We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Laurie McDermott a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Laurie, looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?
My dad. When I was a child, I would see my dad go to work and come home five days a week. And he always came home. Happy. Later, when I was 11, my dad took me to work with him for a single day. He was in sales. And all he did was walk in to offices and talk to the girls at the front desk. They loved my dad and my dad loved talking to them. He would say hi to people shake a few hands and then off we went to the next place. Are used to say to him, “is that work? Is this what you do all day?“ My dad said, “yup! this is what Sales is!” From that day, and I wanted to be in sales. And I wanted to work hard and smile and make people happy and then get a paycheck. That was life back then. Work hard and get a paycheck. My have times changed.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
Hi help people stay married. When a partner wants to leave a marriage, the other partner feel so lost, I Empty, and secure, and terrified. That’s when people call me. And I am here to help. Humans do better when they’re married and have a teammate. Families do better when the people that have committed to being the cocoon for that family stay intact. The research I have done clearly shows that if you leave one partner for another partner, you’re going to end up with the same thing eventually. Why not just stay with your original partner? They are lessons to be learned. Life lessons in skills that people never fully develop and just keeps cycling through relationship after relationship without ever fully understanding what they are doing wrong. I can help.
That’s what I do.
I save marriages, and I save lives.
I talk to people all over the world. Every day, all day.
If you know of anyone, struggling in their marriage, have them reach out to me. This is what I do.
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
If your spouse has left you, or if you are struggling in your marriage, the greatest thing you can do right now is not think about ending it. Instead of quitting, find a solution to stay. Find one reason that lead you home to your family. Don’t take the easy way out by saying, “well, everyone else does it, my kids will be fine.“ Because no they won’t. Your kids won’t be fine if you divorce their mom or dad. They’re life full, and if they know it, and none of the memories that they had of their good childhood will carry forth. They will implode with your marriage.
Okay, so before we go we always love to ask if you are looking for folks to partner or collaborate with?
I have a podcast where I interview people, and share with the world stories of hope. Marriages that went wrong or failed, or came back together. I am interviewing people, individuals, with a story to share that will ring hope and understanding to my listeners. If you know anyone brave enough to come on, and share their story, I will change their name and change their face so that no one sees them. It’s an incredible gift to be able to share your story so that others here and grow from here experience. Thank you for listening.
Contact Info:
- Website: [email protected]
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- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/thewifeexpert
- Other: TheLifeExpert.com LaurieMcDermott.com
Image Credits
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