#12 | Trusting Your Instincts in Birth and Motherhood: A Conversation with Jennifer Lauck
The Discerning Mother
In this powerful episode of The Discerning Mother, Brigid Tebaldi is joined by author and speaker, Jennifer Lauck, as they discuss the importance of trusting your instincts during pregnancy, birth, and beyond. Jennifer shares the deeply personal journey of her own birth experiences and how the medical system failed to honor her intuition. From the overwhelming pressure of the hospital system to the struggles of advocating for yourself as a mother, this conversation will resonate with any woman navigating her own motherhood journey. Jennifer and I discuss her book "Show Me the Way" and how her own story of birth and transformation occurred. Through honest storytelling, Jennifer and Brigid explore how faith, intuition, and even the struggle against societal expectations shape the experience of motherhood. We chat about: The challenges of trusting your body and instincts in a medical system that often overlooks the personal needs of mothers. The struggles women face when advocating for their birth plans and fighting for informed consent in the hospital setting. Practical advice for discerning the voice of the Holy Spirit and your own intuition when navigating the challenges of motherhood. Learn more about Jennifer’s books and courses here. Connect with Brigid on Instagram.
About Podcast
Welcome to The Discerning Mother, the podcast where building a thriving business and becoming a whole woman are not two different goals. Most wellness podcasts will tell you to regulate your nervous system. Most business podcasts will tell you to try another strategy.
This one will tell you why those won't work.
This is where faith, health, and business strategy collide.
Each week we talk about:
- How your nervous system is either building your business or quietly sabotaging it
- Why rewiring your nervous system and identity unlocks what regulation never could
- Real strategy for scaling without burning the woman behind the brand
- What Catholic/Christian theology has to say about money, ambition, and becoming
- How to have more without doing more
- Doing it all while being a present, joyful, peaceful mother & 6 or 7 figure business owner
This is not hustle culture with a rosary or prayers on top. This is the real work; the kind that changes what you are capable of in your business, your body, your marriage, and your motherhood (& by default, the world! Right, St. Mother Teresa?!).
Whether you are listening as you prep for a client call or folding laundry, it's time for you to dive in!