Hello!
My name is Lauren.

I am a 30-something mama-of-two from Melbourne, Australia…and someone who has spent a large amount of my adult life navigating the way through crippling and incessant anxiety and bouts of stormy, dark depression. I started a blog called ‘AnxietyMamma’, back when I was pregnant with my first-born, and housebound with agoraphobia. The blog was made to document the journey as I tried to face my fears head on and get out of the house again. Through the blog, and of course, the YouTube channel that I made to host the videos of my exposure sessions, I found myself nestled into a beautiful community of people, facing the exact same fears and anxieties as me. Hallelujah! Slowly, but surely, and with the constant support of fellow-agoraphobics around the world, I christened myself ‘officially recovered’ from agoraphobia in 2018; around the time I shut down AnxietyMamma, the blog.

I found though, a funny thing happened in my quest to overcome anxiety and panic: anxiety and panic never really left, I just learned how to create a softer landing place for those scary feelings. I stopped resisting, and I started leaning in. I began to explore what anxiety was, what it looked like, what it felt like (I won’t lie to you, mostly for me, it felt like a very crampy stomach and an urgent need to poo), and what it was that made me want to run away.

I am also a soon-to-be published author; in 2020 I entered my book proposal into the Hay House writers workshop competition, and won the grand prize of a publishing deal with Hay House Australia. My first book, ‘Here You Are; Courageous’ is due to be released in 2023.

I aim to be as candid as possible about mental health. Sometimes I’m out having adventures, traveling or exploring with a big smile on my face and a wide open heart, but other times, I’m in bed, wearing the same clothes I was wearing yesterday, despairing to my partner about how tired I am of being such a mess. It has always ebbed and flowed - healing is not a linear process, and ‘healed’ isn’t a destination, it’s the path you walk everyday.

I’m just here to walk the path beside you.