0:00

I was having a conversation with a friend about this and they're

0:02

like, yeah I think I said a bit too many yeses

0:04

during my like follicular inovulation

0:07

phases because then when I got to like

0:11

and my menstrual cycle I was like, oh,

0:13

crap. Like I

0:15

overscheduled and that's when you kind of really oops. Sorry.

0:18

I, I, I did too much.

0:20

Relatable. Follicular.

0:25

Yeah.

0:30

Yeah.

0:35

Yeah, I was in my follicular and ovulation stage

0:37

then. Hello,

1:13

everybody. We're doing this right, right, Colleen?

1:16

Yeah, we are, man. Every day we're doing it

1:18

right. A little bit right, or every single

1:20

day. I think that's how we describe it. Yeah.

1:24

A little more correct.

1:26

Okay. We have a special guest today,

1:28

Lauren McAllister. She's an entrepreneur,

1:30

a writer, a holistic nutritionist, and

1:33

a mom of one, soon to be

1:35

two. a co owner

1:37

of McAllister Training in San Luis Obispo,

1:39

Lauren leads day to day operations and member experience.

1:42

Also a certified nutritional therapy

1:44

practitioner, Lauren partners with women

1:46

to build healthier relationships with food,

1:49

fitness, and bodies. I love

1:51

that.

1:51

Love that.

1:54

Thank you. Happy to be here.

1:56

Happy to have you. So, you

1:58

know, the two sentence bio is so

2:00

minimal. So who are you?

2:04

Yeah, tell us something about your pregnancy right

2:06

now. Yeah, I do not bathe

2:08

every day

2:09

who am I? I, I am

2:11

all of those things. I'm also

2:13

a, what are, isn't that the

2:15

hardest question when people ask you like, who

2:18

are you? Or like, what are your hobbies? And

2:20

then I pause and I'm like, do I have any? What,

2:22

who am I? No,

2:25

I, yeah. I mean, first and foremost,

2:27

I'm a mom, right? So I'm 28

2:29

weeks pregnant. Feeling. all

2:32

the feels with that. I cried over

2:35

the amount of laundry I had to fold last week.

2:38

and yeah, that's tear worthy.

2:41

and I'm not pregnant. I

2:43

was like, you could tell he did not know

2:46

what to do. I was like, I'm sorry, I think this is the

2:48

hormones, but also like, there's a lot of laundry.

2:51

you help me out here?

2:53

don't wash laundry.

2:55

Yeah, I mean, that's something that's kind of fun.

2:57

My husband and I own our business together.

2:59

So I think that's a very interesting dynamic

3:01

between the two of us. We

3:04

found a way to make it work really well, but

3:06

it has its ups and downs. I,

3:09

I'm a cat lover. I'm owning

3:11

that fully.

3:12

Yes.

3:13

I used to be embarrassed by that because people tend

3:15

to have really strong opinions about

3:18

felines.

3:20

some Taylor Swift vibes. I can totally, like,

3:24

I'm feeling this. There's some T Swift vibes

3:26

with your aesthetic and your cat loving.

3:28

Like, maybe she's your soul sister.

3:30

I do feel like Taylor and I would

3:33

get along well, you know? I

3:35

could see it. But I'm not like, I'm not, I wouldn't

3:37

call myself like a swifty, you know?

3:39

Like I didn't

3:40

Uh huh.

3:41

and hundreds of dollars to go see her in concert.

3:44

Well, Cheryl and I do not.

3:44

to see,

3:46

Cheryl and I almost,

3:47

going to. PSA.

3:52

We almost lost, between us and our friend

3:55

Allie, we almost lost 1500. So,

3:58

but we did it. So everyone,

4:00

PSA, watch out for the scams on the

4:02

Taylor Swift tickets. That has nothing

4:04

to do with what we're talking about, but I feel like it's an important topic.

4:08

yeah, that's probably

4:10

PSA.

4:10

Yeah, anyway. I

4:13

Yeah. We, why didn't we do an episode on that?

4:16

don't know, we should. Anyway, not important,

4:19

but also yes. Yeah.

4:23

yeah. So what else? I

4:26

feel like I'm really passionate about just

4:28

women generally and advocating

4:30

for ourselves, really understanding

4:34

what's going on in our bodies and, and

4:37

being able to that

4:40

and see it as a powerful thing versus

4:42

like a pain in the ass, which I think a

4:44

lot of us do sometimes, I

4:47

know we'll talk a little bit more about like our cycles

4:49

and things like that, which I'm really passionate about. But

4:52

yeah, I, I mean,

4:54

that's, there's, there's, as per usual,

4:56

there's a lot, there's a lot

4:58

of things I can say, you know, there's a lot to us

5:00

as individuals, but that's, those are just

5:03

the things that are coming top of mind right now.

5:05

Learned that Lauren is also like

5:08

a Forbes contributor, like

5:10

contributor to Forbes

5:12

magazine online. Right.

5:14

Yeah. That's my proudest one. I

5:17

was working at MindBody which if

5:19

you're local to San Luis is, is a Everyone knows

5:21

what MindBody is, but it's essentially a software that

5:23

the fitness, wellness, and beauty

5:25

industry uses to run their businesses.

5:27

My husband and I actually use it to run ours. And

5:30

I was a content marketer there. And so

5:34

what I always tell my parents, cause they don't understand what

5:36

that means, a writer. And

5:38

part of that was with my background

5:40

in nutrition, I was like a wellness contributor

5:43

here and there. So they would present us with really fun PR

5:45

opportunities and they really tapped

5:47

into this. idea of

5:49

cycle syncing and I was super

5:51

excited to talk about it. And yeah, so I was featured

5:54

in Forbes talking about menstrual cycles

5:56

I'm really proud about that.

5:59

I think you should be.

6:01

you're going to be

6:01

really.

6:02

on this podcast, talking about cycle sinking.

6:04

And we would love for you to chat with us about that.

6:07

And that is something Cheryl and I have. Had

6:10

kind of on our wishlist of things we

6:12

want to talk about on this podcast, because

6:14

as we often joke,

6:16

we have four, maybe less now male

6:19

listeners. So we're, we're a

6:21

woman centric

6:23

podcast or you know,

6:25

like female centric podcast. So,

6:30

We, we really want to know, like, how

6:32

do we. Maximize

6:34

or how can we, I don't want to say maximize

6:37

our cycle because that sounds weird, but like, how do we

6:40

sync our cycle with how we can work

6:42

best? Or is that even a real thing? How

6:44

do we do that? Because listen, I am

6:48

tired sometimes and I am grumpy as

6:50

hell sometimes and I cry about

6:52

the laundry sometimes and sometimes

6:55

those Are

6:57

I think physiological based

6:59

on my hormonal and sometimes

7:01

those are just because I'm so tired and

7:04

also there's a mountain of laundry, but

7:06

I think it. Helpful

7:08

for us, especially women

7:11

entrepreneurs who are trying to do a lot and

7:13

a lot of us are. Not all of us, but a lot

7:15

of us are also moms, right? And so

7:17

we wear these multiple hats

7:19

that take a lot of our time and energy. So

7:23

I think this is a super important topic.

