Today we’d like to introduce you to Lauren Trout.
Hi Lauren, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I learned at a very early age how to survive be being quiet, being “good”, and not taking up too much space.
Growing up in an abusive environment, my nervous system learned to constantly scan the room, read everyone else’s emotions, and walk on eggshells in order to feel safe. somewhere along the way, I created the belief that my worth came from how helpful I could be, how much I could accomplish, and how much I could do for everyone else.
WIthout realizing it, I carried those same patterns with me into adulthood.
I became the helper. the fixer. the person everyone could count on. On the outside, I was strong, capable, and successful, but underneath it all, I was still trying to prove that I was enough.
I was once told I wasn’t smart enough to go to nursing school. But deep down, there was a part of me that knew I was meant for more, and I refused to let someone else’s limiting belief become my truth.
I put myself through nursing school, became a Registered Nurse, and spent the next 18 years caring for others. I climbed the corporate ladder and eventually became the Director of Nursing.
By Society’s definition, I had made it.
The career. the title. the six-figure salary. The marriage. the three beautiful kids.
But what I learned is that achievement does not heal parts of you that believe you have earn your worth.
I was successful, but I was done deep exhausted. I was helping everyone else, but I had completely lost myself.
The wake-up call came from my son.
One day, he told me that his least favorite part of his day was coming home. Here I was working so hard to give them a life I never had as a child, but it didnt matter because I wasn’t who I needed to be for them.
That moment changed everything.
It wasn’t because I didn’t love my family. It was because I was so burned out from giving every ounce of myself away all day that the people I loved the most wee getting whatever was left of me.
And I knew they deserved more. A lot more.
But I also realized something even bigger: I deserved more too.
That started my journey of healing the beliefs I carried for decades, earning how to regulate my nervous system, reconnecting with myself, and finally asking the question : ” What do I actually want my life to look like?”
I made the scary decisin to walk away from my six-figure nursing leadership career and build something different.
I became a Board Certified Nurse LIfe Coach, started the Mind Your Mama podcast, and began creating coaching programs and digital products to help women who are where I once was.
The women who look like they have it all together but are silently exhausted.
The women who spend their entire lives taking care of everyone else and forgot that they matter too.
The women who know deep down they were meant for more but have no idea where to start.
Today, my mission is helping women to stop living in survival mode, break free from old patterns, rebuild their confidence, and create a life that feels like theirs aagin.
because the little girl who was once afraid to use her voice grew into a woman whose entire mission is helping women find theirs.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Absolutely not! Women especially have been taught to be quiet, and to never “rock the boat”, and to “grin and bear it” and we wonder why why we question our worth and ur capability. Being ” too much” or ” taking up too much space” wasn’t something we were ever told was ok to do, so we shrink ourselves down and become smaller versions of ourselves.
For myself, so many limiting beliefs race through my mind still to this day. I am human and am always going to have fears and doubts, but now I feel equipped with the right tools to combat these thoughts. I know do not deem any one thought as bad or negative. Each and every thought is neutral, its the meaning we attach to those thoughts that shapes how they impact our lives. I can have the thought, ” I’m not good enough”, or ” I am not smart enough” come into my mind and I have a choice. i can accept that thought as truth, allow it to become apart of my identity, and let it stop me from pursuing what I want… or I can recognize it for what it really is … an old protective pattern. A part of me that learned somewhere along the way that staying small, avoiding risk, or staying safe would protect me from disappointment, failure, or rejection.
Once I can see it with compassion instead of judgement, I get to choose a new belief that actually supports the woman I am becoming.
I can now recognize in my body when those beliefs start creeping in before they show up in my mind. Through nervous system regulation, I am able to move through these fears with more love, acceptance and self compassion for myself. Whereas before, I would ignore it and push it away, but ultimately like an old wound that never fully healed, it always returns… especially during a period of growth and expansion.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about Mind Your Mama ?
Mind Your Mama was created for the woman who looks like she has it all together on the outside, but inside she’s exhausted, overwhelmed, and wondering, ” Is this all there is?”
After 18 years as a Registered Nurse and experiencing my own burnout while climbing the corporate ladder, I realized the answer wasn’t doing more, it was learning how to come back to myself.
As a Certified Nurse Coach, I help high achieving women and moms break free from burnout, rebuild confidence, regulate their nervous system, and reconnect with who they are outside of the titles they carry- mom, wife, employee, caregiver, etc..
Through my podcast, coaching programs, and digital resources, I teach women how to stop living in survival mode and start creating a life that actually feels like theirs again.
My work combines my clinical background as a nurse with nervous system regulation, mindset, identity work, and real- life strategies for busy women who don’t need another thing added to their plate, they need permission to finally put themselves back on it.
Because my biggest belief is this :
You weren’t put here just to check boxes, pay bills, and make everyone else’s life easier.
You’re allowed to want more. And you’re allowed to become the woman you now you’re meant to be.
Can you share something surprising about yourself?
I don’t take myself too seriously. At the end of the day, we are here to enjoy this life, connect with each other, and build communities where we all get to thrive.
One of my core beliefs is that another person’s success does not take away from my own. There is more than enough room, opportunity, money, happiness and success for all of us.
I believe so many women have been taught that creating a life they want is unrealistic-that they have to choose between success and motherhood, ambition and peace, building something big and being present at home.
I don’t believe that.
You can create a life you’re excited to wake up to. A life full of abundance, in health, wealth, relationships, and purpose all while still being an incredible mom, partner, and human.
You don’t have to lose yourself to build a life you love.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelaurentrout/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61574778608055
