Fresh Take: Laura Clery on Codependency, Co-Parenting, and Starting Over
What Fresh Hell: Parenting, Relationships, and Making Life Better, with Two Funny MomsShow Notes
Laura Clery has built a massive digital empire, of over 25 million followers, offering her own blend of silly sketch comedy and unflinchingly vulnerable reality. In this interview, Laura tells Margaret about her new memoir, WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU HOTTER , and the unraveling of a marriage shaped by sobriety, relapse, codependency, fame, and the pressure of living so much of life online.
Laura and Margaret discuss:
Her experience raising a child on the autism spectrum
What happens when a relationship falls apart in public
Why it can be hard to recognize destructive patterns from the inside
How motherhood has made Laura brave
Here's where you can find Laura:
@laura.clery on FB
@lauraclery on IG and TikTok
@LauraMarieClery on YouTube
Listen to Laura's podcast Idiot
Buy WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU HOTTER: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9781668087343
What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Amy Wilson and Margaret Ables.
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