7:25

Like all jokes aside, I think this is really, really

7:27

important and really insightful

7:29

information that you just

7:31

need to tell us everything about right now.

7:34

Yeah, so the whole

7:37

concept and I will give you like a very,

7:39

we'll, we'll do like a brief overview and then you guys

7:41

can ask questions as you need to. But I

7:44

discovered sort of this concept

7:46

reading the book Women Code by

7:48

Alyssa Beatty. And it's like,

7:52

if you're interested in this topic,

7:54

that's kind of like the book, right?

7:56

It's she, is

7:58

someone that goes into such detail

8:01

with like what you should be eating or what you

8:03

should be like, even down to, these are the

8:05

vegetables you should be eating during which phase

8:07

of your cycle and things like that. for

8:09

me is a little bit much where it's like,

8:12

okay, I'm going to, take a step back

8:14

and just kind of like one, understand

8:16

what's happening in my cycle. I think that's really

8:18

important and something that we're not taught

8:20

as women, which is actually mind boggling

8:22

to me. and

8:24

then kind of just like giving

8:26

yourself a little bit of grace, right? Because

8:29

I think that's exactly what you said. It's like, sometimes,

8:31

yeah, you're just tired, but sometimes there is

8:33

a physical component to it. Where

8:37

you can and should give yourself some

8:39

grace. So the concept

8:41

of cycle syncing is really the idea that we

8:43

as women really can optimize

8:45

our physical and our emotional

8:47

well being just by tailoring some lifestyle

8:50

choices. And that's based on

8:52

the natural hormonal fluctuations

8:54

that are happening. I think something

8:56

that again was really mind boggling to

8:58

me was men

9:01

have a 24 hour. hormonal

9:03

cycle. So they're pretty constant.

9:07

Like every ours is, mean,

9:10

a normal female cycle

9:12

can be anywhere between 25 to 35

9:14

days. And throughout that whole process,

9:18

ebbs and flows and differences that are happening.

9:20

Whereas a man it's every 24 hours

9:22

he resets. So

9:24

I think that's just that in and of itself is really

9:26

interesting and kind of explains a lot, right?

9:29

That totally tracks. It's so

9:32

funny you

9:34

said that.

9:37

Sorry.

9:39

yes, yes, and

9:42

there's a reason for that. So, the

9:44

way I like to think of it is, and I try

9:46

to make this really simple for people when I'm talking about

9:49

it in terms of like, what you

9:51

quote unquote,

9:52

should

9:53

Be doing or what you may be feeling

9:55

during the different phases of your cycle and I do

9:57

that with two different words and I use alliteration

9:59

because I'm a writer so hopefully we'll make that

10:02

easy for everyone listening and

10:04

I will send these to you guys too so you can put them

10:06

in the show notes because I think it's something

10:08

that maybe I should like design something cute

10:10

and we can all like put it somewhere

10:12

We definitely think you should, and we're going to encourage

10:14

you to do that because

10:15

yeah

10:16

calling at our core or just coaches

10:18

for entrepreneurs, like, yes, do that.

10:20

Let's go.

10:22

And then like, you're through

10:24

your cycle, when your husband's like coming

10:26

at you, or is like, what is going on?

10:28

You can just point and be like, sir, that,

10:32

that's where I'm at today. So

10:34

really there's four phases of the menstrual cycle,

10:36

right? So menstruation is your

10:39

period. then it goes into

10:41

the follicular phase, which is the days

10:43

following your period. And as you head

10:45

into ovulation, then

10:48

you have ovulation, which is like, The

10:50

three to four days in the middle of your cycle.

10:53

Most women are familiar with

10:55

ovulation because that's when we

10:57

can conceive. And then the luteal

10:59

phase is the 10 to 14

11:01

days between ovulation and

11:04

your period. So menstruation,

11:09

right? This is not going to be surprising

11:11

information to anyone that has experienced

11:13

a period. two words

11:16

for it are rest and reflection.

11:19

So hormone levels are

11:21

at their lowest, right? So you're going

11:23

to feel less energy. probably less

11:25

desire to be social. So this

11:27

is a really good time to just like, take it easy

11:30

and to give yourself that grace. It's a good

11:32

time to like, just chill on the couch,

11:35

if you can, as much, you know,

11:37

as possible. Focus on

11:39

if you want to go more specific into foods like

11:41

warm foods iron

11:43

rich foods, cause we are losing iron

11:46

just by, you know, the depletion of, of,

11:48

of iron. What's coming out of us. and

11:51

this is a good time for more like restorative workouts.

11:53

So like gentle walking, some

11:56

yoga, like this isn't necessarily

11:58

the time or, you know, my husband and

12:00

I own a high intensity

12:03

circuit training

12:05

It is high intensity. I

12:07

can vouch for that.

12:09

that. So I have,

12:11

I've had members where I've like just had conversations

12:14

about this in passing and. well,

12:16

do I not do the workouts during this time?

12:19

Or I,

12:21

you know, is what, like, what should

12:23

I do? And can I like

12:25

tailor my workout routine to this?

12:28

Well, yes, you totally could. So you could like

12:30

take a pause, go do some yoga.

12:32

This isn't the time for like anything. heated yoga

12:34

where you're, you know, going

12:37

crazy, or this is

12:39

also a time where you could just be like, you know what, I'm

12:41

going to give myself grace today. And like, I'm

12:43

going to take my pace and I'm going to slow it

12:45

down. And I still want to be in the company of

12:47

people in a group environment, which

12:50

you may or may not want to. But

12:52

I'm going to slow it down a little bit and just be okay

12:54

with it. Like, instead of beating yourself up, like,

12:56

Oh, I didn't, I don't want to grab the heavier dumbbell

12:58

today or I really didn't

13:01

want to jump today like, yeah, don't just

13:04

take it, take it easy.

13:07

Well, and what I'm here. Oh, go ahead.

13:09

What I'm hearing, like

13:11

schedule your workout around your cycle. Great.

13:14

And like for anyone on a regular cycle,

13:17

if you would like female entrepreneurs, I

13:19

urge you to like, put this week on your calendar,

13:22

like project it out and like, give yourself

13:24

the reminder, like at the top of that calendar,

13:26

like don't overschedule

13:28

this week. Leave

13:30

time, like, time block for rest

13:32

this week. this

13:35

is that whole thing we keep talking about, about schedule

13:37

your days around your energy, not your

13:39

time. So if you can predict that

13:42

you're going to be lower energy, which like, I know

13:44

with my cycle, I will have a fucking

13:46

headache for a week. And

13:49

I don't schedule for that, and I really should.

13:53

Yeah, I was going to just make a really

13:55

insignificant comment, but

13:59

when you said like warm food,

14:01

I was like, dude, that

14:04

is such a thing. Like we joke.

