Laurie is a writer and behavioral health professional, Mom of Many, Resource Parent, Grammie/Nana, Early Childhood Educator, Mental Health & Invisible Illness Warrior, Mental Health Advocate, Avid Reader, Wanna Be Published Book Author.  

Her passion is helping people struggling with mental health to find resources and tools to help themselves and their loved ones. to stress less and have more serenity and harmony in their lives.

Laurie received her Liberal Arts & Sciences Bachelors as well as minors in psychology and in early children's services from University of Maine when she was 51.

You may have seen her interviewed on a few chronic illness blogs about her health conditions.

Laurie's mission is to advocate for children and animals while also breaking the stigma that mental health issues carry.

Her favorite activities are reading and making children laugh. However, her greatest interests are her family.

Gluten-free desserts and a good nights sleep Is a must for her. Not at the same time of course.

She lives with her husband Robert and two of their adult children in the mountains of Western Maine

You can find random ramblings of her journey on seekingserenityandharmony.com

She pretended to be a normal adult by holding down jobs such as grocery bagger, substitute teacher and virtual assistant. She is finally venturing into that dream of being a writer and putting her words out there for the world in hopes to help someone else.

Laurie is using her experiences and education to help others by authoring the blog Seeking Serenity And Harmony Has been published on http://saltinmycoffee.com/

Is a contributor to a couple of community books published on Amazon by Donna Kozik.