What's up, Batty Bees? I'm Brianna, mom, wife, serial entrepreneur, and host of the badass basic bitch podcast. Each week, I sit down with a seemingly ordinary woman who's doing extraordinary

things and I get to share her story with you. So let's go. Buckle up as we're going to get real

and dive into the shit nobody talks about. Welcome to the Batty B Club. So like when I say in-laws,

your parents might be the in-laws who are the problem.

So like whoever's listening, like it doesn't mean only your partner's parents because I don't

want anyone to feel left out.

I often have people say, what if my parents are the, you know, problematic in-laws?

I'm like, this applies.

It applies to anybody who's parenting

or parents of the millennial parents now. Welcome back to another episode of Badass Basic Bitch.

We are joined by Lauren Awood, a licensed therapist and fellow millennial mom of two

who's passionate about helping women navigate the complexities of motherhood,

whether it's from pregnancy to processing past childhood experiences

and even the challenges that come with dealing with the in-laws. And that's what we're going to talk

about today. With the holiday season coming up, we are going to dive in and she's going to guide us

through it all on how to navigate our holiday season dealing with

the in-laws. So thank you so much, Lauren, for being with us today. Thank you for having me. I'm so happy to be here.

So before we get started, why don't you tell our listeners just a little bit more about who you are and what you do?

Sure. So I am a fellow millennial mom. As you said, I have two boys. There's seven and almost three. And I'm a licensed therapist. My background training is in marriage and family therapy, which is couples work, is family dynamics. So I feel pretty comfortable saying I'm an expert in system dynamics, family dynamics at this point.

It's been about 10 years of me doing this. I have my own private practice that's virtually based.

I'm licensed in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida. And I have advanced training in peridatal

mental health. So that's like trying to conceive fertility, challenges, pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond.

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