14:06

Cause my mom used to say like. There'd

14:08

be times where she'd be like, I just want hot food.

14:10

Like I just, I'm craving like hot

14:13

food. And my like

14:15

college roommates and stuff like that would joke would be

14:17

like, that's such a weird thing to say. But as

14:19

I am now in my forties, I was like, I

14:22

want hot food. I want warm,

14:24

comforting food.

14:27

And what an interesting way to realize like. If

14:30

you're not good at tracking your cycle, like that

14:32

might be an indicator maybe of like where you

14:34

are and what's going on in your

14:36

cycle.

14:37

Yeah. Well, I mean, even in like the postpartum

14:40

period, right. And you know, culturally

14:42

for, for decades and

14:44

eons, right. That's

14:47

what's healing is those warm, like

14:49

soups and stews. And in all the nutrition

14:51

books that are speaking specifically

14:53

to like pre and postpartum, Nutrition,

14:57

that's what they recommend. They're like, this isn't the time

14:59

to be having, like, gazpacho. Like, this is

15:01

the time to be having your chili,

15:03

your oatmeal. Like, you're kind of

15:05

hunkering down and, It

15:08

kind of, sometimes I feel like

15:10

the way that you can look at the seasons the

15:14

year, you can also look

15:16

at the seasons of your cycle,

15:18

right? And they kind of align in

15:20

some respect. And what's interesting

15:23

is the next phase, so

15:25

after menstruation, almost feels

15:27

like how spring does, right? Where,

15:29

so the follicular phase. So that's the days

15:32

that are following your period and heading into

15:34

ovulation. And my two words for

15:36

that are Energy and enthusiasm.

15:39

So Cheryl, to your point, 100 percent

15:41

as entrepreneurs, we should be

15:43

that have the flexibility within

15:46

reason, right? Like there's, there's going to be times

15:48

where like an important meeting comes up when

15:50

you're on your period and you can't necessarily

15:53

say like, I'm so sorry. I'm going to have

15:55

to reschedule cause I'm, you

15:57

Oh, you have an offer deadline on this

15:59

house that my clients want? I'm sorry. I'm menstruating.

16:02

I can write you an offer in my next

16:04

menstruation cycle phase.

16:06

I mean, as much as that would bring me, like,

16:08

it would bring me a lot of joy, it really would

16:10

for someone

16:11

Same.

16:12

so sorry, or to have, like, an autoresponder that's like,

16:14

you know what, today I am

16:16

unavailable because I am on, I'm

16:19

on my period, so sorry But we'll

16:22

get there one day. I don't know. We've got to start with at

16:24

least people knowing what these are. So

16:26

Yeah.

16:27

there Um, but this

16:29

is a great time for Like

16:31

to say yes, right? Ironically,

16:34

I was having a conversation with a friend about this and they're

16:36

like, yeah I think I said a bit too many yeses

16:39

during my like follicular inovulation

16:42

phases because then when I got to like

16:46

and my menstrual cycle I was like, oh,

16:48

crap. Like I

16:50

overscheduled and that's when you kind of really oops. Sorry.

16:53

I, I, I did too much.

16:55

Relatable. Follicular.

17:00

Yeah.

17:05

Yeah.

17:09

Yeah, I was in my follicular and ovulation stage

17:12

then.

17:13

yeah, I know. And I, am,

17:16

I that's me as like, I am that

17:18

person. Like I have, I'm a social person.

17:21

I love being around people, but I

17:23

have my limit and then I'm like, oops, I

17:25

committed too much. And hopefully I

17:28

have, You know, at this point, my friends

17:30

know that about me. So they're really forgiving

17:32

if I'm like, I'm really sorry. It's just, it's a no

17:34

for me today after all. okay.

17:37

Yeah. So this is a great time in the follicular

17:40

phase. It's a really good time to goal set, to

17:42

brainstorm, to be planning

17:44

to saying yes to social activities.

17:48

as a mom, this is a good time to like, you're

17:51

going to take your kiddos to Disneyland, That

17:54

would be ideal to do it during these, in

17:56

this, you know, these few days, because

17:58

this is when you're going to have the energy and

18:02

you're going to be able to keep up with them. Also,

18:04

this is for, if we're just talking workouts too

18:07

cause people ask about that all the time

18:09

with me. This is a good time to be going

18:11

to your classes to kind of be upping

18:13

the intensity kind of pushing,

18:15

you know, Pushing the weight. But again, you

18:19

know, this isn't like a part you're not every day

18:21

is so different, right? So it's the

18:23

the kind of underlying message and all of this

18:25

is to always give yourself grace and to

18:27

just kind of listen to your body but this

18:29

is just like kind of a nice reminder

18:31

of like what may or may not be

18:34

happening in your body throughout the month

18:37

Okay, so we've had winter and spring

18:40

and then is ovulation summer?

18:43

I think so. Yeah. So obviously

18:46

isn't that kind of fun? I mean, I'm a dork.

18:48

So I find just like all of this

18:50

so fascinating. And then the connection

18:53

to my daughter's really into the moon.

18:55

Like people are like, why? Like we had her dress

18:57

up as the moon. She's super into the moon. there's

19:00

like an element of that too. And the tides

19:02

and it's just like, we're so powerful.

19:04

It's really cool. And it's like very, we're

19:06

very connected to nature. very

19:09

woo woo. We won't go there, but I

19:11

find it

19:12

Oh no, we are, we are a little bit woo woo. It's

19:14

fine. This is a safe place for woo.

19:16

All right. Love it. So yeah, so we're gonna go into ovulation.

19:19

So My two words

19:21

for ovulation are connection and

19:23

confidence. So this is when Estrogen

19:26

is really at its peak Testosterone

19:28

too. So this is when you're high

19:31

energy. You're feeling good about yourself. You're

19:33

feeling communicative This

19:36

is a good time to have hard conversations.

19:39

It's a good time to go out on a date with

19:41

your partner it's a,

19:43

you know, most intense workouts if you're thinking,

19:46

you know, CrossFit or circuit training

19:48

or hot yoga going for longer distance

19:50

runs. Like this is the time when you can kind

19:52

of push it, and your body

19:54

and your hormones will support that versus

19:59

your, you know, menstrual

20:01

phase. Any questions

20:04

on that one? I didn't even

20:05

No, and I feel like during the

20:07

ovulation, like that's the time where you walk

20:09

in a room and heads turn. And I think that's probably

20:11

the when maybe pheromones and stuff like we,

20:13

it's, we're animals at its core. So

20:16

it's so funny. Like that's the time probably where your

20:18

husband's like, Oh, he can't keep his hands off

20:20

your butt. All of a sudden, he just doesn't know why.

20:22

Cause you're just putting it out there. You're just, Living

20:24

your best life. So like big, like a big

20:27

sales proposal would be great during ovulation

20:30

you are just like irresistible

20:33

because everybody wants to implant in you.

20:36

I mean, really that's what's happening is

20:38

we're trying to like get a mate.

