Lauren Smith-Pierson

I’m a certified Matrescence coach, and I created Simply Matrescence because I lived the thing this work is designed to address.

I was the high-achiever with the plan. The career, the goals, the identity built on being good at things.And then I had my daughter, and every framework I’d ever used to make sense of my life stopped working. I didn’t have postpartum depression. I had something no one could name for me — until I found the word matrescence.

Since then, I’ve gone deep. I’ve studied the research — Dana Raphael, Chelsea Conaboy, Dr. Aurelie Athan, Amy Taylor-Kabbaz, Victor Turner, William Bridges. Anthropology, neuroscience, psychology, feminist theory. I’ve earned my coaching certification through Mama Rising (ICF recognized). And as COO and resident matrescence guide at Mysha — a nationwide premium membership community for new moms — I’ve witnessed over 1,000 women move through this exact transition.

What I’ve learned from all of it: awareness of matrescence changes how you see yourself. But a framework for moving through it changes how you live.

That framework is The Matrescence Threshold™ — Restore, Redefine, Redesign — and it’s the foundation of everything I do here.

I help women in the early years of motherhood restore their life force postpartum, redefine what matters most, and redesign their rhythms and routines to navigate this transformational period with less overwhelm and more ease.