healthy babies. She details the experience in her blog post that you can find at www.newmamanation.com/lets-talk-about-my-miscarriage - and in this episode, she is reading that blog post.

Laura wants to normalize miscarriage, demystify the process (at least how it went for her), and be transparent about something that is so common and yet not talked about enough, at least in her opinion.

She'd love to hear your thoughts, experiences, and questions over in the comment section of the blog post (link above).

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"Surviving" may sound harsh, but mamas know it's true... some days are about utter survival. As a busy mom of 3 littles, Laura gets it and in this episode, she shares some of the tips she personally uses in her own life. Get ready to feel seen and understood in your daily life of this thing called motherhood.

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You know that overwhelmed feeling you get when you start to entertain the question of "what's for dinner"? Yeah, that one. Well, Laura despises that feeling so she is sharing with you one of the best ways she has banished it from her life. (Yeah, it can be that powerful.)

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Laura turned 38 last week, and she's reflecting on her current state of health and the things she wants to focus on going into the coming year. She breaks down what she'll be doing and why she'll be doing it.

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You know those things about motherhood that you might feel weird bringing up in conversation? Things like postpartum rage, feeling like you don't exist anymore and it's all about the baby, and *gasp* not liking everything about motherhood? Laura and Amanda talk about all of it, even about how the way you were raised has an influence on how you're raising your kids (and whether or not that's a good thing).

Preorder Honest as a Mother - Book 2 here (this is Amanda's book!)

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There are certain things that you might be doing (or not doing) every single day that could be leading to massive overwhelm in your life... AKA kitchen chaos. Laura is giving you 3 tips for hugely reducing that overwhelm and enjoying less stress in your days. By doing these 3 things, you can clear up SO much mental space and brain bandwidth... and that feels seriously good.

New Mama Energy Guide: https://bit.ly/newmamas 

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Doors are closing TONIGHT (Friday, Sept 8th) at midnight EST for The Healthy Mama...

6 weeks:

To start eating the foods that will super-nourish your body (and stop eating the ones that drag you down)

To tackle those sugar cravings and finally keep them away

To feel confident in your food choices and less overwhelm in your daily life

To manage your mindset and master your motivation - so it becomes a way of life for you (and not just another course)

To experience higher energy, enhanced mental focus, and more vitality - so you can better enjoy life with your littles

And since this is the first time Laura is ever running this course, she's offering a sweet deal - 50% off - using the code "member" (since you'll be a founding member).

Hurry... doors are closing in a few hours! Learn more and sign up here.

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With back to school happening THIS WEEK (at least for us in Hamilton, Ontario), we are entering that time of getting back to routines and schedules... and high on that list is sleep! Laura sat down with Chelsea Dawson, Sleep Consultant and owner of Little Sleep Space, to chat about how we can help our littles ease back into a solid sleep routine that their bodies and brains so greatly need. Chelsea gives advice for babies and toddlers starting daycare (and transitioning from the infant to toddler to preschool room), what to do if a child has stopped napping but now they're faced with required nap/quiet time at daycare, and even what to do for the baby at home who also needs to be on a schedule to be able to come along for school drop-offs and pickups.

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Chelsea's website: littlesleepspace.ca 

On this fifth and final day of the challenge, Laura gives a review of the entire week and highlights what she feels are the most important pieces. She also talks about The Healthy Mama course - doors are now open! Click here to learn more and sign up (use coupon code "member" for 50% off!).

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Here is the replay of Day 4 of the Thrive in Five Challenge - five days to feel better, mama. Today's call was about what happens when all that motivation you had when you started your healthy eating plan starts to... go away. How the heck do we keep up (our reignite) our motivation to eat healthily and live in the way that will allow us to feel freaking fantastic? And just how long does it take to form a new habit? We got into all this and more during day 4 of our challenge.

And doors are now OPEN to The Healthy Mama - a 6-week online program that helps you have more energy, better focus, and more confidence in your food choices, that helps to give you the ability to fully enjoy your time as a mom because you FEEL good. This is where you learn how to get there so you can thrive in motherhood. Click here to sign up (and since this is the first time Laura's offering this course, she's giving a deep discount for the founding members! Use the code "member" for 50% off).

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This week, Laura brings you the recordings from her live Zoom calls from the Thrive in Five Challenge - 5 days to get you where you want to be, mama: THRIVING in motherhood.

Today, she talks about mastering your motivation. A great way to help foster sustained motivation is to create new healthy habits while working to stop the old ones that bring you down. Laura discusses how to do this for lasting success, and she also talks about the power of the mind and visualization, as well as embodying the person you want to be now.

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Here is the replay of Day 3 of the Thrive in Five Challenge - five days to feel better, mama. Today's call was all about how to put together a healthy meal - the essential components, how much to aim for, and how to make it all happen in your busy life.

And introducing The Healthy Mama - a 6-week online program. Six weeks to having more energy, better focus, and more confidence in your food choices, to having the ability to fully enjoy your time as a mom because you feel freaking fantastic. This is where you learn how to get there so you can thrive in motherhood. Click here to sign up (and since this is the first time Laura's offering this course, she's offering a deep discount for the founding members! Use the code "member" for 50% off)

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The Thrive in Five Challenge is here! Listen in on the live Zoom call from Day 1. It's not too late to join the FREE challenge so you get the link to the Zoom room (plus the private FB group that goes along with it). Join here: www.newmamanation.com/challenge

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The Thrive in Five Challenge is here! Listen in on the live Zoom call from Day 1. It's not too late to join the FREE challenge so you get the link to the Zoom room (plus the private FB group that goes along with it). Join here: www.newmamanation.com/challenge

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Everyone wakes up feeling blah sometimes, including Laura. The last time she felt this way, she made a list of the things she did throughout the day, things that helped her snap out of it and start to feel better. In this episode, she shares what those things are, so listen in because if you want to feel better, the choice is ultimately yours.

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Thrive in Five Challenge (starts Monday August 28th!): www.newmamanation.com/challenge