20:41

Yeah, yeah, that's when it's happening,

20:43

that's when it's going down is ovulation. So

20:45

then after ovulation is our luteal phase,

20:48

and that is the 10 to 14 days

20:50

between ovulation and your period,

20:52

and this is when things start to kind of

20:54

slow down again. This is when you're

20:56

more detail oriented, so

20:58

I have it as details and downtime.

21:01

progesterone levels start to rise, progesterone

21:04

is kind of cozy,

21:09

Calm hormone that we love that most

21:11

women that are working full time

21:13

have kids Are

21:15

doing crazy high intense workouts are

21:17

not eating enough The

21:20

that's the hormone that typically

21:22

drops When we're doing all things

21:25

and we love it. It needs to be a balance obviously,

21:28

but so that's towards

21:30

the end of the luteal phase the estrogen and testosterone

21:32

and progesterone they sort of You they'll

21:35

have hit their peak and then they begin to drop and then

21:37

they hit their lowest levels just before your period.

21:39

So this is when you may be more

21:42

like aware, calm, you

21:44

want cozy this is a good

21:46

time to like be at home and be

21:48

doing those like organization projects

21:51

putting things away, kind of trying to get your, this

21:53

is a good time to be folding laundry. probably

21:56

when

21:56

Oh, just once a month. Okay. I like

21:58

that. Thank you.

21:59

once a month.

22:00

Okay. Got it. Thanks for the

22:02

intervention. I cannot hold ovulating.

22:06

We need to wait

22:07

Look at the chart.

22:08

luteal phase, my love.

22:10

This is why we need the chart. Laundry is not

22:12

in the chart right now. We're not in

22:14

Laundry.

22:15

Yeah. So this is towards the end of the

22:17

luteal phase. You're, you're going to have less energy.

22:19

You're going to be starting to kind of focus inward

22:22

in preparation for menstruation.

22:25

So this is a good time for movement.

22:28

Maybe you like. More non

22:30

cardio strength training pilates

22:33

things like that. And those are the four

22:35

phases

22:36

love it.

22:37

I,

22:37

I love it so much.

22:38

that's fall. We're going to start slowing down

22:40

for winter. We're going to get ready to hibernate. I

22:44

really do want this chart. Make this chart. And

22:46

like put, Put things like make

22:49

it in a circle and put like in this phase,

22:51

like the laundry or in this phase, like the,

22:53

you know, like kind of, yeah,

22:55

Listen, I would like this in an app, actually.

22:58

I would like it in an app, and I would like

23:01

it with a So I have a

23:03

app where I track my cycle.

23:05

I'm terrible at it, but it helps me, like, predict

23:08

when it's And I used this mostly when

23:10

I was trying to get pregnant, but I've kept

23:12

it, but wouldn't it be cool

23:14

in the app to then also,

23:17

by the way, no one's still this idea. This is only

23:19

for Lauren like have

23:21

like, Hey, you're in your luteal phase. Like, here's

23:23

some really great things. This is what you should

23:25

be prioritizing. This is what you should be scheduling. Here's

23:27

where your strengths are. Like

23:30

I would.

23:31

that to your calendar so have

23:34

that like across the top of those days when you're

23:36

like planning out your month. Oh God,

23:39

this

23:39

Okay. I would pay for that.

23:40

Lauren, congratulations. You don't forget

23:43

the little people when you're rich from creating this app.

23:45

Yeah.

23:46

Well, thank you for the ideas guys, I love it

23:48

I would love for you to talk to us a little bit about

23:50

progesterone. And I,

23:53

cause I think we hear a lot about estrogen. We know

23:55

what that is and people know what that is.

23:57

And people know about testosterone and

24:00

this is I don't want to say important

24:02

to me, but also, but it, it read

24:04

it resonates with me because I had low progesterone

24:07

with all of my pregnancies which

24:09

is, you know, like,

24:11

like you said, when you have low progesterone, like

24:14

that is when your period starts, right?

24:16

So that is. Part of why I lost my first

24:18

pregnancy is because my progesterone was so

24:20

low. And I still run

24:22

low on progesterone. So like, what,

24:26

and I don't know if this is your expertise or not, or

24:29

you can speak to it or not, but like, how

24:31

does that affect, our cycles

24:34

or or talk to us a little bit about what that hormone

24:36

does or doesn't do for us or how

24:38

it helps us. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

24:41

Yeah.

24:42

a little bit like I struggled

24:44

for about a decade

24:46

with an eating disorder that I didn't

24:49

really register as being an eating disorder

24:51

and when I went to conventional Doctors,

24:55

they were very much like, Oh wow,

24:57

you have, they were looking at

24:59

my hormones and my estrogen and progesterone

25:02

were like totally in the tank. And then, so

25:04

as a result, like my testosterone

25:06

level, so Appeared

25:09

very high, just

25:11

probably more in relation to how

25:13

low everything else was. our

25:15

bodies as women are so incredibly

25:18

smart, like they, so for me,

25:20

my body was like, yeah, you're not. In

25:23

a position to have a child

25:26

and to maintain a pregnancy.

25:28

And like, I wasn't ready to have a kid. I

25:30

was in college at that time. Like it

25:33

was the end of high school, going into college and then early

25:35

twenties, and it's like, well, I wasn't ready, but

25:37

from a physiological standpoint. You

25:39

know, that is what our body is like ready to

25:41

do at that time. And

25:44

so anyways, my project, because my, I was

25:46

so, my body was so physically

25:48

stressed by the under eating

25:50

and the over exercise for me,

25:53

right? That was my story that

25:55

my, my progesterone levels were just like,

25:59

So bottomed out and I was stressed

26:01

all the time and I think

26:03

unfortunately as women in

26:05

this day and age, we are kind of

26:08

primed to have hormonal

26:11

issues and specifically low progesterone

26:14

which then, yeah, I mean,

26:16

when, when you get pregnant, you need, progesterone

26:19

to, to maintain a pregnancy. And

26:21

so I, and again, I'm not

26:23

like the, the, and I'll be, and

26:26

I'll be all expert on and

26:28

I, there are some wonderful women in our community

26:31

that I'd love to connect you guys with that I think

26:33

could speak to this. So

26:36

much more intelligently than I could and

26:38

those would be really fun episodes I think for people

26:41

I can definitely send you their contact.

26:43

But anyways, yeah, I think we're just like we're

26:45

we're trying to do it all and our hormones

26:48

are the ones that are kind of Taking

26:51

that and going okay I can't

26:53

and so there's all of this hormonal imbalance

26:56

that that

26:58

we just think is normal I think,

27:01

Or that we try to push through and

27:03

we're just like, whatever, we'll just work harder

27:06

because we're supposed to do it all.

