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Louise Wilkinson’s Unbelievable Journey: Adoption Truth, a Life-Saving Brain Aneurysm & Her Daughter’s Hit-and-Run Survival

In 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 Tea

01:10 Meet Louise Wilkinson

02:03 Divorce and Single Mum Life

04:00 The Letter Under the Door

05:29 Learning She Was Adopted

06:37 Family Loss and Belonging

08:32 Searching for Birth Parents

10:40 Meeting Birth Mum

12:37 Finding Birth Dad’s Family

16:28 Aneurysm Bombshell

20:08 Diagnosis and What It Means

23:13 Rushed to Sydney Surgery

24:39 Family Rallying Together

25:06 Brain Surgery Risks

26:02 ICU Reunion After Surgery

28:21 Aneurysm Close Call

29:25 System Failures And Delays

31:57 Bella Hit By Car

36:31 Recovery And PTSD

39:04 ADHD Diagnosis Journey

42:08 Medication And Focus Tools

44:02 Sharing Stories Matters

45:28 Teapot Question Finale

46:25 Outro And Disclaimer

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Pregnancy Bloat Without Being Pregnant: Hormonal Hump Day Gut Talk

On Happy Hormonal Hump Day, I’m talking about that wild “pregnancy bloat” feeling when you’re definitely not pregnant—yet you eat something tiny like a cracker and suddenly your belly looks like you’re housing a nine-pounder. It’s the kind of bloating that makes you feel like you could tip over and looks so dramatic it’s basically like you’re about to have a baby.

00:00 Hormonal Hump Day Intro

00:05 Pregnancy Bloat Talk

00:11 Cracker to Nine Pounder

00:18 Basically Having a Baby

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Tesla Chair Therapy: Pelvic Floor, Back Pain & Incontinence Relief (Plus Postpartum Core Support)

Agnes discusses a Tesla Chair/Tesla Former treatment plan she typically recommends as 10 sessions (2–3 times per week), noting that results require multiple sessions and ongoing maintenance. She shares a client story in which the patient initially chose a five-session package but upgraded to 10 after reporting dramatically better sleep, less nighttime fidgeting, improved comfort, and an added benefit of dropping a dress and pants size; the client later aggravated her back at work, paused sessions to rest, then returned and again experienced improved sleep. They explain that the non-invasive treatment is done fully clothed via magnetic stimulation (up to 10 cm penetration) and can strengthen pelvic floor, lower back, and core, with potential uses for urinary and fecal incontinence, hemorrhoids, postpartum recovery (starting six weeks postpartum with obstetric clearance), diastasis recti support, glute work, and benefits for men (including post-prostatectomy).

00:00 How Many Sessions

19:45 Client Results Story

20:54 Weight Loss Expectations

21:58 Back Injury Break

22:52 Who It Helps

23:26 Postpartum Timing

24:41 Non Invasive Chair

25:30 Glutes And Veins

26:28 Diastasis Recti Help

28:21 When It Doesnt Work

29:08 Maintenance And Types

30:24 Hemorrhoids Function

32:06 Why It Matters

33:29 Wrap Up Disclaimer

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