Unlearning with Laura

Season 4, Episode 1: Taking Your Power BackWelcome back! After a restorative summer break, I'm back for Season 4 to address a powerful piece of feedback that cuts right to the heart of maternal burnout: Is inner healing just another chore on an endless to-do list, or is it the ultimate act of rebellion against a system built to exploit you?In this episode, I break down the line between systemic failure and personal agency, dissect why waiting for society to change hands over your power and I  share updates inside The Mindful Generation.Key Takeaways:The Mindful Generation Update: Introducing The Matriarchy membershipSystemic Failure vs. Personal Power: Why macro systems are the true drivers of burnout - and why you are not brokenThe Conditioning Trap: How traits like perfectionism, hyper-vigilance, and people-pleasing make high-achieving mums prime targets for systemic exploitationHealing as Rebellion: Why taking responsibility for your nervous system isn't self-blame or a "to-do list chore" ... it’s how you stop burning out for systems that don't serve youThis Week’s Challenge: A practical prompt to question and disrupt ONE systemic trap in your life this weekWork With Me: 📞 Book a consultation call here: https://calendly.com/mindful-generation/1-1-call✊ Join my new community membership from 11am on 11.11 : The Matriarchy📌 Find me on Instagram: @laurastylescoach📲 Connect on LinkedIn (I offer coaching for parents in the workplace, including workshops and group programmes)Brand Partnership & Listener Discount This episode is brought to you by KARRI - the screen-free voice messenger designed to help children explore the world with confidence, while staying safely connected to the people who matter most.Loved by kids. Trusted by parents. Order the KARRI Messenger and receive 15% off with code MINDFULGEN15 here: 👉 https://karri.io/collections/allIf this episode resonated, please follow the podcast, rate and share it with another parent who needs this conversation 😊--P.S. If you're a brand that would love to sponsor this podcast and reach an engaged audience of conscious, values-led mothers - I'd love to hear from you! Get in touch via Instagram or email.Support the show

Episode 17, Season 3: Summer survival, a break from the pod & 3 nervous system tips for the 6 week juggleThis is the last episode until November - and it's a good one to sign off on for summer! 🌞I'm taking a well-earned break to focus on my clients and soak up the summer holidays with my kids. But before I go, I'm sharing a mini life update and three genuinely useful tips to help you survive - and even enjoy - the 6 week juggle.In this episode:👉🏻 Why I've changed my Instagram handle from @themindfulgeneration to @laurastylescoach 👉🏻 Life update - I mention what I've been up to and talk about why women need community and connection, and the magic of learning something completely new 👉🏻 My 3 tips for supporting your nervous system through the stress of the summer holidays: practical & simple 👉🏻 A freebie! I have a micro-technique video (somatic movement to support your system when stressed in the moment. Created just for you!): just email me at [email protected] and I'll get it straight to you 👍🏻Work With Me: I have a handful of consultation call slots available this August - if you've been thinking about working with me, now is the time to book in ready to start in September: 📞 Book a consult call here: https://calendly.com/mindful-generation/1-1-call 🌿 Find out more about my 4 Week Awakening programme here: https://mindful-generation.com/4-week-awakening/📌 Find me on Instagram: @laurastylescoach (new handle!)📲 Connect on LinkedIn (I offer coaching for parents in the workplace, including workshops and group programmes)Brand Partnership & Listener Discount This episode is brought to you by KARRI - the screen-free voice messenger designed to help children explore the world with confidence, while staying safely connected to the people who matter most.Loved by kids. Trusted by parents. Order the KARRI Messenger and receive 15% off with code MINDFULGEN15 here: 👉 https://karri.io/collections/allIf this episode resonated, please follow the podcast, rate and share it with another parent who needs this conversation 😊--P.S. If you're a brand that would love to sponsor this podcast and reach an engaged audience of conscious, values-led mothers - I'd love to hear from you! Get in touch via Instagram or email.Support the show

