Strange Orphan

FAWNING 03.09.2026 30min

Oh man...This week we're talking FAWNING,--The slutty little sister of self-abandonment. The act of trying to feel "safe" and "okay" by continuously placing someone else's energy above your own. Sounds exhausting? Well, it is. Laura dives into how fawning has been re-appearing up in her own life, along with exploring some of the root causes of fawning, such as MEAN MOMS and BEING MADE TO FEEL LIKE A HUMAN DOORMAT! Got a question for Strange Orphan? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll dive into it on the show. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Strange Orphan! Cited: Carl Jung

False Selfie 22.08.2026 39min

Identity collapse, the false self, identity void after foundational erosion, all these terms are explored today on the pod. How do we say goodbye to old identities, especially the false ones we still kind of like? Got a question for Strange Orphan? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll dive into it on the show. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Strange Orphan! Cited: Alice Miller "The Drama of the Gifted Child."

STEP INTO YOUR POWER 16.08.2026 33min

This episode Laura delves into the murky terrain of getting back into a place of true inner power, and agency after years away. We talk the different energetic resonances of power vs. fake power, such as “force.” How we can get out of survival mode to come back into reception with ourselves. Sometimes coming back into a powerful place of self worth, requires meeting our selves in the places we don’t want to go to. Got a question for Strange Orphan? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll dive into it on the show. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Strange Orphan! Book ref: David R. Hawkins' book, Power vs. Force,

WIP: DISCERNMENT 07.08.2026 41min

Hey everyone! This week Laura responds to a Dear Orphan email about how to employ discernment in dating when we're starving for "soup." Laura gives her advice on navigating those super intense, (yet not entirely red flagged,) relationships that seem to come out of the blue, and suck us in like a vortex. Do we navigate the high-octane intensity of TRAUMA BOND relationships determines wether or not we'll wind up shipwrecked.Got a question for Strange Orphan? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll dive into it on the show. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Strange Orphan!

You can't bring an ice pick to a water park 25.07.2026 32min

This episode Laura gets personal with a recent setback, and talks from experience on how to move forward when nothing is working. When its actually "you" and your methods that might be "the problem." The new chapters of life require letting old versions of yourself go, but allowing these doors to fully close isn't easy. We're talking shedding, and advice for the uncomfortable stillness of transformation. And what to do when you no longer know how to dress yourself. Got a thought of a question for Strange Orphan? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll dive into it on the show. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Strange Orphan! Strange Orphan is going abroad! Help take Strange Orphan on the road, as we build out our concept for an international travel show! Your support is greatly needed and appreciated. Please check out the details and consider becoming an early supporter of the show! https://gofund.me/a86bb028a

Re-Entry / Father's Day 18.06.2026 36min

Hola strangos. This week we're talking "re-entry" into the dating world after serious time away. Healing brings new perspectives, but also makes us really weird out in the world, like dating flagellum. Laura also reflects on celibacy and sovereignty in dating and boundaries, as well as the "father wound," and how father longing can play into how we conduct ourselves and who we choose to date. Got a question for Strange Orphan? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll dive into it on the show. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Strange Orphan!

Ep. 14 - The Mechanics of a Miracle 21.05.2026 34min

How do we prime ourselves for "miracles" and "manifestations" to occur in our lives? After having a home-related miracle fall in her lap this past week, Laura dives into her take on the “mechanics of miracles,” and how we might be more responsible for our participation in helping the Divine bless us, than we know.Neuropsychologist, Dr. Julia DiGanji - @drjuliadiganji Got a question for Strange Orphan? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll dive into it on the show. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Strange Orphan!

Mother's Day 07.05.2026 26min

Mother's day is here. And with it comes an entire buffet of questions on how we're supposed to survive it. How do we fill the ache in our hearts that lingers even years after leaving our original homes? How much "love and nurture" can really be asked of our pets? This episode dives into Laura's tips for nurturing yourself, and finding ways to not feel like a sad orphan this weekend.Got a question for Strange Orphan? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll dive into it on the show. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Strange Orphan!

