Lauren and Kara introduce Babyproofing Your Business, a limited series of the Truer Business Podcast. Lauren is about to give birth AT ANY MOMENT—but while she’s waiting for baby to arrive, she and Kara are interviewing women who had established service-based businesses, or who were building their businesses, when they had a baby. There aren’t a lot of conversations around growing a business you’re passionate about AND balancing that with a new baby, or toddlers, or older children. The conversation tends to be more like “Oh! Are you still planning to work?” Yes, yes we are.

In Episode 1, Lauren and Kara talk about:

• Kara’s motherhood journey as a website designer and equestrian program manager

• How she and Lauren don’t fall into the “mother” archetype (and kinda envy those who do!)

• The identity shifts that happen as an “older” first-time mom—and the shifts that don’t happen

• Diversifying income streams, and focusing on what’s really important plus what brings us joy

• Maintaining the hobbies and passions that matter, and allowing what doesn’t matter to fall away

Content warning: Lauren wonders if she’s a “maternally divergent jerk,” and is trying to be respectful of everyone’s individual motherhood experience, while acknowledging that her experience feels very different from what may be more mainstream. This podcast is best suited for those who don’t feel like they neatly fit into the maternal mold.

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Find Lauren at truerwordsbylauren.com

Find Kara at guidedonline.com and narrativewebdesign.com