What my mom thinks...

[@onelove1950]

"Find the humor in everything. " I love that.

[@lisaweidner6330]

Your Mom is beautiful ❤️ I miss my Mom terribly. She's so sweet Laura! Your blessed 💓

[@louisebenson157]

Most traumatic event for me "with a happy ending" was whilst going through 20 hours or so of labour with my first baby & being told his heartbeat had stopped 😮😮! My husband & I were SOOOO frightened & emotional. I was raced into the surgical ward but the Dr said no time for a ceaser so he'd had to do a "full" episiotomy & use the god-awful silver forceps to deliver! My son came into the world blue & unresponsive BUT the amazing nurses & Dr worked on him & he is now this huge, tall, bearded, tattoo'd, gorgeous, sensitive, 28 year old young man... And we the luckiest to have him ❤️ PS: love your Mum

[@carolelcahill1502]

Love your mom! Congrats on the show! Wish you nothing but life success!!!❤️❤️

[@Raysmakeupbox]

I struggle to concentrate on podcasts and I always get distracted I can’t usually watch or listen and I did this whole episode. That’s a new for me 🎉

[@annshanz7224]

I loved that you had your mom with you ❤️ Telling stories of the past, You should definitely do more videos with her ......

[@silviepaskova]

Listen to your mom, she's such a lovely bright lady ❤️both of you ❤️

[@paigemc4]

I love your Mom and your relationship together ❤️ 😀

[@dessiehoward4889]

Thank you so much for sharing this!!!! We love you Laura and mom!!!

[@shneebopisKristin]

Your Mama is so precious!!

[@nicholeprinkey7291]

I worked in a children psychiatric hospital for a few years. I had one day walked into a terrible situation where two staff were caught in a laundry room doing inappropriate things to each other and my supervisor had caught them and was in a screaming match with them. Fifteen minutes later after the kids were left alone my supervisor finally came and told me to go to that unit until she could figure everything out and finish kicking the employees off the property. I proceeded to go to the unit, and was immediately stabbed in the head several times and all over my back. The screaming match woke up most all the children on the unit, and one was placed there because he had tried to kill his own mother. When they left the unit the laundry room was not shut, and he grabbed a broom, broke it in half, and waited for me to come on the unit. He then crept up behind me and tried to kill me. It took me many years before I could return to mental health, and do what I love which is helping people. I still suffer from flashbacks anytime I feel someone behind me, but nothing else in the whole world satisfies me as much as taking care of other people and letting them know there is still good in this world. The pay sucks, but I am alive, healthy, and making a difference no matter how small it may be.

[@diannemeganj6884]

Im glad you're okay now

[@gmgab23]

You’re so brave to return to the field and continue helping people. 💗 it’s not an easy field to work in, anyway, without something like that happening. You’re truly selfless.

[@marycrosbie546]

That would be so traumatizing. Glad you survived and able to tell the story.

[@MamaShasta]

Oh my goodness this was the best episode! So excited to hear your mama back on the show! 😂💜

[@lorikegler5587]

I love to hear your mom. I can relate to her so much. I am almost her age, with three adult children who nearly gave me heart attacks as they grew up. My grandchildren are the lights of my life, like your mom. Thanks for having her be your guest. Please have her on again.

[@Gina_Rose]

You're Mom is great! So glad we are both messed with awesome mothers! Mom's are the best? Great video!

[@emilyis2strange]

You and your Mom are adorable together. I'm so glad you have so much love and support in your life. 🖤💜

[@DoctorJoanieTool]

I LOVED watching you and your mom cook delicious food and eat meals together … I always felt so badly that Stephen would never eat with you … maybe you two could do little cooking/sharing meals shows when she happens to be visiting?? She is a super sharp, funny, beautiful woman and I can tell how much you love each other and how great she must be with her grandchildren. I hope she does come out to be with you all very frequently!!! Tell her to mask on the plane!!! Covid is everywhere and she is one valuable soul we don’t want to be ill or suffering!! Lots of love to you both! ☮️

[@dariadarya3070]

Your mom is adorable! You both remind me of the relationship I have with my mom. To have a mom who is funny, smart and always there for you is precious! 💖 all moms should be like that and we should appreciate them always and forever! xoxo

[@julierentonn]

This was such a fun episode! Thank you “Laura’s mom” for sharing with us all ❤❤

[@RinaRoo2You]

Your Mom is such a lovely, awesome woman! I enjoyed this more than you know. Thank you 😊

[@giuseppinamacarri5872]

OMG... I LOOOOOVE YOUR MUM!!! We need more of mum 😍 we need stories from mum, i bet she puts you to shame 😂😂

[@SherBB]

I love this so much, and I love that you and your mom are friends. It is beautiful, and I am blessed to have that with my grown kids.

