We had the good fortune of connecting with Laurie McDermott and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Laurie, what was your thought process behind starting your own business?
Honestly? I had other plans on my career choice! I was a standup comedian for 21 years and had just shot my first Television Show Pilot when my husband told me he wasn’t happy and wanted a divorce. Eek. Life changed very quickly and from that day forward, I began the groundwork of what would be my current life mission and career!

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I help people stay married HAPPY. This was not the career I went to college for. Being a marriage coach was not the career I chose. In fact, I wanted to be a comedic travel writer. However, God had other plans for me. After my marriage imploded I spent 2 years interviewing thousands of married men & women above the age of 60. Their authentic honest advice and words of regrets, mistakes and roads traveled….gave me the tools I needed to repair my own marriage. Today I am brought to my knees daily hearing stories from other wives and husbands who use my tools to repair their own marriage. Bottom line: You only need ONE person to save a marriage. Just one!

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
If I had a friend visiting for the day, I’d bring them to Manhattan Beach….the city where I live. Starting in RPV…going around through the coast, past Terranea, Trump Golf Course (whether you like him or not it’s a cool place) and then through the beaches: Torrance, REDONDO BEACH, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach…with a pit stop by all the piers. I’d eat on the beach with a picnic and time staring at the ocean. Then it’s off to the Strand and biking up to Santa Monica. Then through Malibu, to Topanga Canyon. Off then to Sunset to Hollywood! To walk below the Hollywood sign and visit Griffith park!

Fun, Fun, Day in LA.

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Lisa Oberst – Designer.

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