Laurie Kroeger

About the Instructor

I don’t come to this work from theory.

I come to it from lived experience.

I was married and divorced three times before I was 25 years old.

Young. Hopeful. Certain that love—if I just tried harder—would finally work.

The last of those early marriages was brutal.

It was not just unhealthy—it was dangerous.

He tried to kill me twice.

That experience didn’t just end a marriage.

It reshaped how I understood safety, trust, and survival.

After that, I spent 10 years single—not hiding, not numb, but rebuilding.

Learning who I was when my nervous system could finally exhale.

Learning how to listen to myself instead of overriding my instincts for connection.

I eventually remarried and spent 15 years determined to make it work.

Not because it was easy.

Not because it was perfect.

But because I believed commitment meant endurance, loyalty, and doing my part—even when it hurt.

I didn’t leave out of anger.

I left out of clarity.

And clarity doesn’t make loss hurt less—it just makes it honest.

This work exists because I know what it’s like to:

Survive relationships that were unsafe—and ones that were simply unsustainable

Grieve the life you planned while knowing you made the right choice

Stay longer than you should because you promised yourself you’d never “fail again”

Feel strong on the outside and quietly unravel on the inside

I’m not here to fix you.

I don’t believe you’re broken.

I’m here to walk with women who are brave enough to feel the truth of their story without rushing past it—women who are ready to stop surviving and start living from self-trust instead of self-sacrifice.

If you’re here, chances are you’re not looking for advice.

You’re looking for language for what you’re carrying,

permission to feel what’s real,

and a way forward that doesn’t require becoming someone else.

That’s what I offer.

Not answers—but grounding.

Not timelines—but truth.

Not “move on”—but move through.

And I’ll be honest with you the whole way.