[@hinemarietaiaroa395]

Love your content especially having your Mom on with you. Blessings to you and your family. ❤

[@unknownparabola8650]

I own the first book. I wish i had money to get the second. Things are so financially tight its insane. You help make me smile and forget about lifes little problems for awhile. Love you Laura and love this video.

[@Krissy-Saturday]

I have a feeling your mom has as many crazy / funny stories as you do! Tell her thank you for blessing us with her presence!

[@LauraMarieClery]

I will!

[@dreamweaver5048]

@@LauraMarieClery can we get another mike for mom?

[@cynthiajohns0n442]

@@LauraMarieClery there is someone on here claiming to be you.

[@nicoleking750]

Laura you truly are an amazing person, I love watching and listening to you. My trauma story (told in a disorganized way lol) when I was 13 or 14 I lived in a house with my mom and 2 brothers, behind our elementary school. My parents are separated and my mom had a boyfriend who was over a lot. One day my 2 brothers were with my dad (I think he had them for the night). I imagine at this point you can perhaps tell I don’t have the best relationship with my dad. So I was home with my mom and her boyfriend and I remember expecting my brothers home that day. I was in the living room and my mom and her boyfriend were out back. I see my dads vehicle pull up kind of fast and aggressive into our front yard, I watch him jump out of his vehicle and run around to our backyard with a shot gun. I’m obviously frozen with fear, but all I can think of is my brothers so I run out to get them but their not there. As I run back in I can see and hear out back that my mom gets up screams for her boyfriend to run. My dad shoots the shot gun towards his direction (I think 2 shots) but misses, turns around and runs back to his vehicle & drives away fast. My mom calls the cops and eventually my dad got arrested (I was told her threw the shot gun out the vehicle that was found later). I don’t remember exactly the details but my brothers were safe and mom got them home. That’s my story and thanks for reading.

[@allisonhardt1583]

Ok so I watched/listened to this right when I woke up and I seriously felt like I was drinking coffee with my besties 😂 I absolutely adore your mom!! She's fabulous!! Definitely have your mom on your podcast as much as you can haha Love ya!! ✨♥️✨

[@LauraMarieClery]

Love that!

[@kimfrank2417]

Laura love your mom she’s great and funny.have her on more to tell stories.

[@alliecr1057]

Definitely notice your accent coming out after spending time with your Mama! So glad she came to be there for you and the kids. Laura you truly are a wonderful mother and have inspired me to do better in my own life & played a big part in my recovery. Your strength and openness to share your mental health/addiction journey is such a gift to the community. Keep being you 😇

[@FreckledGemini]

Too cute. Lovin your Mama!

[@mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat]

This was my favorite podcast episode yet! Your mom is awesome and those were really interesting stories!

[@christybourque8251]

Your mom is a hoot! So funny! 😂 Definitely have her on more often!

[@RobertdddJones]

My mother was an addict/ mental health patient. One day, my mother and father engaged into a fight. My mom grabs a knife and my dad grabs is (3 girls) and barricades is in a bedroom. You can hear my mother screaming and stabbing the walls.. she eventually stand through the door and through my dads hand. He took us with him to the emergency room. I remember watching the doctor stitch his hand together. That’s just one story of a life full of hurt. My childhood sucked so bad. And I wonder why I’m depressed and have anxiety. Never talked about this anywhere with anyone.

[@jaimelentz8116]

Just know that you are not alone and a lot of people have shitty childhoods but you don’t have to have a shitty adulthood because of it. Maybe you could talk to a therapist or counselor about it. I wish you peace ❤

[@Raysmakeupbox]

That robbery story is defo a sketch for you right there 😂well the bit where he’s knocking on door and your talking through the windows saying about tea 😂

[@Hrtn4Love]

Love your mom. We have similar communication efforts and demeanor. People don’t always understand where its coming from.

[@rainaroden2942]

I love these talks with mom! She's awesome and I look forward to more.

[@nlpeck1024]

I love your banter! You have a lovely relationship!

[@erikawithee]

Ahhh love your mom for wanting to help that’s wonderful you have the best mom ever!!!!!!You have a lot on your plate Laura I totally get it It’s a lot of work

[@ImperialisticGamer]

Your mom is a great mom.. she seems to be there for you and that’s great

[@kerriannefudge3269]

Your mom is so beautiful ❤️

[@karensmyth8012]

Ur mum is lovely lady 💕 enjoy every minute together ❤️

[@AngelSees]

Your mom is amazing ❤️ I love the rules - be careful with other people's hearts, be careful with your own heart.

