<![CDATA[Reclaim the Art of Holding Space]]>7885f2ee-f6f6-551d-9b49-4507fd999163Thu, 07 Aug 2025 19:09:18 +0000Captivate.fmLauren and Nicole https://artwork.captivate.fm/8c906a45-bd15-413c-8667-ec8181b56fd9/R42-w3-PYNK1_wpVkGT2DSA7.jpgReclaim the Art of Holding SpaceLauren and Nicole Lauren and Nicole This series is for birthworkers, doulas, matrescence coaches, perinatal experts, mother care providers, and anyone that holds space for mothers. It's a reclamation. Of how we hold space. Of what makes us trustworthy. Of the body-led, relational, intuitive roots of our work as mother care providers. Whether you’re a coach, birthworker, doula, circle facilitator, or healer, if you support mothers, this podcast is for you. Inside: 🌀 9 essential practices to hold space with more depth, nervous system awareness, and integrity 🌀 The nuance you’ve been craving — language for the things you’ve felt but couldn’t name 🌀 Real talk on power, performance, rupture + repair, co-regulation, capacity, and what makes business truly relational 🌀 A companion workbook to gently guide your integration We’re Lauren + Nicole — nervous system nerds, lovers of nuance, and the co-creators of HELD, a membership community for mother-serving visionaries. This podcast is our offering to those unlearning scripts and reclaiming presence. It’s not about more tools. It’s about coming home to the ones already in your body.https://nestandnourish.ca/artofholdingspacetrueserialnopodcastSTART HERE: Welcome to Reclaim the Art of Holding SpaceSTART HERE: Welcome to Reclaim the Art of Holding SpaceWelcome to Reclaim the Art of Holding Space

You just stepped into something a little different. This isn’t just another podcast or a self paced training that might collect dust in your inbox. This is an invitation to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what makes your presence so powerful.

Plus, you’ve got a beautifully designed workbook with summaries and prompts to help you gently reflect as you listen.

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

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Lauren and Nicole co-founders of @embodiedmothercare

]]>Welcome to Reclaim the Art of Holding Space

You just stepped into something a little different. This isn’t just another podcast or a self paced training that might collect dust in your inbox. This is an invitation to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what makes your presence so powerful.

Plus, you’ve got a beautifully designed workbook with summaries and prompts to help you gently reflect as you listen.

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

Connect with us on Instagram:

Lauren and Nicole co-founders of @embodiedmothercare

]]>33b9dd13-4201-4c63-8ed2-865b1cda3befThu, 01 May 2025 09:00:00 -060005:52truefull11Lauren and Nicole Meet Lauren and NicoleMeet Lauren and NicoleBefore we get into the juice of this audio experience, we want to share more about who you're listening to, and why these topics matter to us.

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]]>Before we get into the juice of this audio experience, we want to share more about who you're listening to, and why these topics matter to us.

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

Connect with us on Instagram:

Lauren and Nicole co-founders of @embodiedmothercare

]]>9c7527e1-64be-4323-be15-11dbd13cc5adFri, 02 May 2025 12:00:00 -060016:46truefull22Lauren and Nicole What do we mean by the "ART" of Holding Space?What do we mean by the "ART" of Holding Space?What assumptions do you hold about what it means to be a "good" space holder?

Perhaps you’ve been taught that space holding should look a certain way. And maybe it’s made you believe that your vulnerability is a weakness, that your intuition isn't worthy of being compensated, and that your magick isn't "trauma-informed enough", and that you've only done your job well, if you solve your client’s problems, fix what's "broken", and take away their pain.

In this short episode we begin to redefine what it means to hold space, not in a textbook, checklist, say the “right” thing kind of way- but in a way that infuses all of who you are and the magick that only you can bring.

Because you, our sweet friend, are the ART of holding space.

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

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]]>What assumptions do you hold about what it means to be a "good" space holder?

Perhaps you’ve been taught that space holding should look a certain way. And maybe it’s made you believe that your vulnerability is a weakness, that your intuition isn't worthy of being compensated, and that your magick isn't "trauma-informed enough", and that you've only done your job well, if you solve your client’s problems, fix what's "broken", and take away their pain.

In this short episode we begin to redefine what it means to hold space, not in a textbook, checklist, say the “right” thing kind of way- but in a way that infuses all of who you are and the magick that only you can bring.

Because you, our sweet friend, are the ART of holding space.

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

Connect with us on Instagram:

Lauren and Nicole co-founders of @embodiedmothercare

]]>87ef1980-62b4-4881-83d4-def87a3304bcFri, 02 May 2025 12:15:00 -060005:07truefull33Lauren and Nicole Practice #1: Anchor Into Your Values as Your CompassPractice #1: Anchor Into Your Values as Your CompassThis is truly step one in reclaiming the art of holding space. Do you know what your core values are? What’s your big, bold WHY for the work you do?

