We were lucky to catch up with Laura Bruner recently and have shared our conversation below.

Laura, appreciate you joining us today. What sort of legacy are you hoping to build. What do you think people will say about you after you are gone, what do you hope to be remembered for?

Though my business is multi-faceted, mindful motherhood is the compass that guides it all.

Through the sourdough sisterhood, I hope to leave a legacy of nourishment and connection with food through sourdough starters and simple baking passed from mothers to their kiddos and beyond.

Through fitness education, I hope to leave a legacy of prioritizing self-care, strength, and empowerment for mamas, modeled to their kiddos and beyond.

Through sharing the importance of outdoor adventure, I hope to leave a legacy of mental health through nature time, natural movement, and advocacy for this planet experienced by families together.

And through the Modern Mamas Podcast, I hope to leave a legacy of years of authentic, vulnerable sharing, solidarity, and motherhood community building.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

Oh hey, I am Laura.

I am the creator and heart behind Radical Roots where (for 9+ years) I’ve shared hundreds of recipes, simple guides, an ever-growing searchable travel stops map, and tips for products we love and trust.

I am cohost of the Modern Mamas Podcast (7 years running). Tune in for candid sharing, expert guests, and real-life recaps of life, adventure, and learning through the highs and the hards.

I am the heart and baker behind the Sourdough Sisterhood where you’ll find simple sourdough guide, starter recipes, cookbooks, tutorials, baking tools, in-person workshops, and more.

I am mama to two incredible girls – Evie (6) and Indie (2) – and get to raise them with my amazing wildland firefighter husband and partner in all things, Rusty. THIS is the most important work I will ever do.

I also work for CrossFit as a programming content specialist (among other things) with the most badass team, and love it. CrossFit is changing lives, and I am proud to be a part of that.

Fun fact: we lived in a van when Evie was a toddler and traveled the country to experience the national parks, connect with friends, eat all the good things, and live minimally. It was a dream come true, and now, so is settling in and putting down roots in this magical corner of the country where the mountains meet the sea.

What you’ll find through my work:

Mindful motherhood musings as I learn alongside my girls, strive to find balance, and reserve the right to change my mind.

Simple, approachable, go-with-YOUR-flow sourdough bread and so much more (because the sourdough starter recipes are endless).

Year-round nature time because our kids can’t bounce off walls if there are none, the outdoors are our favorite classroom, and also it works wonders for my mental health.

Fitness for life. I’ve learned over the past 10 years or so that fitness isn’t life, but it sure helps me build a beautiful, active, capable, fun one.

Thank you for being here. I am so grateful for the space to share the work I love.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

Bread is bad. Food equates to morality. And smaller is better.

Baking sourdough has been such an incredible lesson in unlearning society’s immensely inaccurate depiction of food and a broken relationship with feeding our bodies, especially for girls and women.

In baking sourdough, sharing with community, and feeding my family I have relearned the beauty of nourishing my body, connecting with my food, and sharing that connection with my daughters.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

Traveling across the country in a converted van for 18 months with my husband and our (at the time) toddler built strength, patience, communication skills, and resiliency I never knew I was capable of.

We navigated last-minute plan changes, holding space for big feelings, long drive days, unexpected twists and turns, disappointment, and also joy, learning, wonder, and the resiliency that comes from growing together through some of the most simultaneously uncomfortable and life-giving core memories made.

Contact Info:

• Website: myradicalroots.com
• Instagram: instagram.com/laura.radicalroots
• Facebook: facebook.com/myradicalroots
• Other: etsy.com/shop/myradicalroots

Image Credits
Mikaela Thompson