Private coaching with Lena gives you personalized support to handle even the most nuanced, annoying AF, how did we even get here conversations with family, friends, and even your OBGYN. It's an all-inclusive, transformative experience to make sure that you get to prep for your baby, have a birth you enjoy, and focus on bonding with your baby instead of managing everyone else's fears, emotions, and desires.
Dreading Family Pressure Around Your Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum?
You Know It's Time When...
- Your family keeps asking invasive questions about your timeline for kids, and you don't know how to shut it down kindly.
- You're trying to conceive but the pressure and "helpful" advice from relatives is adding stress to an already emotional process.
- You're pregnant and already dreading the unsolicited advice, boundary-crossing, and opinions about YOUR choices.
- You're worried about advocating for yourself with your OB or medical team during labor and birth.
In TTC & PRegnancy:
- Your parents/in-laws are treating your baby like their do-over or the son / daughter they never had.
- Relatives keep questioning your choices about your pregnancy, birth plan, and parenting decisions, and you don't always politely tell them to back off.
- You dread having parents or in-laws stay with you or visit because of the constant questions, pressure, and unsolicited advice.
In Family Dynamics:
- Your partner doesn't fully understand what kind of support you're going to need to handle boundary-crossing relatives.
- You and your partner aren't on the same page about birth plans, family involvement, or how to handle pushy relatives.
- You're worried about how pregnancy and parenthood will change your relationship dynamic.
In your Partnership:
- You're preparing for motherhood but you're scared of all the criticism and unsolicited advice that might flood your life soon.
- You have hopes for the kind of mother you want to be, but family expectations keep clouding that vision.
- You want to enter motherhood feeling supported and confident, but you're worried that people's perspectives will get in the way.
In motherhood prep:
If any of these made you take a deep breath and think "yeah..." - That's your sign that Private Coaching is right for you.
We'll ensure your new boundaries and communication skills become your default way of operating. You'll embody this new version of yourself so completely that family members naturally adjust without ongoing conflict or drama.
Maternal Sovereignty
We'll map out exactly which family members and topics trigger your people-pleasing responses and create specific strategies and skills you need to stay calm, centered, and clear when you advocate for you, your partner, and your baby.
Relationship Recalibration
We unpack the generational guilt trips and cultural expectations that make you feel like the bad guy for having boundaries and let go of the old programming that keep you second-guessing yourself.
Pattern Disruption
Mother on Your Terms. Period.
Your power and leadership qualities aren't meant to be compartmentalized. It's time to claim the motherhood experience you want.
Pregnancy and postpartum are the most transformational seasons of your life — but they don't have to be the most boundary-violating. You can become a mother without feeling swept into an ocean of opinions, fears, and expectations.
"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."
Destiny
"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."
Danielle
"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."
DEVON
What if I'm already postpartum?
Perfect. The earlier you master these skills, the easier pregnancy
and postpartum will be. Many of my clients start coaching before they even conceive.
What if I'm not pregnant yet, just thinking about it?
Yes. Postpartum is when family pressure often intensifies (visitors,
boundary-violating grandparents). I work with moms up to 2 years postpartum.
After you submit your application, I'll review it within 48 hours. If we're a good fit, I'll send you a payment link and scheduling link so you can book your first session.
What happens after I submit my application?
Your first session will be video. Additional sessions will be audio unless we use video to support a specific somatic exercise.
Are the calls audio or video?
frequently asked questions
Create the motherhood Experience you deserve
What Private Mentoship Gives You
This is where we do the real work. You bring the conversation you've been avoiding, the situation that blew up, or the boundary you can't figure out how to hold without guilt. You leave with a plan and the exact words to execute it.
✓ Direct WhatsApp Text and Voice Messaging
Text or voice note me the moment something happens. Your mom makes a comment that's out of bounds? Your MIL books a flight to visit before you're ready? Or you get an intuition or worry that something is off... Whatever happens, you'll never have to navigate a hard conversation, an overstepping family member, or a moment of self-doubt alone.
✓ Personalized Boundary Strategies
We define your personal boundary strategies around the specific conflicts and relationships you're navigating. From parents who think "boundaries" are a silly Millennial concept, to in-laws from another culture who expect you to follow their traditions or their idea of a mother's role, to an OB who isn't listening.
✓ The Kind Boundaries™ Course
The simple step-by-step framework for saying the hard things, the uncomfortable things, the things people don't want to hear, in a way that actually makes your relationships better. For you AND for the people you love.
I gained a way to diffuse a situation without having it to be a huge conflict. Our relationship is better because of it now.
And I was not able to do that before.
It's so nice to not have things blow up and to diffuse conflict in a way that allows me to stay close to our family.
Mom of two
"I was not able to do that before"
Kristine
When my husband and I started talking about having kids, I was scared shitless - not about pregnancy or even about giving birth, but about managing relentless unsolicited advice...
I knew once you're pregnant and dealing with those hormones (or worse, when you’re postpartum dealing with a hormone dip and brutal sleep deficit) it gets harder to set boundaries.
And honestly? Especially coming from two very different cultures it was A LOT of work getting on the same page about the most important aspects of our lives in this new chapter.
But the work was worth it. For us, for our families, and for our daughter.
Today, I help first-time moms, pregnant and postpartum, navigate family pressure so they can focus on what actually matters: bonding with their baby, recovering from birth, and making choices that feel right for them.
Because YOU'RE the mom & you get to mother on your terms.
In case we haven't met yet....
Hi, I'm Lena.
Danielle
"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."
Ready to fully and confidently Mother on YOUR Terms?
Private mentorhip gives you the dedicated support to seteven the most nuanced, vulnerable, and unconventional boundaries you need, in a way that actually sticks, and without drama.
You're choosing support now so the hard conversations get easier. Fewer blowups with your MIL. Less resentment toward your partner. And way less unsolicited advice drowning out your own voice.
This is the most transformational season of your life. It doesn't have to be the most boundary-violating one.
Apply now to mother on your terms.
