Matrescence is finally getting the attention it deserves — but is the conversation actually helping mothers move through it? Naming the transition is a start. But naming it isn't the same as navigating it.

In this episode, Lauren goes deeper into one of her most beloved and most studied topics: matrescence. This is part personal reflection, part teaching, and part invitation — and it's also her final assignment submission as a graduate from Jessie Harrold's Village Apprenticeship.

If you've ever felt like you've lost yourself in motherhood, grieved something you couldn't quite name, or wondered why no one warned you that becoming a mother would shake you to your very core — this episode is for you. What you're moving through has a name, a shape, and an arc. And you deserve a guide who actually understands the terrain.

In this episode, we explore:

• What matrescence really is — beyond the buzzword — and why it matters more than ever
• The history of matrescence and why it took decades for this concept to be taken seriously
• Why naming matrescence isn't enough, and what it actually looks like to be guided through it
• The grief that lives inside this transition — the quiet, accumulating kind that most mothers carry completely alone
• Liminal space: why the messy middle isn't a problem to escape, but where the transformation actually happens
• What a Certified Matrescence Educator actually does (Lauren's version of it), and how somatic, parts-work, and rite-of-passage frameworks weave together into something deeper than education
• Why the final threshold of the rite of passage — being witnessed in who you've become — is almost entirely absent in modern motherhood

This episode is also a behind-the-scenes look into Lauren's journey — the years of training, the certifications quietly accumulated, and the moment she stopped asking "am I ready?" and started asking "what am I waiting for?"

If you're somewhere in the middle of becoming, this one's for you.

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Want to go deeper?

Join the waitlist for my upcoming matrescence support space: DM @nestandnourish or sign up to the Nest & Nourish email community The Magic & The Mess to be notified when it's ready for you at www.nestandnourish.ca

Listen to my previous episode with Jessie Harrold here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2145034/episodes/16399758

For the mother-care providers listening:

If this episode lit a fire under your butt to deepen your skills around matrescence, here are two places to go next:

Matrescence & the Nervous System course — built for anyone who works with mothers and wants to understand this transition on a deeper, body-based level.

Jessie Harrold's Matrescence Educator Apprenticeship, The Village — the program that changed how I understand and hold this work... and make sure to mention **Lauren Fortuna-Floch** sent you!

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