[@mrjesse14]

Once I was reading some ghost stories, so I was already spooked. I had my leg hanging off the bed. Never a good thing in these kinds of stories. I really had to pee, so I get off the bed, and as my feet hit the carpet, something pulls me under my bed. I’m fighting for my life to get free, kicking and screaming. I finally break free and start to get away when I get pulled under again. As I prepare for the fight of my life, I hear laughter. Turns out it was my older brother messing with me the whole time!

[@marycrosbie546]

Ooh, he would have been dead for that! Even if he was bigger and stronger, I would have figured out some way to make him pay for that.

[@mzm2644]

I really really enjoyed this Laura. It be great for you to get a guest every now and again. The energy/chemistry is uplifting. The stories that come up and you were both sharing was SUPER COOL. LOVED IT 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@mzm2644]

I equally loved when you manager came in on your pod cast unexpectedly. That was equally as great 🙌🏻🙏🏻

[@carolinegibson2475]

Love your mom. Reminds me of mine. ❤️

[@zoebowler5664]

What a fantastic relationship you have ❤ Life sucks then you die! Yes 🙌🏻

[@nomadrat]

❤❤❤truly enjoying these stories and your interaction.🥰

[@erikawithee]

Your mom is really sweet and love you 2 together

[@kourtneyswholesomelife]

Laura!! This story is sooooo crazy!! I love all your stories 😂

[@pattibellifemine10]

Love your mom ❤ she’s great!

[@AbJams]

This was great. I laughed, I cried.

[@sarabarraj7980]

Best video ever! So nice to meet your awesome mama and where you get your humor sass and chill from! Much love to both of u! I cracked up so hard when you guys got in trouble for sneaking out of ur house in ur pjs bc my friends and I did exactly that too when we were young! 😂❤

[@shannelledewitt7685]

Your little monkey statue gives me the creeps with those eyes 😂😂❤

[@CoffeeStainedCanvases]

I love this video! You definitely have to have your mum back, you guys have a great dynamic. Xx

[@emmawheeler8559]

Omg your mum is so funny I can see where you get it from Laura! xx

[@mrjesse14]

Once when I was about 8 or 9, I was swimming in the back yard. I was weaving in and out of the spaces between the ladder steps under water. I was a pro, or so I thought. I went to go through again, and my head got stuck. I’m frantically trying to get my head out of the step once, twice, three times. I’m still stuck. I take a quick second to make a decision. I’ll take a second to calm down (quickly), then try once more, and if I can’t get my head out this last time, then I will just have to die. I was preparing to just let myself die. Well if you can’t tell it worked because I’m still here.

[@starrylight8819]

The part where you were running and on the phone with your sister cracked me up...thats exactly something my daughter's would do lol! Glad to see you doing well and love your mom!

[@skarlitbegoniahz]

Laura: “imagine the death bed episode” Mom: *giggles* I love this

[@honorsilverthorne7227]

💜💖 You two are hilarious and we love you ‼️😁

[@KimberlyRivas]

I just want to say I think you and your mom are great I really enjoyed this episode. Hope you have her back on soon! Lots of love.

[@carmenr.450]

Thanks for Sharing your Mom with us

[@megmae21]

Come back soon mom! 😁🌻

[@noelletheriault5276]

Can wait to sew more of mom 🫶🌹 love that 😍

[@Fireyvedel]

I love your mum ❤ and she’s looking amazing for 70 bloody hell wow 😃 I hope both you Stephen and you find the right paths wether they are side by side or mingled love to both of you and your mummy and kids

[@leannek6016]

Your mother is hilarious! She’s so irreverent. ❤

[@rebeccazilliox5607]

I wish you had your mom on the podcast all the time. She is wonderful.

[@depslack]

Your Mom is great! You have to make sure to include Tracey and let her have a turn; equal scare is only fair!!!

[@Catmafia5678]

Lauraaaa 💕 hope you have a great week x

[@rebeccabride7046]

Love ya Laura

[@jenniferrobb5694]

This was hilarious! I loved it! Have your mom on again next time she visits!

[@kris10rush63]

I love you both! You’re fantastic!

[@kris10rush63]

@Laura1823- You are such a strong person! The most real human on social media everywhere! All while keeping people laughing and showing everyone love!