27:07

Yeah. We'll just, you know what, we're just gonna have

27:09

more coffee and we're gonna like, do

27:11

more workouts that are gonna help us,

27:13

like feel awake for 15 minutes and

27:15

then crash later. And it's like, yeah, we're

27:17

actually adding fuel to the

27:19

fire by doing that. Versus

27:22

like saying no to some stuff or

27:24

like taking things off of our plate and like going

27:26

for a walk outside and like doing the basic

27:28

stuff. Like, it's amazing to me. From

27:31

like a nutrition standpoint,

27:33

when I work with, work predominantly

27:35

with female clients, I think that's my preference, honestly,

27:38

because one, we can talk about cool

27:40

stuff, like the phases of the cycle.

27:42

And women just need it. feel

27:44

like they need, they need someone. And that's kind

27:47

of my favorite part of my job is to be

27:49

in the corner going like, yeah, you're doing a lot

27:51

and you're doing a great job, but like, also let's take

27:53

off a couple things because it's not really

27:55

just the food, it's like all the other

27:57

stuff, like

27:59

Yeah. That's all. Yeah.

28:01

Saying yes to too much, like, you

28:03

know, folding too much laundry, like doing

28:05

all those things. So it's like, okay. Where do we

28:07

take those things off of someone's plate

28:10

so that they can have some room to, like, I

28:12

don't know, go do something they enjoy?

28:15

Like, one of my clients last week, one of

28:17

her homework assignments Hey,

28:19

let's, like, look into

28:22

getting a membership where

28:24

you can go swim somewhere. She, like, really

28:26

loves to swim. And I'm like, let's,

28:29

and she's like, is that it? That's all? And I'm like, yeah,

28:32

that's all we're doing this week. I need

28:34

you to go try to, you don't even have to sign

28:36

up. I just need you to like find a place

28:38

that has a pool. That's all I'm asking for you

28:40

to do. Like, let's just take a baby step. Anyways,

28:43

I'm going all over the map, but yeah,

28:45

there's also the big question to your point

28:48

though, is like, there's so many

28:51

miscarriages happening

28:53

all around us. And

28:57

I, I, again, I'm not the expert. I

28:59

don't have all the data on that, but it's like,

29:01

I think this, this progesterone,

29:04

that's kind of all over the

29:06

place.

29:08

It's stress induced, most

29:11

likely.

29:12

yes, yeah, I mean as soon

29:15

as I, going back to just my

29:17

own story, as soon as I, I literally took

29:19

an entire year off of like structured

29:22

movement and just focused on eating

29:25

and like gaining weight, which is like a whole,

29:28

to like intentionally gain weight is a very

29:31

interesting mind switch.

29:34

And to slow down and just

29:36

go for like walks here and there. Like

29:39

that's what I needed to like get my hormone

29:41

levels back and I had lost my period and

29:43

so I finally got my period back And

29:45

did that all on my own whereas like doctors

29:48

were telling me at 17 Like yeah, you're gonna have a hard

29:50

time getting pregnant.

29:52

Like, cool, not helpful. Like.

29:54

I was like cool. Thank you for that and

29:56

also no, I haven't had any trouble

29:58

getting pregnant Thankfully i'm very lucky

30:01

in that in that sense and I I don't take that

30:03

for granted, but it's like trying

30:05

to find those Trying

30:07

to optimize your hormones where you can You

30:10

Trying to take it easy. And I'm not good at this.

30:12

I will be honest. I have to constantly

30:15

like, my body will tell me when things are

30:17

too stressful because I'll just like, have like an emotional

30:19

meltdown. So I have to listen

30:21

to those cues and be like, yeah, okay. We

30:24

need to not do that this week.

30:26

Mm

30:26

Yeah, well, and I think

30:30

that is a really good point to, like, recognize

30:32

that when you're having a meltdown that that is an emotional

30:35

cue. Because I think we're

30:38

almost conditioned to be like, yeah, you're, I

30:40

think sometimes like when you're in this like mode

30:43

of entrepreneurship or pushing really hard for something,

30:45

or you're, you know, like trying to be a high, you

30:47

are high achieving woman. Like you

30:50

just have those all the time. They just kind

30:53

of like become normal. And

30:55

you're like, I'm just going to, you know, we talk

30:57

about I'll go and cry in my closet

30:59

and then come back and I'm like, beep,

31:01

beep. Okay, next thing. Let's

31:03

go. But like, You know,

31:06

to your point, like maybe that's just a cue, like chill

31:08

out lady. Like maybe you just need to chill

31:10

out a little bit rest.

31:13

yeah, I was working at one point

31:15

working full time. I was managing a team

31:17

at my job. I was managing

31:20

our business and trying to like grow

31:22

that. And then I had, I was fairly

31:24

newly postpartum. And I

31:26

would say like weekly, was like

31:28

on the floor, emotional

31:32

breakdown. Like, and, and it was so

31:34

funny because. People would

31:36

go, well, how are, oh my gosh, how

31:38

are you doing this all? Wow. You make it

31:40

look so easy. And I would literally say

31:42

to them, I'm not doing

31:44

well. Like I'm not okay.

31:46

And it was like, oh yeah,

31:49

well you seem like you're doing great. And so

31:51

I thankfully had friends in my life that

31:54

were reminding me and were picking

31:56

me up off the ground, literally

31:58

being like, yeah, we got, what are, what

32:00

are we doing here? This is not okay.

32:02

Yeah.

32:03

So I think there's, yeah, bigger conversation

32:05

of like, we celebrate it,

32:07

Yeah.

32:08

also, not okay.

32:10

Our hormones are wacky because of it.

32:12

It's all so interconnected.

32:14

I was just talking about this with my

32:16

inspire her group here in Indianapolis. We

32:18

were talking about how you do get praised for

32:20

quote unquote, doing it all. And look at

32:23

all the things you're doing. And isn't that so

32:25

great? And how, how amazing

32:27

are you that you're able to balance all

32:30

of these things or do all of these things?

32:33

And some, and you know, we

32:35

get validation from that, right? Like, like,

32:37

Oh, okay. Yeah, I am doing all these

32:40

things. But inside you're like, I

32:42

haven't peed in seven hours and

32:45

I'm starving. Coffee and

32:47

somebody helped me. And I just like, You

32:50

know, it's like the one

32:52

thing happens and then it all comes crashing

32:54

down, right? Like, you know, somebody

32:56

doesn't close the dryer door all the

32:58

way and then

33:00

the clothes or something, I

33:02

don't know, whatever it is. And you're just like, I

33:05

can't do it all. And you're on the, you're on the floor.

33:07

Right. But, but so often

33:09

we're told you're

33:11

so great for doing it all. How

33:13

wonderful are you? How amazing

33:16

is it that you can do all of these things?

33:18

And we're never praised for like,

33:20

wow, you were really doing

33:23

that one thing so awesomely.

33:25

Or you did a really good job being an intentional

33:27

and listening to your body and taking a rest when you needed

33:30

it. Good job. That's what

33:32

we should be telling our kids if

33:34

we want to see this change in the next generation.

33:36

Like, good job paying attention to your body's

33:38

cues. Thank you. Let's

33:41

give you what you need. I,

33:45

when I was, I got this

33:47

perspective when I was like very ill I've

33:49

talked about it a little bit, but I have, I had kidney disease.

