Reliving - A Journey through- Divorce, Adoption, A Brain Aneurysm, Her Daughter’s Hit-and-Run, Survival and more..

Send us Fan MailLouise Wilkinson’s Unbelievable Journey: Adoption Truth, a Life-Saving Brain Aneurysm & Her Daughter’s Hit-and-Run SurvivalIn this episode of High Tea with Lady V, Kate interviews her close friend Louise Wilkinson (host of How to Hack Your Heartbreak, speaker, life coach, and performing arts school owner) about a series of defining life events. Louise recounts divorcing as a young mum of two while relocating her business, then receiving a letter that revealed for the first time she was adopted under a closed government process that replaced her birth certificate; she later met her birth mother and father and discovered strong family and physical connections while staying close to her adoptive family. Louise also shares being diagnosed with a large, unruptured brain aneurysm discovered during stroke testing, facing delays in the regional system before urgent open brain surgery in Sydney. Finally, she describes her daughter Bella being hit at high speed while traffic controlling in July 2024, suffering a pulverized pelvis and long recovery, with both later diagnosed with PTSD, and Louise beginning assessment for ADHD.00:00 Welcome to High Tea01:10 Meet Louise Wilkinson02:03 Divorce and Single Mum Life04:00 The Letter Under the Door05:29 Learning She Was Adopted06:37 Family Loss and Belonging08:32 Searching for Birth Parents10:40 Meeting Birth Mum12:37 Finding Birth Dad’s Family16:28 Aneurysm Bombshell20:08 Diagnosis and What It Means23:13 Rushed to Sydney Surgery24:39 Family Rallying Together25:06 Brain Surgery Risks26:02 ICU Reunion After Surgery28:21 Aneurysm Close Call29:25 System Failures And Delays31:57 Bella Hit By Car36:31 Recovery And PTSD39:04 ADHD Diagnosis Journey42:08 Medication And Focus Tools44:02 Sharing Stories Matters45:28 Teapot Question Finale46:25 Outro And DisclaimerThanks for listening! What topics do you want to delve into? Let us know at [email protected] High Tea with Lady V on Instagram Follow High Tea with Lady V Podcast on Facebook Follow High Tea with Lady V on Facebook group Follow High Tea with Lady V on Twitter Watch this episode on YouTube