The Lauren Widrick Podcast

Lauren Widrick
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  • Self-Improvement
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A podcast for millennial women balancing work, kids, ambition, reinvention, hormone plot twists, big travel plans, and the sneaking suspicion you’re capable of way more. Equal parts reality check and bestie in your pocket, here to help you stop talking about the dream and actually activate it.

  1. 23h ago

    You Can't Do Your Own Brain Surgery

    ACTIVATE Conference Tickets live on laurenwidrick.com. I stood in a room of six people I trust completely and still nearly fell apart reading my own speech out loud. Here's what happened, and why it means you need to be at ACTIVATE on October 24th. Sign up now at laurenwidrick.com, hit the conference button, lock in early bird pricing before it jumps. 🧠 I had the best day at my 9 to 5 building something genuinely life changing, then walked into Speakeasy and got humbled within minutes 😬 Reading my "hilarious" speech out loud to six people I trust made me feel like an exposed nipple (my friend's words, not mine, allegedly) 🗣️ I talk a mile a minute, my jokes were a stalling tactic, and the room called it immediately 🥊 I wanted to clap back and defend every joke. I didn't. I listened instead 💡 I can fix anyone's business model in 45 minutes flat, but somehow thought I could edit my own speech alone. Spoiler: you can't do your own brain surgery 🎤 This is exactly what Activate is built for: get in a room, get torn apart, get better, together Stop trying to do your own brain surgery. Contact and follow along on IG @laurenwidrick or head to laurenwidrick.com to sign up for Activate.

  2. Aug 8

    How to Juggle All the Balls

    Three people DMed me asking how I do it all. Two were men. Recorded from my commute (per usual, audio is buns)...I have a proud epiphany about all the balls I'm juggling (heh) and how I'm "DOING IT ALL" LOL. Tips include: 🏆 Be proud of your chaos instead of apologizing for it. When I rattled off my full life inventory on this episode, even I was like "okay damn, she's doing things." ✨ Doing it imperfect = mad time savings. I am podcasting from my car with no studio, no notes, and no business doing this, and somehow you keep listening. 🪤 Squeeze it into the cracks like a feral multitasker. I parked near my daughter's soccer practice, made a Reel, took a walk, and still caught the last 30 minutes. This is called double duty and I will not stop saying it. 🎯 Release the things that are quietly killing your schedule. I quit the 4:20am gym era, accepted that my house is a mess, and started just eating one less thing. 🙏 Get a good human in your corner and also maybe a higher power. My husband handles more of the mental load than I do, and my other co-pilot (JesusGPT) has a pretty solid track record too. Your life rattled off out loud would probably blow your own mind. Go try it, then come find me at @laurenwidrick on IG or at laurenwidrick.com and tell me everything.

  3. Aug 5

    What to do in the goo. Three strategies to survive the messy middle

    I learned a word years ago that finally explains the mess I'm in: liminal. No longer this, not yet that. Here's what happens when you sit in it out loud. 🦋 Why a caterpillar turning into a butterfly is actually the grossest metaphor for reinvention (and the most accurate) 🎙️ The "lazy girl podcast" that gave me this whole framework, and why you need it in your queue 🤔 The identity crisis I've been having: motivational speaker? content creator? event host? I list every option I've talked myself into and out of 💸 My fully unserious dream to get 500K followers doing basically nothing (send vitamins, I'll model them) 🎤 What's actually happening tonight that scares me a little and excites me a lot 🍯 Three things I'm telling myself to survive the goo phase, including why it's supposed to feel sticky Follow the transformation in real time: @laurenwidrick | laurenwidrick.com Mentioned in this episode: Tarot for Humans on Spotify

  4. Jul 30

    Yaps, Squats, Summer Stories, Stripped Down Strategies, and (Somehow) Hitting All My Goals. An Episode about Everything. 🎙️

    I'm back, bouncing between mom life, side hustle chaos, and a full personal awakening, all in one unhinged episode. 👋 I disappear for weeks then show up mid commute yapping about my whole summer 🏕️ Sending my kids to camp for three weeks did more for my marriage than any date night ever has 🇲🇽 Shawndaddy and I booked a last minute trip to Mexico with two weeks notice and zero regrets 🏠 We didn't just date and drink, we tackled house projects and hired a financial advisor 🎯 I revisited my goals from December and shockingly most of them actually happened 🍑 I quit a fitness obsession I've praised on this show for years and my body is thanking me 🏋️ An app inspired by Hilary Duff has me lifting less and somehow seeing more results 🤳 I finally worked up the courage to almost post a mirror selfie 🐸 My Yap Challenge on Instagram has one post at 50,000 views and zero business plan 💬 I asked my followers what I should even talk about and got the most gloriously mixed answers 😢 A dinner with a friend turned into grief, gratitude, and the gold that God wastes nothing 🙅 She convinced me to stop niching down and just post whatever the hell I want 🚽 I have a squat habit tied to peeing and yes it's exactly as ridiculous as it sounds ✝️ I let you in on my weird little morning ritual that's part scripture and part AI chatbot 🎪 I'm done trying to market my conference and just inviting my people instead I contain multitudes and so do you. Let's do this shit together. Come hang with me on Instagram @laurenwidrick or check out laurenwidrick.com

