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Lauren
Lauren Weber, Founder of Isla-Grace
Hi there! I’m Lauren, the founder of Isla-Grace, and I’m passionate about optimizing sleep across the lifespan. With a background in education, having earned a Bachelor of Education at McMaster University and Queensland University of Technology, I spent four years teaching Junior Kindergarten through Grade 4. This experience fostered my love for education and play-based learning, which now deeply influences my approach to sleep coaching.
Becoming a mom to my first daughter, Grace, was a beautiful yet challenging journey. Like many new mothers, I quickly found myself drowning in a sea of advice, books, and well-meaning people telling me how to be the “perfect” mom. Through it all, I learned the most important lesson: I knew my baby best. Trusting my instincts guided me every step of the way, and it’s a lesson I carry into my sleep work with families today.
With a heart full of passion for helping families find restful nights, I became certified as a pediatric sleep consultant, completed, and recently finished my adult sleep coaching course. Recently finished my training to work with adults. All of this led to the creation of Isla-Grace, where I’ve had the privilege of helping thousands of families and individuals navigate the challenges of sleep.
Through my own experiences with sleep deprivation as a new mom and later insomnia during a stressful season of life, I understand the deep impact that sleep struggles can have on both mental and physical well-being. That’s why I’m dedicated to taking an attachment-focused approach to infant sleep and a holistic approach to adult sleep, believing that optimizing sleep is the foundation of health and well-being.
Now, after working with families for over 10 years, I’m expanding my focus to adult sleep, offering sleep courses and a new adult sleep certification program. I truly believe that when we maximize sleep, we unlock the potential to transform our lives. Let me help you get the rest you deserve.
OUR
approach
At Isla-Grace, we support families using the Baby-Led Sleep Approach™.
We created the Baby-Led Sleep™ approach to place an emphasis on a mother’s instinct and a baby’s cues. Our mission is to help parents find sleep solutions through responsive parenting practices while building connected relationships. We are passionate about helping families improve sleep without resorting to sleep training, we have developed a program that:
- respects and nurtures the attachment system;
- supports the natural progression of development;
- gives parents an understanding of what “normal” baby sleep looks like;
- appreciates your baby’s still-developing brain and dominant survival instinct;
- encourages parents to believe and to follow their own instincts; and
- empowers a mother to make changes to improve the quality of her baby’s sleep.
YOUR BABY'S SLEEP IS NORMAL AND YOU ARE AN AMAZING PARENT
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RESEARCH ON BRAIN DEVELOPMENT VALIDATES THAT A MOTHER’S INSTINCTS ABOUT HER BABY ARE BEST, AND THIS VITAL FACT IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR APPROACH.
OUR APPROACH WILL HELP YOU TO:
- understand realistic, age-appropriate expectations about sleep;
- learn about yourself as a parent and your impact on your baby’s sleep;
- be a responsive parent by listening to your child’s cues and dealing with your child respectfully while supporting any distress, in an effort to build and nurture trust;
- create a safe sleep space;
- appreciate the emotional work required to support sleep, understand what causes sleep interruptions, and how sleep actually works; and
- use the tools that encourage better sleep for your baby, as well as help you gain control over the conditions that affect good sleep, such as your own behavior, nutrition, environmental factors, routines, time, and “village” of support.
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