Episode 16 Season 3: How to Create Your Own Self Hypnosis Audio - Step by StepHave you ever wanted to create real, lasting change but using the power of your own voice? Today I'm giving you the tools to do exactly that!In this episode I walk you through exactly how to create a personalised self hypnosis audio that actually works. This is one of the most powerful and underused tools for lasting change at a subconscious level - and it's pretty simple.The Key advantages of self hypnosis are: Customisation: You select the exact words, metaphors, and pacing that resonate with your personal psyche.Zero Resistance: Some folks unconsciously resist an external voice, whereas your brain inherently trusts your own internal narrative.Total Autonomy: It removes dependency on an external person, building deep self-efficacy and confidence in your own mental strength.Instant Availability: You can practice it anytime and anywhere - such as during a sudden spike in anxiety or right before an important meeting.No Financial Cost: Once you learn the basic techniques, the practice is entirely free!Deepened Self-Awareness: The act of guiding yourself forces you to deeply understand your own triggers, emotional patterns, and desires.--In saying all of this, I should note that working with a trained hypnotherapist provides dynamic, real-time adaptation, diagnostic expertise, and trauma-informed safety that a self-hypnosis recording simply cannot duplicate. While self-made audio is excellent for daily reinforcement, a practitioner acts as an interactive guide to uncover root causes and bypass internal resistance.--Ready for a deeper transformation with me? Here's how we can work together:⚡️ Power Hour: a single, focused hypnotherapy and/or coaching session: https://mindful-generation.com/power-hour/🧿 4 Week Awakening: a month of foundational nervous system work: https://mindful-generation.com/4-week-awakening/🌀 Rewire & Thrive: my 12 week flagship programme: https://mindful-generation.com/rewire-and-thrive/Laura's Links:📲 Find Everything Here📲 Instagram: @themindfulgeneration📲 Connect on LinkedInBrand Partnership & Listener Discount This episode is brought to you by KARRI - the screen-free voice messenger designed to help children explore the world with confidence, while staying safely connected to the people who matter most.Loved by kids. Trusted by parents. Order the KARRI Messenger 1 or 2 and receive 15% off with code MINDFULGEN15 here: 👉 https://karri.io/collections/allIf this episode resonated, please follow the podcast, rate and share it with another parent who needs this conversation ❤️Support the show

Episode 15, Season 3: When Life Falls Apart - Parenting Through a Traumatic Situation with Fiona McKellarThis one is raw, honest and deeply powerful.Fiona McKellar spent 20 years as a headteacher - working with some of the most challenging children in the school system. She was amazing at her job and amazing at coping with her own stress... until she wasn't. And then life unravelled.Faced with her husband's substance abuse, the breakdown of her marriage, and her son's severe anxiety and separation difficulties in the aftermath, Fiona found herself stretched far beyond anything her professional knowledge had prepared her for. That experience eventually led her to set up The Wild Child Parent Coach, where she now supports parents of big-feeling, intense, beautifully complex children.This episode is for anyone who has had their world turned upside down - whether by grief, divorce, illness, addiction, or an abusive relationship - and is trying to hold it together for their children at the same time.We cover:👉🏻 The personal story that led Fiona to leave headship and start again👉🏻 Why she now supports the whole family unit - not just the child👉🏻 The importance of self-compassion when life suddenly looks nothing like you planned👉🏻 How her son's separation anxiety developed in the wake of family trauma - and what actually helped👉🏻 Fiona's brilliant, practical tips for supporting a child through separation anxiety 👉🏻 Why knowledge alone is never enough - and what really creates changeFiona is warm, wise and super knowledgeable. I think you'll love this one.Connect with Fi:👉🏻 Website: https://www.thewildchildparentcoach.com/👉🏻 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_wild_childparentcoach/👉🏻 Listen to The Wild Child Parent Coach podcast hereLaura's Links:📲 Find Everything Here📲 Instagram: @themindfulgeneration📲 Connect on LinkedInBrand Partnership & Listener Discount This episode is brought to you by KARRI - the screen-free voice messenger designed to help children explore the world with confidence, while staying safely connected to the people who matter most.Loved by kids. Trusted by parents. Order the KARRI Messenger and receive 15% off with code MINDFULGEN15 here: 👉 https://karri.io/collections/allIf this episode resonated, please follow the podcast, rate and share it with another parent who needs this conversation 😊Support the show

Episode 14, Season 3: The UK Social Media Ban - What a result! Also, what does this mean...On the 15th June 2026, the UK government announced that children under 16 will be banned from social media. TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, X etc. Coming into effect Spring 2027.I am really pleased - in the work I do with clients I help a fair amount of stressed parents who are navigating smartphones and addictive apps. A lot are full of regret. But I've been sitting with it... and some questions started to surface that I think deserve some airtime.In this solo episode I share why this moment is historic, why I've been advocating for exactly this, AND why the age verification method being proposed - facial recognition, government ID, biometric data handed to the very platforms we don't trust - is making me uneasy.I feel we kinda need to be reading the small print here. And ask who ALSO really benefits from the infrastructure being built around this ban?Both things can be true. This is a win for childhood. And we should be paying very close attention to what comes next.Laura's Links:📲 Find Everything Here📲 Instagram: @themindfulgeneration📲 Connect on LinkedInBrand Partnership & Listener Discount This episode is brought to you by KARRI - the screen-free voice messenger designed to help children explore the world with confidence, while staying safely connected to the people who matter most.Loved by kids. Trusted by parents. Order the KARRI Messenger and receive 15% off with code MINDFULGEN15 here: 👉 https://karri.io/collections/allIf this episode resonated, please follow the podcast, rate and share it with another parent who needs this conversation 😊Other mentions in the episode: https://www.smartphonefreechildhood.org/Support the show

