Lauren Gordon Coaching

Working Mom Coach

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I help new moms navigate their returns to work after maternity leave and experienced moms feel better and achieve more in their careers without negatively impacting their families.

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Minimize your stress
No longer feel guilty for being a working mom
Stop procrastinating
Overcome your overwhelm and anxiety
End your imposter syndrome and add more value at work

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Embrace your working mom title as a positive differentiator
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Build your self-confidence
Navigate the process of seeking a promotion or raise at work

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I like the second week of the new year far better than I like the first. Why? Because the excitement has faded, and I’m faced with the reality that it’s much harder to grow, evolve, and achieve goals through daily commitments than it is to simply dream big. When you add life as a working mom on top of your goal aspirations, the challenge to stay committed becomes even harder, which means I’m forced to grow even more.

Last week, my belief was strong, and my days were filled with early wins, strong momentum, and reinforcement that small steps add up to big results. But this week, as the freshness of the new year began to fade, I noticed my old patterns and behaviors trying to reemerge.

It’s in those moments that we always have a choice.
➡ Will we regress or will we evolve?
➡ Will we give into the voice in our head that wants to convince us to stay small or stay the same?
➡ Or, will we listen to the wiser voice who knows with certainty that we are meant for more and that our goals are within our reach if we keep moving forward?

This week, and every day after, I’m deciding to stay committed – even when it’s hard or even when I doubt myself.

And, guess what. You get to decide that for yourself too.

⭐ If you’re a working mom who wants to set – and achieve – big personal or professional goals in 2024, while also being fully present and engaged at home with your children, I would love to work with you as your coach. Message with me to learn more. 📩

Setting 2024 goals as a working mom? ➡️ Be sure to set your New Year's intentions, resolutions, and goals for yourself, based on what you want to do or who you want to be, rather than setting them based on what you think you “should” do or as a way to meet the expectations that other people have of you.

Too often, I see working moms putting the requests, needs, or expectations of others ahead of their own aspirations or desires.

If you need permission to focus on yourself, without any guilt, this is your reminder to do that today -- and every day of 2024.

Need help with goal setting or accountability with follow through? Message me 📩 to connect, and we can chat about the coaching I offer to busy working moms, like you. I can’t wait to meet you and help you. #workingmom #workingmoms #workingmomlife #workingmomstruggles #workingmomguilt #maternityleavebegins #workingmum #workingmama #workingmums #workingmomsofpeloton #goalsetting

Do you ever compare yourself to other moms on Halloween and feel inferior? 👻

You’re not alone.

As working moms, it’s natural to compare ourselves against others, but we often also pretend as if we have unlimited time or energy or creativity (which we don’t).

Comparing ourselves to others leaves us feeling like we are not doing enough for our family, and it sometimes even causes us to judge other moms for what they are doing. (How interesting that we tend to judge others as a result of judging ourselves… even though judgment doesn’t feel good for anyone!)

➡️ Teddy Roosevelt once said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” I like to also add, “Comparison is always a choice.” Why is it that we continue to choose to do something that steals our happiness from us?

The answer for many of my working mom clients is that they either didn’t realize that they were choosing to do it because it had become so automatic, or they don’t know how to stop doing it.

⭐ As a coach, I can help you to understand why you do this, what’s behind your feelings, and how to feel better, no matter what other moms are doing. In even one coaching session, we can begin to grow your self-confidence, which can have a positive impact on so many other aspects of your life too.

Want to feel guilt-free, stress-free, and comparison-free as we head into the holiday season? 📩 Message me to ask about the coaching I offer. I'd be honored to be there by your side to teach you and coach you.

When’s the last time you stepped away from work to attend an event at your child’s school or do something fun for yourself – without feeling any guilt?

Last week, I chaperoned my youngest daughter’s field trip to a pumpkin patch, which meant I took the entire morning off from work to attend. There’s never a “perfect” time to step away from work, and it’s especially hard to take time off when you were already out sick from work the prior week, like I was.