33:51

I was diagnosed with in I

33:54

underwent treatment with heavy dose

33:56

of prednisone. So that fucked my hormones

33:58

all up. And to a place where it was like, it

34:00

was barely sustaining. It's that same,

34:03

like the straw that broke the camel's back. Like

34:05

I was at this high level of stress,

34:08

like physically and emotionally and

34:10

mentally. With what I was dealing

34:12

with and it would be like one more tiny

34:14

thing and I was exactly what you described,

34:17

dissolved on the floor, could not

34:19

function, was not well.

34:21

And that was like the extremist

34:24

picture of that, that I've had in my life. But

34:26

we're all kind of doing that at different levels

34:29

throughout. Like we all, it's that thing where like

34:31

the dryer door didn't close. And that's the

34:33

straw that broke the camel's back because you're Operating

34:35

at such a high level of stress and

34:37

like mental noise

34:39

that like, there's just not room for one

34:41

S and it's always the smallest thing

34:44

that sets us off. It's like, I'm dealing

34:46

with like these very traumatic, large things that

34:48

I'm carrying around every day, like these boulders.

34:50

And then this little tiny pebble drops

34:53

on and I'm like, I,

34:55

it's, it was enough. And

34:57

I, I saw that. When

35:00

I was going through the

35:02

treatment and now I

35:04

see it more and more, like not only in my life,

35:06

in my husband's life, in, know,

35:08

I can see like, Oh, you're just at capacity.

35:11

Like this feels really hard to you right now.

35:13

And on a normal day it wouldn't, but you're just

35:15

like, you're too far. You've gone too far.

35:19

I don't know It's just an observation.

35:22

Yeah. I had a friend the other day. I,

35:24

I, we had plans and I texted

35:27

her, like I was telling you guys, I'm great

35:29

at like, sorry,

35:31

I am going to be a no today. I've

35:34

gotten better at that. Of course. I still feel guilty.

35:37

Of course. but

35:39

she had the best response and I, I don't remember

35:41

verbatim what she said, but it was essentially like, you

35:43

know what? I'm really proud of you for listening. to

35:45

your body and like, yeah, we'll just reconnect next week.

35:47

And I was like, that's how we change it right We

35:50

have, we go,

35:52

we as women say,

35:54

okay, totally get it.

35:57

guide

35:58

is my

36:00

mom is supposed to be watching her, sorry about that,

36:03

That's okay.

36:05

hold on one second.

36:06

No worries. I

36:07

go find Gaga. Where's

36:11

Gaga?

36:12

Working moms. Everyone will be like, I feel seen.

36:15

Yeah, feel free to behind the scenes look at

36:17

real podcasting as a

36:20

thing.

36:20

This is entrepreneurship. This is business. This

36:22

is, you know, one of the things you said in your

36:24

notes and we can put this

36:26

in Cheryl. So one of the things that you said

36:29

in the file that you sent us that you're passionate

36:31

about is. Choosing

36:35

entrepreneurship as a parent, and I think

36:37

that is such a cool perspective

36:40

to like

36:43

think even think about it, like to

36:45

choose it intentionally as

36:47

a parent and what that means, because I very much

36:49

have done that, but I've never verbalized

36:52

it in that way. So

36:54

talk to us about that. I love that.

36:58

Yeah, well, it's funny. I feel like I've had

37:00

a really big mindset shift recently

37:03

and I think because of my daughter.

37:05

So my husband, the way that our

37:08

sort of entrepreneurship story

37:10

started, I, well, when I look back

37:12

at my childhood, I

37:14

see these, entrepreneurial

37:18

passions that I had that I think

37:20

I quieted because

37:23

I come from traditional

37:26

household in the sense that my dad

37:29

for one company. He graduated

37:32

college, worked for one company his entire career,

37:35

Oh, yeah. Yeah,

37:37

I'm

37:39

mom stayed at home with us. I have two older brothers.

37:41

My mom stayed at home with us until I was about, I

37:43

think 10 or 11. And then she God

37:46

bless her. She, it

37:48

was a a special education

37:50

aid. Which is like

37:52

a whole, very telling, I think, of who she

37:54

is. Just like the most patient, wonderful

37:58

person. But

38:00

it was very traditional. And so I never

38:02

had that thought

38:04

of like, Oh, maybe I can do my

38:06

own thing. Like, I think it was always in

38:08

my, in my mind, like, you're going to go to college,

38:11

you're going to get a job.

38:13

And that. And

38:16

my husband comes from a very

38:18

different background.

38:21

His parents weren't necessarily entrepreneurs.

38:23

They were kind of We talk about it now

38:26

in the sense that he's kind of been

38:28

in this weird like survival mode his

38:30

whole life Like it was always like just

38:32

making ends meet working really

38:34

hard. He's an incredibly hard worker and

38:37

like doesn't complain about it But an

38:39

entrepreneurial perspective, it's tricky

38:41

because it's like hey You need to get out of like the

38:43

day to day grind like he's just so used

38:45

to grinding That it's like hey

38:48

we gotta like take you out of that a little bit

38:50

so we can project like what we want

38:52

and our future and You And

38:54

what do you genuinely enjoy and what are those

38:57

like bigger projects that maybe take time up

38:59

front, but then are going to pay off long

39:01

term, which is a topic for another day, but

39:03

we're, we're working on that right now. But

39:05

he, so we met when

39:07

I was, I was 17 years

39:09

old. He was 18. And

39:12

we started dating and that was never my intention.

39:14

It was never my intention to like meet the

39:16

guy that I was going to marry at 17.

39:19

and I actually struggled with that a little bit during

39:21

college. Cause I was like, what am I doing? What's

39:24

wrong with me? But if you, if you meet

39:26

my husband and Cheryl, I know you have,

39:28

he's just. He's just a keeper.

39:31

I don't know. I just, we've, we've grown,

39:33

we've really grown organically

39:35

and better together versus

39:37

like separately, which has been really nice. kind

39:40

of grown up together. But he chose

39:44

personal training and kind of that entrepreneurial

39:46

route out of out

39:48

of necessity. He was like working full

39:51

time, working like overnight

39:53

shifts at a gym. And then wrestling

39:56

and paying for everything. I mean, it was

39:58

crazy. It was like very stressful, kind

40:00

of in that grind mode, like I was saying. And

40:03

he's really, really excellent

40:05

at what he does and he's really passionate about

40:07

it. So it's been really cool to see someone

40:10

grow in that,

40:12

in kind of their genius. And I

40:14

feel like it's so rare to find people

40:16

that. Find what they genuinely

40:20

love to do and then kind

40:22

of just go for it And

40:24

so I was sort of just brought along so

40:27

at the beginning I did not choose it, right?