Episode 13, Season 3: If you were the little girl who got on with chores even when exhausted, kept your emotions hidden, swallowed your anger and earned your place by being endlessly capable - this episode is for you.This guided hypnotherapy session is designed to take you back to the younger version of yourself who learned that being good was safer than being real. The one who was praised for compliance and (unintentionally) shamed for taking up too much space.In this session, I guide your subconscious into a deeply relaxed state where you'll travel through cosmic space and into another timeline - to meet the girl you once were. And to give her what she needed then, and what you still need now.Together we work to:Reconnect with the part of you that learned to over-function in order to feel safeRelease the belief that your worth has to be earned through doing, organising and holding it all togetherHeal the shame around anger, rest and taking up spaceReprogramme the inner voice from relentless self-criticism to genuine self-compassionIntegrate your inner child so she stops running your nervous system from the shadowsSo much of what drives our patterns as mothers - the hypervigilance, the resentment, the inability to switch off - began long before we became parents. This session goes to the root of it.This one might bring up emotions. Be gentle with yourself afterwards. 🤍🎧 For best results, listen in a quiet, comfortable space where you won't be disturbed. Listen daily for 21-30 days. ✨Laura's Links:📲 Find Everything Here📲 Instagram: @themindfulgeneration📲 Connect on LinkedInBrand Partnership & Listener DiscountThis episode is brought to you by KARRI - the screen-free voice messenger designed to help children explore the world with confidence, while staying safely connected to the people who matter most.Loved by kids. Trusted by parents.Order the KARRI messenger 1 or 2 and receive 15% off with code MINDFULGEN15 here: 👉  https://karri.io/collections/allSupport the show

Episode 12, Season 3: Life UpdateJust me today ... not a planned out episode but just a little check in before we head off for half term! ☀️I wanted to share a few thoughts on navigating the school holidays with your sanity intact.In this little solo episode I cover:👉🏻 Why lowering expectations during the holidays is actually the wisest thing you can do👉🏻 What to do when stress hits in the moment - simple vagus nerve soothing techniques to regulate your nervous system on the go👉🏻 A reminder about my free Bedtime Bliss guide - your go-to for stress-free, connected bedtimes (find it on my website!)Work With Me: I'm currently at capacity but have space opening up in June - book a call and let's chat about how I can support you 😊Laura's Links:📲 Find Everything Here📲 Instagram: @themindfulgeneration📲 Connect on LinkedInBrand Partnership & Listener DiscountThis episode is brought to you by KARRI - the screen-free voice messenger designed to help children explore the world with confidence, while staying safely connected to the people who matter most.Loved by kids. Trusted by parents.You order the Messenger 2 here: 👉  https://karri.io/collections/allOr purchase the Messenger 1 now and receive 15% off with code MINDFULGEN15: https://karri.io/products/karri-classicIf this episode resonated, it would mean the world to me if you could follow the podcast, rate and/or share it with another parent who you think would find value ❤️Support the show

Episode 11, Season 3: Confidence & Unlearning the Rules That Keep Women Small - with Lauren Currie OBELauren Currie OBE is the founder of UPFRONT - an organisation on a mission to change confidence, visibility and power for 10 million women. Thousands of women across 50 countries have graduated from her flagship programme, The UPFRONT Bond.Lauren is one of those people who makes you feel simultaneously seen, challenged and fired up. This conversation did not disappoint.We talked about:👉🏻 The old rule that guilt and motherhood are best friends - and why low confidence puts your nervous system on high alert to avoid conflict at all costs👉🏻 The negativity bias 90% of people hold towards women - and how we raise children who don't internalise it👉🏻 Tall poppy syndrome and why other women can feel like a threat - and how to reframe envy👉🏻 What living UPFRONT actually looks like in daily life - spoiler: it's in the small things👉🏻 Lauren's mindful practice of drawing older ladies to rewire her relationship with ageingLauren also talks about her children's book Taylor Meets The Trick - helping children name the patriarchy and choose fairness. If you don't own this book - go buy it!Lauren also recommended Amie McNee's We Need Your Art as a catalyst for getting back into creativity.I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!Connect with Lauren:🌐 Website: https://laurencurrie.co/📱Insta: https://www.instagram.com/_laurencurrie_💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurencurrie/🔥 UPFRONT: https://www.weareupfront.com/📖 Be Upfront: https://www.weareupfront.com/be-upfrontLaura's Links:📲 Find Everything Here📲 Instagram: @themindfulgeneration📲 Connect on LinkedInBrand Partnership & Listener DiscountThis episode is brought to you by KARRI - the screen-free voice messenger designed to help children explore the world with confidence, while staying safely connected to the people who matter most.Loved by kids. Trusted by parents.You order the Messenger 2 here: 👉  https://karri.io/collections/allOr purchase the Messenger 1 now and receive 15% off with code MINDFULGEN15: https://karri.io/products/karri-classicIf this episode resonated, it would mean the world to me if you could follow the podcast, rate and/or share it with another parent who you think would find value ❤️Support the show