If this sequence of events had happened a few years ago, I would have been a mess of stress, guilt, and overwhelm. I would have felt conflicted about what to do, and I would have been thinking things like:
▪️Should I go on the field trip, like I promised my daughter, or should I skip it so I’m not falling further behind at work?
▪️What’s worse: Feeling guilty about letting my daughter down or feeling guilty about letting my colleagues down at work?
▪️If I go on the field trip, I know I’m going to be thinking about work the entire time and wondering what I’m missing and how much further behind I’m falling.

Sound familiar?

Thankfully, this year’s experience was completely different. I had made a prior commitment to my daughter and I wanted to uphold it, so I kept it. I made a commitment to myself that I wasn’t going to feel guilty, and I upheld that too, by applying the same strategies I teach and coach my working mom clients who want to end their working mom guilt.

If you want to be able to take personal time away from work without guilt and without thinking about work the whole time, I would love so much to teach you what works for me and my clients. It is completely possible to be a stress-free, guilt-free working mom. Message me to learn more. 📩 I can’t wait to connect with you.

If you’re like me, and you woke up this morning feeling shocked that it’s already September 1st, you may also be feeling anxious that this year is practically over.

It’s totally okay to think that and believe that, if you want to – but I want to offer a perspective shift that I found more helpful.

Rather than thinking it’s “already” September 1st, I’m choosing to think that it’s “only” September 1st.

I’m choosing to remember that we still have four full months ahead of us before 2023 comes to a close.

I’m choosing to remember that we are only ⅔ of the way through the calendar year.

I’m choosing to believe that I have plenty of time to accomplish the goals I want to accomplish this year, and I still have plenty of time to make meaningful contributions to my professional work, and make lifelong memories with my family.

How might your feelings about today’s date shift if you chose to shift your perspective too?

PS: When I learned the power of perspective and the power of intentionally choosing my thoughts about my life, my experience as a working mom entirely changed. If you’ve wished that you could stop feeling stressed out, overwhelmed, and weighed down by guilt, I would love to teach you the tools and strategies I use in my own life. 📩Message me to ask about the coaching I provide. I can’t wait to meet you and help you.

Last week, we took an overnight girls’ trip to New York City to celebrate my mom’s birthday. From start to finish, we were out of our home for a total of 32 hours, but relative to the amount of special memories we made, it felt like we were gone for so much longer.

This trip reminded me to not underestimate the power of a few hours or one night away from home. The change of scenery and energy can be enough to completely recharge and remember what really matters in life.

By the sheer volume of pictures and videos on my phone, I know that I’ll remember this trip forever (and I hope that my girls will too!) — but I also know that I’ll never forget how good it felt to be fully present and enjoying every moment.

Given that it’s summer in the U.S., I coach a lot of my clients this time of year on how to enjoy vacations and how to stress less about the challenging moments or too full calendars. If you’re struggling with any of these topics, or anything else, I would love to work with you and coach you too.

📩 Message me here on Instagram to learn more about the coaching that I offer. I can’t wait to hear from you.

If you and I had 60 seconds together on a call, I promise that I could help you to uncover exactly what is standing in the way of you and your dream life as a working mom.

That might sound bold or far-fetched, but I’ve been coaching working moms for three years (and I’ve been a certified coach in the corporate world for ten years), and it’s my job – and one of my best skills – to listen out for limiting beliefs.

What’s a limiting belief? Simply put, it’s a thought (or thoughts) that you think about yourself or your potential that stand in the way of taking action, pursuing a desire, or making a change in your life. In other words, it’s sentences in your brain that keep you stuck or playing small.

As a working mom, there is only one thing standing in the way of the life you have
right now and the life you dream of having, and it all ties back to the thoughts that you are thinking about yourself.

As your coach, I can help you identify that one thing (and for the majority of my working mom clients, it's likely not what you think it is).

