Interview with Laurie Hellmann - Selling Vegetables to Drunks
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Join us for an inspiring and heartfelt conversation with the incredible Laurie Hellmann. We dive into her life, her family, and her powerful new book, Selling Vegetables to Drunks: Lessons I Learned as an Alcoholic’s Daughter.
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Laurie L. Hellmann is originally from Marshall, Michigan, and moved to Southern Indiana following graduation from Ball State University in 1997. Laurie earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Legal Administration from BSU, an MBA from Indiana University Southeast, and has enjoyed a successful, 25-year professional career in the healthcare industry.
Throughout her entire life, Laurie has assumed the role of caregiver, but it was through her 21 years (and counting) of experience parenting a child with profound needs that she discovered the true purpose for her life — to serve as an advocate and beacon of hope for those who feel lost or broken.
Laurie authored her first book, Welcome to My Life: A Personal Parenting Journey Through Autism, in 2020 and is excited to bring you, Selling Vegetables to Drunks, the second book in her memoir series.
Through her writing, her podcast (Living the Sky Life – Our Autism Journey), her advocacy work and her speaking events — all centered around resiliency, perspective, and belief in a higher purpose — Laurie is continually striving to make a lasting impact in the autism community and beyond.
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