Episode 10, Season 3: Releasing Perfectionism - Hypnosis for Overwhelmed & Burnt-Out MumsIf the pressure to be perfect has been running your life - the endless striving, the voice that says you're never doing enough, the weight of impossible standards - this is for you.This guided hypnosis is designed to help you loosen the grip of perfectionism and step into a life where self-compassion, progress and ease replace the exhausting pursuit of perfect.In this session, I guide your subconscious into a deeply relaxed state where you'll begin to:- Recognise that your worth was never something you needed to earn- Release the impossible standards you've been carrying: often since long before motherhood- Reprogram your inner voice from criticism to compassion- Embrace progress over perfection - and actually feel it in your body- Step into a version of yourself who rests without guilt and moves through hard days without spirallingSo much of motherhood is outside of our control. And when perfectionism goes unchecked, it paves the way to anxiety, chronic stress and burnout. This session helps you interrupt that pattern - at the subconscious level, where it actually lives.🎧 For best results, listen in a quiet, comfortable space where you won't be disturbed. Listen daily for 21-30 days. ✨Laura's Links:📲 Find Everything Here📲 Instagram: @themindfulgeneration📲 Connect on LinkedInBrand Partnership & Listener DiscountThis episode is brought to you by KARRI - the screen-free voice messenger designed to help children explore the world with confidence, while staying safely connected to the people who matter most.Loved by kids. Trusted by parents.You can pre-order the Messenger 2 (available May 2026) here: 👉  https://karri.io/collections/allOr purchase the Messenger 1 now and receive 15% off with code MINDFULGEN15: 👉 Click on this link where the discount has already been applied: https://g1.karri.io/collections/all?view=aa(Offer valid until 30/04/2026)If this episode resonated, please follow the podcast, rate and share it with another parent who needs this 💛*Disclaimer: Use Responsibly*The content shared on this podcast is not a substitute for medical advice. Please consult a healthcare provider if you have epilepsy, clinical depression, or similar conditions. Do not listen to hypnosis whilst driving or operating machinery. By using this content, you accept full responsibility for your decisions and actions, including any effects from the hypnosis or information.Support the show

Episode 9, Season 3: In this episode I'm joined by Kate Burgess: Speech and Language Therapist of 16 years and founder of We Can CommuniKate - a private clinic in the South West of England.Kate's passion for this work is deeply personal - an early experience of watching her sister fight to be understood in a system that was not hugely supportive was her driving force.We talked about:👉🏻 Why early intervention is imperative - and why "wait and see" can cost our children dearly👉🏻 The spectrum of Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)👉🏻 Why communication is so much more than words👉🏻 How the NHS referral process works - and why it varies between trusts👉🏻 The power of routine and visuals in helping children listen and understand👉🏻 The frustrating truth about the SEND system - why waiting until school is too late, and where the government's £4 billion investment really needs to go👉🏻 Kate's 3 practical tips for fostering brilliant communication skills from day oneThis episode genuinely changed how I think about communication and Kate is cleary an expert in this field - whether you have a 10 month old or a 2 year old (and beyond), this is a must-listen!🔗 Article referenced: The Cost to the Nation of Children's Poor CommunicationConnect with Kate:🌐 Website: www.wecancommunikate.co.uk📲 Instagram: @wecancommunikateLaura's Links:📲 Find Everything Here📲 Instagram: @themindfulgeneration📲 Connect on LinkedInBrand Partnership & Listener DiscountThis episode is brought to you by KARRI - the screen-free voice messenger designed to help children explore the world with confidence, while staying safely connected to the people who matter most.Loved by kids. Trusted by parents.You can pre-order the Messenger 2 (available May 2026) here: 👉 https://karri.io/collections/allOr purchase the Messenger 1 now and receive 15% off with code MINDFULGEN15: 👉 Click on this link where the discount has already been applied: https://g1.karri.io/collections/all?view=aa(Offer valid until 30/04/2026)If this episode resonated, please follow the podcast, rate and share it with another parent who needs this conversation 💛Support the show