My guest today is Laura, a great friend and highly-valuedcolleague and, you will find, a wildly eloquent badass. Today, Laura is kindenough to share her triumphant life story of overcoming enormous obstacles overdecades, including alcoholism, tragic loss, and low familial expectations. Allalong the way, you can sense Laura’s unwavering steely strength, and deep faithin her ability to not only survive, but to overcome and leverage her experienceto help and guide others. Laura shares her story here with generosity, warmthand humor. One can only imagine that her friends, family and clients benefitenormously from the richness of Laura’s story.