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Tay Lautner on Asking for Help, Building a Mental Health Platform, and the Baby She Can't Wait to Meet

July 23, 2026

Tay Lautner passed her nursing boards in February 2020 and was a COVID nurse by the end of that year — an experience that led to burnout, a PTSD diagnosis, and a mental health journey that became a platform, a nonprofit, and a podcast called The Squeeze. Now pregnant with her first child, a girl, she joins Liz on The Motherly Podcast for an honest conversation about the first trimester nobody warned her about, what it took to leave the hospital for good, and why she’s actually excited for her daughter to watch her work.

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