Lara Schulte is co-founder of Generation.Mom, a community and podcast for modern moms of little ones. Lara is from San Diego and lives there with her husband and two sons.
She describes herself as a natural born leader who loves to get things done. She left a successful sales career to focus on motherhood and building the Generation.mom platform.
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Sneak Peek Into What You’ll Learn…
02:02 – Lara shares her insight into how new moms struggle with “identity shift” and the pressure of trying to measure up to other people’s carefully curated Instagram images.
09:05 – Lara talks about her corporate career, her journey into motherhood, and why she and her co-host Jenn started a podcast.
15:00 – Coaching is something Lara is passionate about. She discusses her vision and how Generation.Mom aligns with it. Her advice to moms: get involved in something you enjoy.
23:32 – Lara admits to being a bona fide control freak. She shares some personal experiences that have taught her to be less controlling.
27:07 – There’s not enough focus on the needs of first-time moms. Lara addresses some of the biggest struggles for today’s modern moms and how these can be overcome.
30:34 – Lara gives tips for the mom who feels frustrated by the loss of self-identity, the moms struggling with burnout, and those dealing with mom guilt.
35:34 – What about the working mom? Lara’s shares advice specifically for the working moms – moms with a full-time job or those occupied in something else in addition to motherhood.
39:24 – Lara gets candid about technology-fueled anxiety in moms and reveals some steps she has taken to create a healthy relationship with social media.
46:00 – Brass Tacks: The lightning round of concrete advice and tips.
Quotable quotes:
“We called ourselves Generation.Mom because we are the moms of the dot-com generation. We grew up when the internet came about.”
“Ultimately, my role in life… is to be of service and I really, truly believe that we all are.”
“If there’s something that you’re so stuck to, sometimes you get in your own way.”
“Life is not a straight line and it is not going to go exactly the way that you expect it and desire all of the time.”
“Try to re-identify with what got you excited before you had kids.”
“You’ve got to figure out a way where you feel good in the workplace, whether it’s your own business or somebody else’s, in order to in turn be filled up enough to go be mom.”