If you want to learn how to feel better as a working mom and create a life that you truly love, I'm here to help.⁠
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I offer private one-on-one coaching for working moms who want to feel great while focusing on both their career and family. I teach the exact process that I used on myself, even while I was working in a senior leadership role in my full-time corporate job and raising three young children. If it was possible for me, I know that you can do it too.

📩 Message me to learn more. I can’t wait to meet you.

This past Mother’s Day, I felt so celebrated and loved by my daughters, yet on every other day, I’m the one celebrating and loving the fact that I get to be their mom.

Even on the hard days and the long days and the exhausting days.

Even after the early wake-ups and the sleepless nights.

Even when the feelings are big or the voices are loud.

I wouldn’t trade the job of being their mom for anything else in the world, and I wouldn’t trade my job of being a coach to my fellow working moms either. ❤️

If you’re a working mom who is struggling personally or professionally, I would love to help you however you need.

📩 Message me to learn more about the coaching I offer. I can’t wait to meet you and help you to completely live life as a working mom too.

Hi! I’m Lauren Gordon, and I am a fellow working mom and certified life coach.

If we had met when I first began my working motherhood journey, you would have seen some of my lowest moments. Despite having wonderful support at home and at work, I struggled immensely with working mom guilt, stress, and overwhelm.

My return to work after my first maternity leave ended in 2016 was incredibly difficult. My return after my second leave in 2018 was even harder – largely because I had added layers of imposter syndrome and self doubt following a recent promotion at work.

When my husband and I made the decision in 2019 to grow our family once more, I knew that I couldn’t take that step without first taking care of myself.

I briefly considered stepping out of the workforce, but using my talents and skills and financially contributing to my family is so important to me. Instead, I committed to learning what was behind my strong emotions, so that I could figure out how to change them.

My studies led to a six month intensive program that earned me a second coaching certification and equipped me with the tools and strategies to finally live a happy life as a working mom.

My personal transformation was so strong that I didn’t stop there. After welcoming our third daughter into the world in March 2020, I opened a virtual coaching practice while on leave as a way to help fellow working moms who were struggling with the chaos of the pandemic.

Fast forward three years, and I now coach private clients, teach and coach inside two courses for @mindfulreturn, and facilitate small group sessions for @keep__company. I know that so many working parents need support, and I’m committed to helping.

▪️If you want to stop trading your happiness for a paycheck, I would love to teach you how to do that.

▪️If you want to feel more confident in your career and in your parenting, I have strategies you can begin applying today.

▪️If you want to improve your relationships, add self-care to your routines, discover new hobbies, and create a life you’ve always dreamed of, I can guide you in making that a reality.

Message me to learn more. I can’t wait to meet you. 📩

What would your life be like if you no longer felt guilty, stressed out, and overwhelmed as a working mom?

How would you show up differently for your family and friends?
How would you show up differently at work?
How would you treat yourself, and what habits would you change?

When I think about my life as a working mom over the past seven years, I think about it in two parts: Before 2019 and After 2019.

2019 was the year that I learned how to permanently end my working mom guilt and stress, and my life completely changed after that, both personally and professionally.

I felt happier at home.

I became more present with my husband and my daughters.

I felt more confidence at work.

I set boundaries around my time, upheld them, and still added value in my job.

I felt more like myself.

I resumed old hobbies, discovered new passions, and made time for friends.

My life changed so significantly for the better that I knew I wanted to help as many other working moms as I could to do the same. My personal transformation fueled me to open my coaching practice, and I’ve never looked back.

What if May 2023 was the month for you, where you finally learned how to stop feeling guilty, stressed out, and overwhelmed as a working mom?

Imagine what a positive impact that would have on your well-being, your family, and your career.

I teach from personal experience, as a working mom to three young daughters, and when you’re ready to get started, I would love to work with you.

Do you want to feel more confident as a working mom? Try shifting your focus away from “building confidence” and more toward “building your courage muscle.”

