Laurie RiedmanLaurie Riedman is a personal and relationship coach, writer, and storyteller. After thirty-five years running her own PR and marketing firm, she transitioned her consulting to coaching, founding b.u. coaching to support those-like her-who seek to embace their truths and be their best selves in all aspects of their personal and professional lives. Writing and publishing essays on her blog, More Than Words, and her memoir, Diamonds in the Dirt: Stories From a Junkyard Girl, are part of her healing journey. She has also published essays in Bluff and Vine. Her writing is included in four anthologies-two she co-edited with Susan Walter, Badass Sisterhood and Badass Sisterhood Roots & Wings, and Soul Shine.Laurie lives, writes, and coaches from her home along Canandaigua Lake in the Finger Lakes of New York. Married to her life partner Rich for over thirty-eight years, they have founded three successful companies and raised three amazing daughters: Elizabeth, Beck, and Hannah. Read More Read Less