Lauren Smith Brody, Author of The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom's Guide to Style, Sanity and Success After Baby

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 23 April 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Lauren Smith Brody, author of The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom's Guide to Style, Sanity and Success After Baby, shares her own experiences (and relevant studies) about going back to work, trying not to fight with her husband, childcare options, "mom guilt," how to look and feel better, and attempting to not turn into her mother. Lauren has started a movement in the workplace advocating on behalf of new moms and offers workshops, personal sessions for moms and more. Check out www.thefifthtrimester.com.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and this is Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:14.7	As a mom of four kids in New York City and a writer myself, I know all too well how short everyone is on time, so I'm here to help.
0:21.9	I'm going to interview authors and writers of all types about their work, especially as it
0:25.9	relates to parenting and family issues. Hopefully you can listen while doing 8 million other
0:30.0	things and fall in love with these talented scribes in their fantastic books, essays, and songs
0:34.7	like I have, plus get some tips on surviving parenthood. For more about me,
0:38.6	you can check out my essays at Zibby Owens.com. I'm here today with Lauren Smith-Frody. Lauren is the founder
0:46.9	of the fifth trimester, which is both a movement and a book called The Fifth Trimester,
0:51.3	The Working Mom's Guide to Style, Sanity, and Big Success after Baby.
0:55.1	Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, CNN.com, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and New York family.
1:00.7	Lauren has appeared recently in talks by Google and on the Mother Birth podcast before coming on moms don't have time to read books.
1:07.5	Before launching the fifth trimester, Lauren worked for 16 years in magazine publishing,
1:11.5	most recently is the executive editor of Glamour Magazine, a Condé Nast publication.
1:15.5	Lauren lives in New York City now with her husband and her two young sons. Before I introduce
1:19.7	Lauren, just a reminder that this episode is sponsored by Chloe's Fruit, The Cool Way to Eat
1:25.1	Fruit. You can learn more at Chloe's Fruit.com.
1:27.7	So welcome, Lauren.
1:29.1	Well, thank you so much for having me on.
1:31.2	Thanks for coming.
1:33.6	We could spend the whole podcast talking about the movement
1:36.2	amid the fifth trimester and how amazing it is.
1:38.9	But I want to talk about this fantastic book first because there's also a million.
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