  5. Jul 9

    From Whiny to Warrior: My Chaotic YAP Challenge Meltdown 🎤

    I ugly cried in a parking lot, prayed to God about Instagram likes, and somehow still got dinner on the table. Welcome to the glamorous life of a delulu millennial doing too much. 😭 I had a full on breakdown crying from my office to my car... over a 45 second video🕳️ Went down a philosophical rabbit hole questioning literally all of my life choices mid traffic jam🔮 Begged my tarot reading best friend to tell me I'm not a victim 💪 Learned that 20 focused hours makes you better than 80% of people at anything, and clung to that stat for dear life🍝 Cooked dinner, worked out, watched Love Is Blind with my kid, and edited a reel all before bed somehow🙏 Realized time isn't real, God's riding shotgun, and I can make anything my bitch if I choose to Delulu is the solulu. Go do the scary thing. Find me being unhinged on the daily on IG at @laurenwidrick or check out laurenwidrick.com.

  6. Jul 3

    40 Reels in 40 Days...WTF to Yap About? Let's talk content pillars.

    40 Posts in 40 Days: WTF Am I Gonna Yap About? I said yes to a viral 40-day content challenge before I had a single content idea. Here are the five pillars I'm throwing at the wall. 🎤 Pillar one: my messy corporate-to-entrepreneur-and-back-again journey, told out loud👠 Pillar two: "Bitch Please," where I dare you activate your thing (and tell you how) in 60 seconds or less📅 Pillar three: Sunday Slay, my weekly confessional on chasing the big life💅 Pillar four: the "have it all" era, the job, the side hustle, the hot marriage, no apologies😂 Pillar five: pure millennial chaos, top five lists and jokes only our generation gets🙋 And I need your vote on which one deserves the most airtime Nervous won't buy me a pickleball court, so let's go.

  7. Jun 28

    Fix your whole damn life in 30 minutes a week - My Sunday Sprint Planning ritual that's embarrassingly effective

    Most of us end the week feeling vaguely guilty about what didn't get done. What if you could flip that and feel like a total boss bitch winner before Monday comes? Goodies in this ep: 🗓️ I reread my life vision out loud to myself like a slightly unhinged optimist, and I'm convinced it's basically a cheat code for making dreams happen on accident. 🔁 My "Five Ls" retro framework (Ledger, Loved, Lessons, Leave Behind, Lay Foundations) sounds like corporate buzzword soup but actually made me realize this week was way better than I thought it was. 🏔️ We forced our kids to go hiking with us. Results: surprisingly wholesome. 📲 After a two-year Instagram exile, I signed up for a challenge that means I have to show my face online starting July 1st, including during 4th of July weekend. I'm terrified. I'm doing it anyway. 🎯 Sprint planning is just picking three things that matter most this week and ignoring the rest. Three. Not twenty. Revolutionary, truly. 🧠 The real punchline: when you start chasing one big dream, the rest of your life levels up automatically without even trying. I'm already manifesting the abs. The only thing standing between you and the life you want is a 30 minute Sunday sesh.

  8. Jun 27

    No venue, no speakers, no plan....no problem.

    The homies told me to stop dicking around with an interest form and just sell the damn tickets. So that's exactly what I'm doing. Welcome to the chaos. 🔥 I set the date before I booked anything because backing yourself into a corner is actually a business strategy 💸 Early bird tickets start at $269 in July and climb every single month, so the longer you wait, the more it costs to procrastinate 🎙️ Five people have already asked to speak at an event with no stage, no lineup, and no agenda, and honestly same energy 📱 I'm going from zero Instagram posts in two years to 40 videos in 40 days starting July 1st because apparently I enjoy suffering publicly 💪 I quit Orange Theory for the Ladder app and Hilary Duff's peach is the reason, I will not be taking questions 🛠️ The day after the event I'm locking you in a room with snacks, dance breaks, and me poking holes in everything you've been too scared to launch 📬 Get my twice-monthly newsletter at laurenwidrick.com because the oversharing doesn't stop here Stop waiting until it's perfect. The people who built something did it messy, loud, and before they were ready. Your cave called, and it wants you to stop going back.

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A podcast for millennial women balancing work, kids, ambition, reinvention, hormone plot twists, big travel plans, and the sneaking suspicion you’re capable of way more. Equal parts reality check and bestie in your pocket, here to help you stop talking about the dream and actually activate it.

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