#43: Lauren Alice Avery
"To Thine Own Self Be True."
#44: Lauren Alice Avery
Welcome to Health Gossip. Today’s guest is Lauren Alice Avery, the enigmatic LA it girl-turned-mother whose moody images you’ve likely encountered online. I’ve been wanting to have her on the newsletter for awhile and was pleasantly surprised when she said yes… ♥ enjoy
Health Gossip with Lauren Alice Avery
📍 “My 1860s ranch house in California”
Sagittarius/(Top Secret Moon)/Aquarius
What does health, or being healthy, mean to you?
Reader Beware: I’m incredibly postpartum so everything I say is jaded.
My big answer is good sleep. These days I feel like a million bucks when I’ve had even just 6 hours, it’s the true magic elixir. Before I had children I was a well known 10-12 hour sleeping girl. Those days are long gone for me although I remember them fondly. I had an emergency cesarian delivery with my baby and the recovery from that surgery is terribly painful (layers of internal stitches/spinal fluid pressure). I still feel like I’m recovering and sleep has been crucial for healing physically and emotionally. If I don’t get horizontal a few times a day I just can’t function. So right now in this very particular postpartum time, my health is measured by sleep and my ability to perform my most beloved duties as a mother.
How would you describe your current lifestyle?
A Mother’s Life, Beautiful and Heart-Wrenching.
How do you start and end your days?
I wake up nursing and fall asleep nursing, in between I’m still nursing and there is no end. I’m in the trenches.
Was there a specific moment when your relationship to your health changed?
My mother went through a phase where she used to padlock our fridge at night. Beyond that, pregnancy was the biggest shift for me. My first pregnancy I dreamt about smoking cigarettes every single night. I’m clean as a whistle now and it seems like everything in my home comes from some type of biodynamic farm or sourced from an ancient mineral bed. I’ve become very discerning about what I put in my body because I developed strange allergies after the birth of my first child. I have to eat strategically otherwise I’ll get red rashes all over.
What's your relationship to self-healing?
It depends on the day — oftentimes I believe I can heal through simple prayer alone but I have also been known to call an ambulance for myself. One time I called the ambulance to someone's wedding as they were reciting vows, although I don't think anyone saw me leave. I thought I had been poisoned. I don't think I'm dramatic I think I'm just very sensitive. Understanding my true sensitive nature and honoring that changed my relationship to how I approach my healthcare and general wellness. I do much better with naturopathic/homeopathic treatments, which is funny because I've had two C-sections. God is always laughing, I guess.