It's been a hot minute since I've recorded but it's time to rip the bandaid off.

This episode brings some very random musings and lessons from 4 months offline, as well as a new (and evolving) perspective on bUrNoUt

I'd love to hear what stirs (or lands) for you from this episode. My dms are open on IG, connect with me @nicolepasveer

We’re so often given the advice of “more being, less doing” yet what does this actually look like in modern motherhood as busy, potentially high achieving, and conscious mothers or women entrepreneurs?

It can be easy to enter a shame spiral when we find ourselves betraying our own needs or not following through on things we intend to do.

In this episode, we uncover the identity of efficiency and discuss how being efficient can be a strong motivator in our day to day actions. We reflect on how societal conditioning and external validation has led to a distortion around self worth and productivity.

We explore how to show our nervous systems that it’s actually SAFE not to be efficient despite past and current programming, and we talk about different ways we are each personally infusing micro pauses of intention into our day without massive adjustments to our to-do lists.

This episode invites you to find ways to infuse more being into your doing.

Some ideas we offer include practicing awareness and strengthening your muscle of discernment. Strengthening awareness and discernment can increase Self trust and Self worth in small, bite sized ways while allowing flexibility for the changing seasons of one’s capacity.

We set new moon intentions for ourselves and invite you to join us in asking yourself questions like:

“What does my body need right now?”

And “Have I felt my heartbeat today?” and invite you to either follow through on what comes up in response to those questions, or hold space for what is present without jumping to fix it or take it away.

Resources mentioned:

The Healing Power of Pleasure: Seven Medicines for Rediscovering the Innate Joy of Being by Juila Paulette Hollenbury (book)

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Connect with Nicole on IG (@nicolepasveer)

Connect with Lauren on IG (@nestandnourish)

In this episode, Lauren and I vulnerably reflect on the turbulence we’ve both experienced this past month and how it’s impacting our nervous systems, our creativity, our productivity, and our sense of Self.

We share our own journeys of discomfort and fear, and embrace the concept of pausing and slowing down to return in a more authentic way.

As we continue to deepen into cyclical embodiment, we both acknowledge that being in a season of slow down is normal and necessary despite societal conditioning telling us to push through. We share both the discomfort and expansion of paving our own ways.

As always our conversation pulls the threads of many different topics including:

• Seeking so called “balance” between business and the ever changing phases of motherhood
• Body image struggles
• Mom guilt and self worth
• Reframing burnout, shifting priorities, and embracing a season of self-tending
• Redefining procrastination and leaning into your own creative process
• Healing perfectionism and witnessing the embodied growth

We have no doubt that some part of this episode will be relatable or offer language to your own experience as you untangle the messy middle of motherhood or entrepreneurship. As always, we love to hear from you! DM us on IG and let us know what this episode stirs up for you.

Resources mentioned:

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Connect with Nicole on IG (@nicolepasveer)

Connect with Lauren on IG (@nestandnourish)