Confidence is often described as being a byproduct of courage, and courage can come from small daily acts that add up to growing your belief in yourself and your abilities.

In the week ahead, you might consider building your courage muscle by having the courage to:

▪️Try something new.
▪️Have that difficult conversation.
▪️Ask for what you need more of and what you need less of.
▪️Establish boundaries.
▪️Raise your hand.
▪️Be honest.

If the thought of doing any of these acts sounds nice, but isn’t something you feel ready to do, you may simply need someone by your side – teaching you how, working through your uncertainties, and empowering you to move forward.

As a certified coach for working moms, I teach from personal experience, after navigating corporate roles for the past 15 years and currently raising my three young daughters. I’ve overcome imposter syndrome, people-pleasing and perfectionist tendencies, and self-doubt. And, I’ve ended my own stress, guilt, and overwhelm since becoming a working mom, which grew my self-confidence tremendously.

If you want to feel better as a working mom, please message me. I offer private one-on-one coaching for working moms like you, and when you’re ready, I’m here. I can’t wait to meet you. 💌

My oldest daughter turned seven years old this past weekend, which marks the 7th anniversary of the moment I became a working mom. Here are three lessons I've learned during this incredible journey (so far!):

1. It is completely possible to love someone unconditionally (five times over, including myself, my husband, and my three daughters). Loving someone else with no expectation of them being anyone else than who they are is the most freeing and rewarding feeling. I absolutely love my family, but the real growth came when I learned to also love myself – for who I am, for who I’m not, and for who I’m about to become.

2. We can redefine our personality, our habits, and our life, no matter who we’ve been up until this point. I am living proof that you can learn to become less of a people pleaser, less of a perfectionist, less of a procrastinator, less guilty as a working mom, less stressed and overwhelmed… and more self-confident, more courageous, more productive, more focused on both your family and your career. I only recently read the book Personality Isn’t Permanent by Dr. Benjamin Hardy, and I found myself nodding along with each chapter. It took me over three decades to fully realize that I get to decide who I want to be, how I want to act, and what results I want to create in my life.

3. If I change the way I look at things, then the things I look at will change. (Thanks, @drwaynedyer!) Perspective is everything. When I was struggling the most as a working mom a few years ago, I thought that I had to change my circumstances (like my job or the hours I worked) in order to feel better, rather than realizing I had to first change my own thinking.

If you'd like to learn how to change your life and feel better as a working mom, I would love to coach you and help you do that.

📩 Message me to learn more.

Valentine’s Day isn’t only about loving the people in our life. It can also be about loving our decisions in life. You decided to become a working mom, and each day that you work, you are deciding to stay a working mom.

I know firsthand how hard it can be to try to juggle a career and a family and a life on top of that. And, I know from experience how tempting it can feel to only focus on the challenges and what’s not going well.

Use this message as an invitation to shift your focus. Ask yourself, “What do I LOVE about being a working mom? Why do I continue to do it?”

Write your reasons down. Share your reasons with your partner and your children. Leave a reason or two below in the comments. You can inspire yourself to remember the good — even when it’s hard — and you may inspire another #workingmom too.

It's time to redefine what it means to be a working mom.

For too long, we've associated life as a working mom with feelings of stress, guilt, and overwhelm. I myself struggled with all of that – and more – for my first few years as a working mom.

For my first few years as a working mom, I didn’t know that there was any other option for how to feel. I had chosen to be a working mom, so I thought that those feelings were part of the unfortunate deal. And, I thought I had to just struggle through the hard parts for a few years.

It wasn’t until I was pregnant with our third daughter that I learned that I had been wrong the whole time.

Being a working mom can absolutely have its hard moments, but it doesn’t have to require a life full of stress, guilt, and overwhelm.

It is completely possible to be a working mom and have a life full of happiness, love, confidence, and any other emotions that you want to feel.