[@easton1354]

OMG LAURA YOUR MOM IS AMAZING!!! I LOVE HER🤩🤩

[@sandibender6772]

Your mom looks like she gives the best hugs.

[@erikawithee]

We need your mom for advice she is great

[@verapilecki8102]

Alfie looks just like your mom. So much!

[@elondraome]

First off, I LOVE that you did this with your mom. Okay here is my crazy story (I don’t usually write comments, but here I go!) I took a road trip with my mom from AZ to NC when I was 14. We stayed in a hotel in downtown Memphis, but didn’t arrive until about 10pm. We were starving and asked the hotel receptionist to point us to the nearest open restaurant. She gave us a map of a parking garage to park in, and the restaurant was only a short walk from there. We followed the map and the parking garage was open, but 100% empty! I’ve never seen an empty parking garage before. It gave us the creeps but we knew the restaurant was close by, so we parked on the 2nd floor near the stairs. Turns out those stairs lead us right to an ally. There was no safe way around it and at this point it was close to midnight. Nobody was in the ally so my mom instructed that we just walk fast to the restaurant and call a taxi back to our car. In the middle of walking in a very dark ally, a group of 8 men start circling us. They came from who knows where! My mom immediately grabs my arm and locks it with hers. She told me to grab my phone and call 911 because these men were approaching us quickly. All of them were talking over each other telling us to stay calm and follow them. We were trapped. At this point I’m panicked and digging for my phone in my purse. My mom starts saying “please leave us alone, I’ll give you my sunglasses! I’ll give you my wedding ring!” We had no cash on us. At this point, I was convinced something terrible was going to happen. Right when I get to my phone (I’ll never own a large purse again), a man down the ally way screams “GET AWAY FROM THEM!!” He shoves his way through the circled men around us and grabbed us. He said, “I’m helping you get out of here!” He rushed us to the Main Street and looked at my mom and said, “You are in the most dangerous part of Memphis, what are you doing walking your daughter down a dark ally??” My mom was so embarrassed but so thankful for him. He was a homeless man so we gave him everything we could to thank him. He walked us to the restaurant and said once we are done eating, call a taxi and don’t step foot out the door until we see the car. We were so thankful that we made it safe. We are so thankful for that man. I have never felt in so much danger before, and I don’t know how he managed to pull us away from such a large group. Needless to say, we learned a huge lesson and reported our experience back to the receptionist who drew us the map!! Hopefully preventing that experience for any other guests.

[@samanthasage2817]

Wow such a good read! Glad you guys are safe, Very interesting!! 😊 What was the reason for the road trip?

[@elondraome]

@@samanthasage2817 We were visiting family that we hadn’t seen in a very long time! It was kind of a once in a lifetime trip when I was a young. This happened about 15 years ago. We are so thankful to this day!

[@chantelwebby1920]

Lauraaaa please add New Zealand to your shipping options for your merch!! I've been desperate for a Mama Llama hoodie since they came out 😭😭

[@itslizziguys]

I definitely have some scary stories Laura!!!! One of the worst is when my sister, friends and I had a shotgun held to our heads by a grown man to perform “sexual acts” on him when we were only 12-13!! It was AWFUL!!! We obviously got away but I would LOVE to tell this story for you guys!!! Much love and respect to you and your mom! 💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤

[@lorikegler5587]

Scariest story ever was when my husband, children and I were working on his family’s cabin. In front of it is the Santa Ana River and a road, on both sides and behind it is wilderness with bears, cougars, coyotes and bobcats. My husband was working on the plumbing, so we had to hike up the flood plain to use the “outdoor toilet”, aka, a hole in the ground. I told my husband I had to “use it”, so please keep an eye on our three children and our two nephews, the oldest of whom was nine years old. I had crossed a smaller stream and was on the flood plain, surrounded by cactus, steep drop offs, and rattlesnakes everywhere, when I heard our two year old calling, “Mommy!” I was wondering why my husband was bringing the kids up when he knew I was using the facilities, when who should arrive but ONLY the two year old, luckily, with our huge, Akita mix dog. Her pants and shoes were wet, so she’d obviously crossed the stream, all by herself. When I realized she had wandered off by herself and I thought of the road, the river, the wilderness and the wildlife it was all I could do to not flip out and scare her. Luckily, our hero dog saw her leave, and brought her to me. Thirty years later, and my husband STILL hasn’t lived that one down. Scariest experience ever.

