Who is itsreallyren?

My goal was to disrupt the facades of social media and create a safe place where everyone who visits can embrace their truth, both read and talk about life in all its forms, and hopefully leave with a few friends.

My name is Lauren (Ren) Taylor Roberts-Headlee, otherwise known as “itsreallyren”. I’m a writer, teacher, podcast speaker, and artist part time; and a happy wife and dog mom full time.

I love where life has taken me, but I’m gonna keep it a buck, growing up I was not the girl who had everything together. I was the girl who wanted to look like I had it together while I was actually deeply insecure, constantly anxious, and desperately wanting to be seen. But how can we ever be fully seen when we’re constantly living behind a mask of ourselves? I won’t sugar coat it-deciding to fully see yourself and allowing people to fully see you is a risk. But on this path, one thing is undeniable; you will taste freedom. And you’ll get hooked.

I took on a new identity with one revelation, and I’ve been continuing to bloom ever since…

By sharing a few of my life stories, some of my deepest realizations and toughest lessons, along with things I’ve learned from some of the greatest minds in the world, I hope that as you read this blog you’ll start to bloom as well.

Let’s live, let’s learn, and let’s laugh along the way. Heavy on the laugh.