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]]>This is truly step one in reclaiming the art of holding space. Do you know what your core values are? What’s your big, bold WHY for the work you do?

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

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]]>71265728-9c8a-4a6e-b01b-13abc2fc08c3Fri, 02 May 2025 12:30:00 -060005:54truefull44Lauren and Nicole Practice #2: Recognize & Own Your Privilege, Biases, and BoundariesPractice #2: Recognize & Own Your Privilege, Biases, and BoundariesWe’re scratching the surface of three big pieces that shape how you hold space:

  • Biases: Do you name them, or hide behind neutrality?
  • Boundaries: Do they feel like rejection, or devotion to your values?
  • Privilege: Are you aware of how your lens of identity and access shapes your work?

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]]>We’re scratching the surface of three big pieces that shape how you hold space:

  • Biases: Do you name them, or hide behind neutrality?
  • Boundaries: Do they feel like rejection, or devotion to your values?
  • Privilege: Are you aware of how your lens of identity and access shapes your work?

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

Connect with us on Instagram:

Lauren and Nicole co-founders of @embodiedmothercare

]]>fc1263ee-7f57-4f4d-a076-225f7848af83Fri, 02 May 2025 12:45:00 -060022:02truefull55Lauren and Nicole Practice #3: Attune to Your Inner Cycle, Nervous System & CapacityPractice #3: Attune to Your Inner Cycle, Nervous System & CapacityThis is about building a business that honors your actual energy, not the one you think you “should” have.

It’s about syncing with your nervous system, your inner seasons, and your real-time capacity, not societal expectations, industry standards or trying to keep up with someone else’s pace.

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

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]]>This is about building a business that honors your actual energy, not the one you think you “should” have.

It’s about syncing with your nervous system, your inner seasons, and your real-time capacity, not societal expectations, industry standards or trying to keep up with someone else’s pace.

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

Connect with us on Instagram:

Lauren and Nicole co-founders of @embodiedmothercare

]]>17119c82-f07b-4bf1-a2fa-b920d56b3997Fri, 02 May 2025 13:00:00 -060009:52truefull66Lauren and Nicole Practice #4: Step Into Co-Regulation, Not SaviorshipPractice #4: Step Into Co-Regulation, Not SaviorshipYou’re here to hold, not fix. The urge to soothe, solve, or save is strong, especially for women taught to be selfless caregivers. But holding space means allowing the full emotional spectrum, without trying to rush it or quiet it down.

Think: handing someone a tissue not to stop their tears, but to let them know their tears are safe here. That’s co-regulation. That’s relational safety. That’s what dissolves power imbalances.

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

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]]>You’re here to hold, not fix. The urge to soothe, solve, or save is strong, especially for women taught to be selfless caregivers. But holding space means allowing the full emotional spectrum, without trying to rush it or quiet it down.

Think: handing someone a tissue not to stop their tears, but to let them know their tears are safe here. That’s co-regulation. That’s relational safety. That’s what dissolves power imbalances.

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

Connect with us on Instagram:

Lauren and Nicole co-founders of @embodiedmothercare

]]>5c0296ab-224e-450c-82bb-3ceeb814e596Fri, 02 May 2025 13:15:00 -060004:55truefull77Lauren and Nicole Practice #5: Meet Clients Where They Are, Not Where You Want Them to BePractice #5: Meet Clients Where They Are, Not Where You Want Them to BePlanning’s fine, but attachment to that plan? Not so much. Flexibility is key. When you enter a session with a rigid agenda, you risk missing what’s truly alive in the moment. Holding space isn’t about performing or proving your expertise; it’s about attuning to what your client actually needs—not what you prepped for.

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]]>Planning’s fine, but attachment to that plan? Not so much. Flexibility is key. When you enter a session with a rigid agenda, you risk missing what’s truly alive in the moment. Holding space isn’t about performing or proving your expertise; it’s about attuning to what your client actually needs—not what you prepped for.

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

Connect with us on Instagram:

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]]>5af46d41-2c2c-46ac-b7ee-e5f34ae57aecFri, 02 May 2025 13:30:00 -060004:42truefull88Lauren and Nicole Practice #6: Make Space for Real Rupture & RepairPractice #6: Make Space for Real Rupture & RepairRupture and repair are inevitable in any relationship. It’s how you navigate them that counts. When something goes wrong—a misstep, an assumption, or a freeze—it’s a chance for real growth, integrity, and embodied safety. This is the difference between performative safety and embodied safety. This is where integrity is either embodied or exposed.

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]]>Rupture and repair are inevitable in any relationship. It’s how you navigate them that counts. When something goes wrong—a misstep, an assumption, or a freeze—it’s a chance for real growth, integrity, and embodied safety. This is the difference between performative safety and embodied safety. This is where integrity is either embodied or exposed.

