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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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