[@heathercook5642]

You guys are adorable

[@kimberlysuzannemoore]

Laura, I’m a fellow IDIOT and have more stories than any single therapist can manage safely. I think I’ve probably even put a few personal therapist in therapy themselves 🤣 I’m easy you find, (because I’ve got nothing to hide), oh yeah and I was even a carny for a stint😮 My life has been a ride. Feel free to reach out. So so many IDIOT stories.. so many. By the way, loved your mom. She feels like “home”. My mom wasn’t around much when I was a kid but your mom reminds me so much of so many moms that tried to fill her shoes for me but being the IDIOT I was, I never hung around one place too long. That’s ok though because Life sucks and then you die.

[@myarbrough71]

I think that would be amazing to have people call in!! I cut my own hair too!

[@iiislandbreeze]

So much Alfie in her face 😍

[@jessiekeesee2615]

I have anxiety so there has been a lot of times I thought I was going to die lol!! but the time I was probably closest to death was when I was on the way to the last warped tour in St. Louis. I was 16 and it was my first concert ever, was riding with friends it was raining and we rolled off an exit. 😁fun day. The guy who was driving had his mom pick us up and we still went even though his car was totaled

[@artemis1style]

Nice chat. Your set is 👌🏿👍

[@laurahogan3247]

I'm obsessed with your picture on your wall I need to know where you got that it just makes me laugh every time 🤣

[@HomeschoolTucker334]

Only 5 minutes in and I know I’m going to love it! This is awesome

[@emmajane9403]

People in comments make me howl. The judgement is real y'all. Ever heard the saying people in glass house's...how can people have so much judgement on a 10 minute video 🤯🤯🤯

[@chantallalonde1258]

That was a very fun video to watch, your mom is an interesting lady

[@onelove1950]

"Life sucks and then you die." we said that a lot growing up, too. Maybe we are related? My mother's favorite saying to me was always, "You can't always get what you want." she always sang that to me when I wanted something she didn't agree with and wouldn't allow. It was so annoying 🙄

[@TheLocitaBonita]

enjoyed listening to you both x

[@honorsilverthorne7227]

I've actually had a pretty adventurous, unconventional life, and have had too many scary stories to recount. They're not all fun to tell; I have CPTSD from them, starting back to when I was a child. But my parent (my dad) also taught me (by example), that when things get really ludicrously bad, that's when you laugh. It takes the power of the awfulness away in that moment, and resets your perspective. I now have a very dry, sardonic, sarcastic sense of humor, that pops up in darkness a lot of the time.

[@ShelsBellesAndWhistles]

roflmao! I see where you get your humour from...your Mom is genius funny!

[@nikistevenson1550]

Definitely did the same thing with my bangs as young kid. Also was "roofied" as a teen, thank goodness we were with my friend's parent who wasn't far away. I live in a small town and my girlfriends and I used to go streaking down my street..🤣 Hope you all have a happy New Year. Loved your Mom!

[@blairbarbour6093]

Flying back from a family vacation. We hit bad weather and a tornado. It’s was the scariest thing I’ve been through this far. I still scared of flying to this day and this was 30 years ago

[@evieartsandcraftlover1079]

When I was a kid we lived in a poor gov funded neighbourhood and all the houses has renovations done one year. They replaced all the front doors and security doors but the locks on the doors had repeats so the same key could open 3-4 houses on the street . Some dodgy people figured it out and one night my mum and I laid in our beds listening to someone raiding our kitchen , eventually I called out “mum” which sent the intruder into a panic and as mum and I both reached the hallway at the same time we saw the back of a person run out the front door and they’d left the light on and some of the cupboards open. We put some bolts up on the inside of the doors until eventually , the housing department had more complaints of similar occurrences in the street that they sent lock smiths to change the locks. As I got older I couldn’t help but think of all the times prior to us hearing the invasion where we had stuff go missing and wondered if it was mums imagination or was someone regularly just going through our house in the night

[@beeztrapp1612]

Your mom is adorable.

[@TheMistyakapyt]

Love mama on the podcast.

[@haylee-maiedwards4048]

Your mum said, "You have to safeguard your children and safeguard yourself, and look after your own heart." And thats something I really needed to hear today, because I'm going through something very similar right now. Stephen was always my hope that full recovery is possible, now he's my reminder that there are no guarantees. You are my reminder to keep breathing and to keep affirming a more peaceful future, and your mum just reinforced why I'm doing this and why I must keep going forward. Thank you 🙏

[@kristennations8516]

Laura should also be that reminder since is not relapse free either

[@LauraMarieClery]

♥️♥️♥️

[@pamanctil6067]

Happy New Year to you and your Mom!! ❤️ She is awesome and reminds me of my own mom.