I opened my coaching practice for working moms after I learned exactly how to end my negative emotions and finally feel better. I didn’t have to step out of the workforce, and I didn’t have to wait until my children grew older.

If you wish you could learn to feel better, I would love to help you do so. Message me to learn more. 📩 I provide one-on-one coaching, and my clients bring both personal and professional goals and challenges. There's nothing off-limits. I'm here to help when you're ready. I can't wait to meet you.

In July, we took a little family getaway to Baltimore, Maryland, and it was a success! A few things that worked for us:
1️⃣I highly recommend a mid-week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) family trip. My husband and I worked on Monday, were off for three days, and then worked Friday. This schedule kept email and work backlogs to a minimum, and after one day back at work, we had a full weekend to catch up on life! Plus, the crowds at our destination were minimal.
2️⃣We beat the summer heat with pre-planned, indoor child-friendly activities. Port Discovery Children’s Museum @portdiscovery, Maryland Science Center @mdsciencecenter, and the National Aquarium @nationalaquarium were some of our favorites.
3️⃣Because we were all in the same hotel room, my husband and I went to bed shortly after our girls did, which was earlier than we normally would at home. (After all, the lights were off and the white noise was on!) We woke up each morning feeling very well-rested, which made the trip even more enjoyable.
4️⃣Decide ahead of time how you want to feel during and after the trip. I’m a big believer in choosing your thoughts and feelings. (It’s one of the top skills I teach my working mom clients!) For this trip, I wanted to fully enjoy it, be present, and make memories. I didn’t hope or pretend that every moment would be happy, nor did I expect the worst because we were traveling with our young children. Instead, I expected ups and downs – and I made a commitment to myself that I would lead with love, especially if I felt the temptation of stress creeping up.

I used to joke that traveling with children is a trip, not a vacation – but this time away really was a special one.

If you’re a working mom who wants to enjoy more (and stress less) when you travel with your family, message me. I’m a full-time corporate working mom – and a certified coach – and I teach my clients exactly how I went from feeling stressed out, guilty, and overwhelmed… to feeling calm and confident at work and at home. I would love to help you too. 🧡

Sometimes we just need a sign that what we truly want is possible — even if it currently feels out of reach.

Let this post be a sign for you.

No matter how you are feeling, I promise that it is completely possible to become a stress-free, guilt-free working mom.

I run a coaching business for working moms – in addition to my full-time corporate job – because I want to be an example of what is possible for all working moms, no matter what challenges you are navigating.

For my first few years as a working mom, I used to struggle immensely, and I desperately wanted to find someone to help me feel better.

In 2019, I learned tools and techniques that helped me completely change how I felt and how I acted – at home with my husband and my children, at work with my colleagues and clients, and all throughout the day with my to-do list and calendar.

In 2020, after having my third daughter (during the pandemic), I committed to apply to myself what I now teach to others – so I could return to my corporate job after maternity leave as a stress-free and guilt-free working mom.

With each day that passes, I still haven’t broken that commitment to myself. Life has never been better as a working mom.

I would love so much to help you experience the same changes in your life.

As a coach for working moms (and a fellow full-time working mom), I will teach you how to go from stressed out, overwhelmed, and guilt-ridden… to becoming calm, confident, happy, and successful. I teach from experience because I did exactly that -- all while growing my family, starting a business, and advancing my corporate career.

Message me to learn more. 📩 I can’t wait to meet you and help you.

My working mom clients often ask for help with choosing the best option for child care.

As a full-time working mom of three young daughters myself, I’ve navigated daycares, nannies, public school, and summer camps.

I speak from experience when I offer my top piece of childcare decision advice.

The best decision for childcare is the one that YOU decide is best for your family.

There are pros and cons to every childcare option – and that’s okay.

There is no such thing as a right or wrong decision.

There is simply the decision you make for your family… and then there is the opportunity for you to have your own back, like your reasons, and always reserve the right to make a change, if needed.