40:29

It was not my choice. I was kind of he was just like, oh

40:31

you have a marketing degree You can kind of help me

40:33

or you know, i'm much more organized than

40:35

him And so I would be like

40:37

and he would tell you that he's that's not you

40:39

know talking smack on michael,

40:41

but me. And

40:44

that's hard.

40:45

I'm that person and Cheryl's my wife.

40:48

Yeah. Yeah. There you go. So there's

40:50

like the visionary and then there's the person,

40:52

I feel like that's often behind the scenes,

40:54

like making the spreadsheet and like kind

40:56

of making the things happen behind the scenes. And

40:58

that's kind of been the role that I've And

41:02

anyways, it wasn't really my choice and I was always

41:04

working full time. And

41:06

that afforded us the ability to grow

41:08

the business and not necessarily have it feel

41:10

really incredibly stressful. And because

41:13

I'm more of that safe person, I was like, Oh

41:15

my gosh. But then

41:17

physically, like I was saying earlier, I

41:19

just kept having these physical

41:22

and emotional meltdowns like

41:25

on a weekly basis. And it was just coming

41:27

in between everything. And it was like,

41:29

okay, we need to make a change. And

41:31

I think adding the child into,

41:34

into the equation just totally

41:36

changed everything as it does. And

41:41

I made the choice to take a step back

41:43

from my really

41:45

safe job that was like

41:48

socially acceptable, accepted

41:50

by my family, you know. I still have people

41:53

ask me like, Well, do you think you'll go back to work?

41:55

And I'm like, Well, I,

41:58

I am working.

42:00

yeah. Um, thank

42:03

you. And that's my,

42:06

like, I've made that choice to

42:08

take a step back and focus on growing our business.

42:11

And like, my goal is to continue

42:13

that for the longterm.

42:15

And there may be a time when I do want

42:17

to go back to a you know,

42:20

full time, like nine

42:22

to five gig, but. Now,

42:25

as a parent and having another baby

42:27

on the way, yes, I don't get a

42:29

quote unquote paid maternity leave,

42:31

but I

42:33

get so much flexibility that

42:35

I can pick my daughter up from school

42:38

and I see her all the time and I

42:40

feel like she's so confident in who she

42:42

is because she's

42:46

Been in a secure she sees us all the time.

42:48

We're in and out. I mean, it's a dance It's not

42:51

pretty by any means and some days I'm like,

42:53

oh my gosh this I just this is too

42:55

much for me But at

42:57

the same time I wouldn't trade it in and

42:59

I think also Just

43:02

logistically. I mean, I have a young daughter right

43:04

now Like I look at the schedules and I

43:07

get offended for other parents. I'm like, I'm

43:09

sorry We're doing late start Mondays every

43:11

day like

43:14

Don't talk to Cheryl about this.

43:15

start Monday. Oh, it's

43:18

conference week. Everybody's out at a different

43:20

time than normal. Pivot, pivot.

43:23

is built for the working parent.

43:26

I'm like, how, I honestly don't understand how

43:28

people are doing like the nine to

43:30

five. Like if you don't have flexibility in your gig,

43:32

I'm like, I don't know how you're doing it. Thankfully. I think

43:34

a lot of companies are,

43:36

are offering that a little bit more,

43:39

but even still, I'm like, this is nuts.

43:42

Well, and then what happens is

43:42

about that a lot.

43:44

it falls on one parent, right? Like, and

43:46

then we come up with this concept

43:48

of the primary parent. And

43:52

that is really intense. And

43:55

I love, I mean, I think. I

43:57

would say I would not challenge

43:59

you to say, but like, it's interesting to hear

44:01

you saying, like, I'm going to take a step back

44:04

and do this when I, when I look at what you're doing

44:06

is you're taking a step forward, you're taking

44:08

a step forward into your business and

44:10

for your family and for your business to

44:14

really accomplish this bigger goal.

44:16

And, and, and

44:19

to be able to have that time flexibility

44:22

with your children, you know, like when.

44:24

When I left my really secure job

44:28

after when I was pregnant with my third,

44:30

we started our own business when I was nine months pregnant

44:33

with our third baby. And

44:35

you know, when I talk about Jackson and

44:38

that time I go like this and once you people

44:40

listening, can't hear as I like put his, like,

44:42

I'm carrying him because he was in the carrier with

44:44

me for 11 months at the start of our business. And

44:47

he went with me every single place and,

44:50

uh, And

44:52

I was so lucky and that was so hard,

44:54

by the way, it's not easy, you

44:57

know, like nursing him in the car in between

44:59

meetings with, I was at a construction

45:02

firm, you know, in between meeting

45:04

an inspector and a sub, but,

45:07

that time that I had with him was invaluable

45:10

and that was, and I could pick my

45:12

kids up from school and I could take them to school. And

45:14

those were things that were important to me. And

45:17

I think that's what you're doing as well. Right. You're

45:19

stepping up for your family. You're taking a step

45:22

forward for your family and for

45:24

your business. And as a businesswoman and as an

45:26

entrepreneur, like, I think it's so, it's

45:30

so interesting when people are like, are you going to go

45:32

back to doing this other thing? And

45:34

you're like, don't you see what I'm doing?

45:36

It's like,

45:36

going forward in my business and my

45:38

yeah, yeah.

45:40

reshift. Let's change those words, Lauren, when

45:42

you're telling your story. Let's change your story.

45:45

Like,

45:46

I'm still conditioned, right?

45:47

right. Um,

45:51

in a space of like, I feel so much

45:53

more confident in that decision, but it's still

45:56

lingers and I think it is. It's that external,

45:59

like when people ask questions like that, people,

46:02

my big shtick that gets me every time

46:04

is when people talk about my husband's business

46:06

and I'm like,

46:09

Fuck that. By the way, fuck that. I

46:11

Yeah. Yeah. I,

46:14

again, adore him and he would,

46:16

he wouldn't, he gets offended. He almost

46:18

gets more offended than I do at this point

46:20

by that. But it's like, just,

46:23

yeah, anyways.

46:25

mean, I feel that I worked

46:27

a, oh, go ahead,

46:29

well, yeah. My husband and I had this business together. I

46:31

ran 90. Eight percent

46:33

of it because he still had his regular job, but

46:36

we were a construction business And

46:38

he held our license. And when

46:40

I tell you, even his family, even

46:42

his parents and brothers

46:44

and sisters would go to him

46:47

and say, Hey, can you help me with X,

46:49

Y, and Z? He goes, I, I don't, it's

46:51

Colleen's business. I don't know

46:53

how to do that. I don't know what that is, but

46:56

everyone would go to him.

46:59

Right. And I mean, I told

47:01

the story before, but we had a painter who was like,

47:03

ask your husband, if we can do this. And I looked

47:05

him straight in the face and it was like, I

47:07

don't need to ask my husband. I'm the boss. And

47:09

he was like,

47:12

I

47:12

but it's not conditioning. It's

47:15

that external pressure

47:18

force. I don't know what it's called. Right. But those

47:21

other people who

47:22

it's called bullshit.