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

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]]>cf4bfe5a-096c-4983-bead-85f5ee7462feFri, 02 May 2025 13:45:00 -060008:10truefull99Lauren and Nicole Practice #7: Understand & Embody Relational Over Transactional Biz CreationPractice #7: Understand & Embody Relational Over Transactional Biz CreationRelational business is about building genuine, ongoing connection with your community—beyond just the moment of a sale. It centers care, consent, and reciprocity in every interaction, from DMs to discovery calls to how you hold space post-container. It’s not about avoiding opinions or playing small—it’s about expressing yourself in ways that create safety and belonging, not urgency or shame.

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]]>Relational business is about building genuine, ongoing connection with your community—beyond just the moment of a sale. It centers care, consent, and reciprocity in every interaction, from DMs to discovery calls to how you hold space post-container. It’s not about avoiding opinions or playing small—it’s about expressing yourself in ways that create safety and belonging, not urgency or shame.

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

Connect with us on Instagram:

Lauren and Nicole co-founders of @embodiedmothercare

]]>2a24d593-9bf1-4c4d-8410-cc717d6b9b7fFri, 02 May 2025 14:00:00 -060010:00truefull1010Lauren and Nicole Practice #8: Create Offers & Pricing That Align With Your Vision and ValuesPractice #8: Create Offers & Pricing That Align With Your Vision and ValuesYour offers and pricing should reflect your actual life—not an industry blueprint. This means creating from your current capacity, values, and season instead of copying what’s trending. When you shape your business from a relational place, it becomes sustainable. You stop building a cage disguised as success.

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]]>Your offers and pricing should reflect your actual life—not an industry blueprint. This means creating from your current capacity, values, and season instead of copying what’s trending. When you shape your business from a relational place, it becomes sustainable. You stop building a cage disguised as success.

If you haven’t already, access the companion workbook HERE 

Connect with us on Instagram:

Lauren and Nicole co-founders of @embodiedmothercare

]]>d6b70996-a5f7-4599-8c03-75e49005410eFri, 02 May 2025 14:15:00 -060005:27truefull1111Lauren and Nicole Practice #9: Have Space Held For YOU!Practice #9: Have Space Held For YOU!You weren’t meant to do this alone.

Holding space for others doesn’t mean martyring yourself. You need support, co-regulation, and rooms where you get to be seen, stretched, and celebrated. This is just as essential as any marketing plan.

Why does this matter? Because business is a personal growth path, and healing doesn’t happen in isolation.

You teach your clients the power of community—so let yourself receive it too. Having a space where you don’t have to mask, explain, or justify is what allows your full brilliance to emerge.

.

.

If you're ready to build a mother serving business that nourishes the way it nourishes others, come join us inside HELD

Inside HELD, we do LIFE, LEADERSHIP, and EMBODIED BUSINESS, together.

It’s a monthly membership space for birthworkers, matrescence educators, and mother-care providers who are tired of bypassing their bodies for their business growth… and ready to build from a place of rest, relationship, and reverence for their own rhythm.

This is a blend of the inner work of entrepreneurship with the EMBODIED strategy you desire in a space where you can be HELD through your messy evolution.  HELD gives you affordable coaching AND community while blending nervous system support, inner mastery and business building MAGIC so you can build the aligned biz of your dreams, while creating huge impact for the mothers you serve.

You do all the holding, but who holds you?

Come, be held.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND BECOME A FOUNDING MEMBER TO SAVE 40%!

]]>You weren’t meant to do this alone.

Holding space for others doesn’t mean martyring yourself. You need support, co-regulation, and rooms where you get to be seen, stretched, and celebrated. This is just as essential as any marketing plan.

Why does this matter? Because business is a personal growth path, and healing doesn’t happen in isolation.

You teach your clients the power of community—so let yourself receive it too. Having a space where you don’t have to mask, explain, or justify is what allows your full brilliance to emerge.

.

.

If you're ready to build a mother serving business that nourishes the way it nourishes others, come join us inside HELD

Inside HELD, we do LIFE, LEADERSHIP, and EMBODIED BUSINESS, together.

It’s a monthly membership space for birthworkers, matrescence educators, and mother-care providers who are tired of bypassing their bodies for their business growth… and ready to build from a place of rest, relationship, and reverence for their own rhythm.

This is a blend of the inner work of entrepreneurship with the EMBODIED strategy you desire in a space where you can be HELD through your messy evolution.  HELD gives you affordable coaching AND community while blending nervous system support, inner mastery and business building MAGIC so you can build the aligned biz of your dreams, while creating huge impact for the mothers you serve.

You do all the holding, but who holds you?

Come, be held.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND BECOME A FOUNDING MEMBER TO SAVE 40%!

]]>84134708-7b8b-45b1-aa0e-b7d8711ada05Fri, 02 May 2025 14:30:00 -060006:56truefull1212Lauren and Nicole