If you are a working mom who is struggling with working mom guilt, send me a message to connect.

I offer private one-on-one coaching to working moms who want to feel better in all aspects of their life – personally and professionally. 📩 Message me to learn more. I can’t wait to meet you and help you.

#workingmom #workingmomguilt #workingmomsofinstagram #workingmomsofpeloton

My working mom guilt nearly broke me a few years ago.

The heavy burden of guilt and shame that I used to carry for my first four years as a working mom was enough to nearly push me out of the workforce entirely.

In 2019, I reached a pivotal moment. I couldn't take the guilt (and stress and overwhelm) any longer.

I thought that the only way to end my guilt was to change my circumstances (e.g., step back or out of the workforce), but I didn't want to do that. I wanted to continue working.

Instead, I dove into intellectually studying what causes our guilt and shame. If I could understand what caused it, then I knew I could figure out how to end it.

To my genuine amazement, I learned that guilt (and all other feelings, including joy and anger and confidence and sadness and everything in-between) are all completely optional.

This meant that as working moms, we always get to choose how we want to feel… about anything in life.

Taking back control of how I wanted to feel as a working mom changed everything for me.

I would love to teach you how to make that change too.

If you are struggling as a working mom – and you want to learn how to feel better without stepping back or out of your career, I can help. 💜

I offer private one-on-one coaching to working moms who want to feel better in all aspects of their life. Message me to learn more. 📩 I can’t wait to meet you.

Last week, I became certified in Mental Health First Aid. The training could not have come at a better time.

It can feel emotionally hard to be a working mom right now. If you ever want to talk to someone, I'm here to help.

During my certification class, we talked about how common mental health challenges are and how important it is to break the stigma around mental health challenges. We also talked about how powerful it can be to simply ask ourselves and others in our lives: “Are you okay?”

If you're not okay or you need support, you're not alone. And, there's nothing ever wrong with you. Human beings are designed to feel a range of emotions. Everyone's life has ups and downs. It's completely possible to feel both joy and sadness -- and everything in-between.

As a certified coach for working moms, part of my job is to teach you how to feel and process emotions in a safe and healthy way – no matter what is going on in the world around you.

➡️ Want to learn more about how to worry and stress less as a working mom? Message me to connect. 📩 I offer private one-on-one coaching to working moms who want to feel better. I teach the exact process that I use on myself, as a full-time corporate working mom of three young children, and I would love to help you too.

I can’t wait to meet you. 💜

As a working mom, there is great power to be gained by learning how to expect and accept the unexpected.

The world around us is always out of our control, even when we skillfully plan and prepare.

I lovingly refer to myself as a recovering perfectionist.

When unexpected things pop up or “go wrong,” I used to either stress and panic, or get really frustrated.

What I didn’t realize (for most of my life) is that nothing was actually going wrong at all.

🌟 The truth is: There is nothing in life that is certain or guaranteed, so when we learn to accept that to be true, then we can also calm our brain when the unexpected thing happens.

It's helpful to plan and prepare in life because there are so many moments that will go as we envisioned.

But, it's also helpful to remind yourself that if things don't go as planned, that's okay too.

❇️ Expect unexpected things to happen.

❇️ Remind yourself regularly that nothing has gone wrong, unless you decide it's gone wrong.

❇️ See how much calmer and more in control you’ll feel all throughout your day as a working mom, if you learn to truly think this way.

Want to learn more about how to worry and stress less as a working mom? Message me to connect. 📩 I offer private one-on-one coaching to working moms who want to feel better. I teach the exact process that I use on myself, as a full-time corporate working mom of three young children, and I would love to help you too.

You can have it all as a working mom.

I am a full-time corporate working mom with three young children.

I went from feeling completely stressed out, overwhelmed, and guilty for years… to learning how to be stress-free and guilt-free for good — without stepping back or out of the workforce.

I’m here to help as many fellow working moms as I can.