47:23

it's sort of bullshit who assume

47:26

because you're a woman and because you're a mom

47:29

that you're

47:31

just taking some time off or

47:34

that. You're secondary

47:36

in the, in the business in some way.

47:38

And it's really

47:40

up to us to, to push back on

47:42

that, you know,

47:44

Well,

47:45

it's,

47:45

according to Peyton Hughes, we're stepping into

47:48

the Aquarius and

47:50

females are going to be

47:53

taking our power finally. And I do

47:55

feel the shift personally, and it might be the

47:57

echo chamber chamber that I've created

47:59

and I'm fine with that.

48:00

me too. I've been

48:04

out, you know, like it's going to start trickling out.

48:06

It's our turn to lead

48:08

and we'll be in better. We'll be better

48:10

for it. Okay.

48:14

that I really, it boggles my

48:16

mind. Once again, I'm, my mind is always

48:18

being boggled that like never had a woman

48:20

lead this country. It boggles my

48:22

mind. I'm like, Oh, we've, they've been leading.

48:24

We just, no one's given them credit, I think is what's

48:27

happening.

48:27

doing a lot of the leading.

48:30

Yeah,

48:30

when they're not, shit's going sideways.

48:33

That's very obvious.

48:35

okay. So Lauren, you have

48:37

an offer that like, are you an offering?

48:39

You're, you're coaching nutrition, virtually.

48:43

Can you tell us about that?

48:45

yeah. So I have, yeah,

48:47

so I have my nutrition coaching

48:50

side of the business, which has been really, it's

48:52

been equally exciting

48:54

and nerve wracking because you

48:57

know, there's that like imposter syndrome that comes

48:59

up of like, nutrition is one of those

49:01

big beasts that like, if

49:03

there's someone that says that they know everything, they

49:05

are lying to your face. And so there's always

49:08

something to learn. There's always more.

49:10

But And so that was holding me back

49:12

because I'm a perfectionist high achiever. I'm speaking

49:14

to my people. So you guys get it. And

49:17

then I finally was, I've been, I've had

49:19

my certification and I've been reading

49:21

and, and digesting information and podcasts

49:23

and things like that since 2017. This is not

49:25

new, but it's funny because I finally, this

49:27

year was like, okay, I'm putting this out there

49:30

as an offering in our business. And

49:32

people are like, wow, congrats. I'm like, yeah, I've been.

49:34

I've been here. I just haven't like put myself

49:37

out there in this way. And I think again,

49:39

I was just so used to being that like behind the scenes

49:41

person. My husband was the face of the business.

49:43

He's the trainer. I'm not, you know so

49:46

I was like, you know what, screw this. I had someone tell

49:48

me, you're being selfish. You're being selfish

49:50

by not putting what's on your heart

49:52

and the information and the knowledge and the passion

49:55

that you have for people by,

49:58

by hiding behind, like, not,

50:00

you know, Knowing enough or whatever. She

50:02

was like, you need to stop. And that was really excellent

50:04

advice and kind of a funny

50:06

way of saying it. But I was like, yeah, you're right.

50:08

Actually, I think I, yeah, I'm height.

50:11

I'm like keeping this to myself. So

50:13

yes, I offer virtual and in person.

50:15

If you're local to San Luis Obispo County we

50:18

can meet in person at our studio. I have my cute

50:20

office, but we also do virtual

50:22

and coaching as well. And really

50:24

it's tailored to the person. I'm not someone

50:26

that believes in like a one

50:29

size fits all approach. I'm not someone that

50:31

believes in like, here's a meal plan. It's really,

50:34

hey, we're going to talk about what

50:36

your concerns are, what your goals are.

50:39

We're going to dive deep. We're going to talk about,

50:42

we're going to, we're going to talk about some sleep. We're

50:44

going to talk about, are you pooping every day? Or

50:46

we're going to be talking about like the,

50:48

the nitty gritty. And then we're going

50:50

to start to work through like, okay,

50:53

Hey, you know, you are clearly,

50:56

you clearly have some, there's well,

50:59

every woman, I feel like unfortunately topic

51:01

for another day, whole other podcasts, but we

51:03

have these terrible relationships

51:05

with our bodies that we've inherited from our moms

51:08

and we've inherited from the media and all of that.

51:10

And so it's unpacking a lot of that. Yeah. That's

51:12

my favorite work to do. Because

51:14

when it starts there and we talk about the relationship

51:17

with the body and how we view

51:19

ourselves, it changes

51:22

and it changes the nutrition goals

51:24

and the foods that you choose when

51:27

you feel better about who you are and,

51:29

and give yourself All

51:31

the props for all the incredible things you

51:33

do, start to view

51:36

it as fueling your body instead of like, okay,

51:38

how can I lose weight? How can I X,

51:40

Y, Z? Those goals don't feel as important

51:43

anymore, even though you can still hit those goals.

51:45

So anyways, it's a lot of really fun

51:47

work. I love it. But yeah, you

51:50

can go to mcallistertraining. com slash

51:52

nutrition and that's kind of my space

51:54

right now. I just started my Instagram.

51:57

For the nutrition side of the business, which has been fun.

52:00

It's me just being kind of and

52:02

just showing kind of an inside look at some

52:04

of the swaps I'm making and things that I suggest.

52:06

And just at the beginning.

52:09

So we'll see,

52:10

that account called? How do we find that one?

52:12

It's just @McAllisterNutrition. So

52:15

we have the @McAllisterTaining and then @McAllisterNutrition

52:18

awesome. Well, Lauren, thank you so

52:20

much for your time today. This was an

52:23

important conversation. Like

52:26

we covered a lot and I was totally

52:28

into every little bit of it. So

52:30

was amazing.

52:31

for being here.

52:32

Thank you so much. We're so excited

52:35

for you to make this continue your steps forward.

52:38

And however we can support

52:40

you in your business and everybody go and follow

52:42

and like, and check

52:44

out Lauren. Cause if you can't

52:47

see her and just hear her, she's also like

52:49

adorable and you will love her

52:52

and we're just excited for you and we're so

52:54

happy for you and. For

52:56

us to be able to share and

52:58

you to not be selfish about your gifts and share them with

53:00

everybody.

53:02

you want to see Lauren, you guys, we do have a YouTube

53:04

channel now where you can go and watch all

53:07

of our podcasts and FYI,

53:09

they come out like Sunday and

53:11

these don't come out till Wednesday. So if you want to

53:13

Ooh, I

53:14

Colleen doesn't even know that.

53:16

didn't even know that. Insider info, Cheryl's

53:19

being selfish with this insider info.

53:21

YouTube comes out whenever I finish editing the

53:23

episode, the podcast drops every Wednesday,

53:26

everywhere you get your podcasts other than YouTube.

53:29

Amazing.

53:30

right, you guys.

53:30

I'll be able to see all my hand gestures over here. I

53:32

can't

53:33

I know. I know. And you get

53:35

to see the behind the scenes. All right, you guys,

53:37

we'll see you next time. Keep doing it right.