When your mom questions your birth plan, when your in-laws act entitled to influence how you raise your baby, when your partner suggests you "let them feel like part of the team" instead of having your back, you feel small, invisible, and taken for granted.
You don't want to lose the people you love. But you also don't want to spend the most vulnerable time of your life managing their feelings, defending your choices, or second-guessing your instincts.
The moment you become a mother, you become your baby's first line of defense. And if you can't disappoint your MIL now, how will you protect your child later?
You're a strong, self-respecting, wise woman. And it's time your relationships reflect that.
The cultural programming that tells mothers to be selfless and accommodating is harmful. Drawing inside the lines creates postpartum depression, damaged relationships, and mothers who lose themselves.
You don't have to keep the peace.
You can turn misguided "good intentions" into respect and turn even your most challenging family members into your most valuable source of support.
I'm on a mission to disrupt the suffocating pressure and social expectations around pregnancy, birth, and parenting. So that new moms can stop being distracted and shamed out of their instincts..
While most people avoid conflict to keep the peace, I teach you to use
that same conflict to create MORE peace.
After figuring this out for myself, I've worked with clients across countries and cultures (east and west) and proved time and time again that you can transform your most challenging relationships into your greatest sources of support.
"I learned so much from Lena!
I'm all about making people feel seen, and I felt like setting boundaries would be hurting the people I love but Lena helped me realize it's actually empowering them.
I wouldn't have been able to see that without Lena and her support."
"Lena, I want to thank you from the absolute depth of my soul for teaching me how to communicate better with myself, with other people, how to approach things that matter to me, how to have conversations that are hard...
I am endlessly grateful for you and my life would not look the way it does today if it wasn't for you."
"If you are looking for someone who can help you navigate the uncomfortable conversations and situations in your relationships, Lena is your go-to.
Her knowledge and peaceful approach was eye opening and easy to apply...
It has made a huge impact on the relationships that are the most important to me."