Lauren Akins: life + love with Thomas Rhett since first grade, secret to marriage & why their marriage isn’t perfect, balancing Africa & red carpets, embracing her platform to help children and families, navigating 2 kids under 3 yrs old!
Get Real with Caroline Hobby
Nashville Podcast Network
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2019
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Lauren and Thomas Rhett met when they were in first grade. They were great friends then tried dating around 15 years old. It didn’t work out then, but they stayed besties and after college TR confessed his love to Lauren and dared her to kiss him. The rest is history. Lauren walks me through their whole love story, why their marriage isn’t perfect, their love of therapy, life on the road when they were newlyweds (it’s not always glamorous or fun FYI), becoming a huge celebrity in her own right and how she learned to process it. She then shares how she fell in love with the children and families of Haiti and Africa and knowing she was called to work with and change lives of children in need. She talks about finding balance between the poverty of 3rd world countries, where her heart lives, to walking red carpets. Plus how she learned to embrace her platform to spread awareness of how her community can help those in need. Also we talk about how TR knew they should instantly adopt Willa Gray and how they navigated being new parents to a 1.5 year old and newborn at the same time!
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| 0:00.0 | The assassination of President John F. Kennedy is the greatest murder mystery in American history. |
| 0:05.6 | That's Rob Briner. |
| 0:07.6 | Rob called me, Soledette O'Brien, and asked me what I knew about this crime. |
| 0:11.6 | Well, ask, who had the motive to assassinate a sitting president. |
| 0:16.0 | Then we'll pull the curtain back on the cover-up. |
| 0:20.0 | The American people need to know the truth. |
| 0:22.0 | Listen to who the truth. |
| 0:22.6 | Listen to who killed JFK on the I-Heart Radio app, |
| 0:27.0 | Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:31.6 | Underwater Who has. podcasts. romantic thriller Water, listen to underwater on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:00.0 | If a baby is giggling in the backseat, they're probably happy. If a baby is crying in the backseat, they're probably hungry. But if a baby is sleeping in the back seat, will you remember they're even there? When you're distracted, stressed |
| 1:15.7 | or not usually the one who drives them, the chances of forgetting them in the back seat are |
| 1:19.9 | much higher. It can happen to anyone. Parked cars get hot fast and can be deadly. |
| 1:25.8 | So get in the habit of checking the back seat when you leave. The message from NHTSA and |
| 1:30.0 | the Ad council. Caroline, she's a queen of talking hay with it's on your mind. |
| 1:46.0 | She's getting real not afraid to feel. |
| 1:49.0 | Take the soul to soul, just let her flow. |
| 1:51.0 | No one can do it quite like Caroline. It's time for Caroline. |
| 1:57.0 | Hey you guys, this episode of Get Real Podcast is so amazing. |
| 2:02.7 | I have Lauren Aikens on. |
| 2:04.1 | She's the wife of Thomas Wret. |
| 2:06.0 | I don't even know where to start with all of the incredible journey |
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