No Place Like Home 23.04.2026 35min

Sometimes there’s no place like home. This week Laura dives into her years long battle with constant uprooting, and the nervous system work of facing the emotional storms that continue to plague us from our original homes, and how to win the war against Airbnb, and the family of cockroaches inhabiting your rental.TRIGGER WARNING: Brief mention of S***ide. Got a question for Strange Orphan? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll dive into it on the show. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Strange Orphan!

Hermit Mode 18.04.2026 31min

Strange orphan is on the road! This week we’re talking about surviving "hermit mode," that isolating season of deeply internal realignment. Laura gives her tips on navigating that darkness-disco to rediscover your own light. She also discusses her gripes with Airbnb bedsheets, and entering her Fivel era. Got a question for Strange Orphan? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll dive into it on the show. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Strange Orphan!

Creative Hero 10.04.2026 43min

What's the difference between manifestation, delusion, fantasy and disassociation? Who knows! These are very thin lines, folks. This week we’re talking about creativity, or disassociation, depending how you look at it. And how it might just be the last thing that saves us from the nightmarish daily news cycle we're currently living in. Laura takes us on a journey through the past, how she resorted to fantasy to escape and uproot to London with a TV show, and how using creativity as a means of disassociation to escape a traumatic upbringing isn't always the best advice. We explore the value of our attention, and what we give it to. As well as tried and tested methods of harnessing our everyday creativity into something that brings us into greater commune with the divine.Got a W.I.P. question? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll dive into it on the show. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Strange Orphan!

W.I.P. "Highly Critical Parents" 27.03.2026 29min

Highly critical parents are dream killers and soul crushers. How do we clean out the old septic tank of a subconscious, and finally take action on our aspirations and dreams after years of emotional pummeling? This week Laura answers another WIP question, on how to find the motivation to take action on our goals, after an upbringing of heavy criticism. Laura explains her theory of “the gap of defeat,” and the methods she’s employed in order to do life and take action on our goals. Got a question for Laura? Email us at [email protected] and we’ll dive into it on the show. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Strange Orphan!

Losing My Ambition 19.03.2026 31min

Lost the energy to perform in the world? It's one thing to cut ties from a former career. It's another to have no remaining shreds of "ambiguous ambition" left. This episode dives into the early days of trying to "make it" in lunatic Hollywood, and the painful unraveling that occurs when we've been performing as the "false self." References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl8iYAo90pE

W.I.P.: "Stuck Season" 13.03.2026 31min

This week we’re answering a listener's” very timely question about navigating a “stuck season." What's the course of action when it feels like the universe is pummeling you with a baseball bat for fun? When nothing in your present circumstance is going right, making sense, or remotely kind at all. We talk navigating this rough terrain of a “stuck seasons," along with some of Laura's personal experiences in them, including helpful tips on how to not lose your mind in the meantime. Got a “Work in Progress” question you want answered on the pod?! Email us at [email protected] mentioned:Astro.com — (Astrocartography) Locational Astrology

Boundaries 05.03.2026 21min

So you’ve finally “chosen yourself.” Now what?Do you still have a problem saying "no?" Do you struggle maintaining your "energetic space" out in the world? Are people constantly dumping their emotional burdens on you like the pigeon lady from "Home Alone?"This episode delves into the complex topic of physical and energetic boundaries, and the trying task of drawing our antenna back to ourselves after decades spent catering and worrying about the lunatics of our homes.

Life-Collapse 20.02.2026 35min

What do we do when the life we’ve been living is suddenly revoked? When the universe has reduced us to “mush?” How does one navigate a strange orphan life-collapse?This episode Laura goes deep into her story of life-collapse; her sudden ejection from her life in the UK, and the tough time that followed in Texas. As well as insights on how to navigate the aftermath of life's shake-ups.Do you have a question for Strange Orphan? Email your estrangement questions in to [email protected] and Laura would love to answer it on the pod!

Love Starved 13.02.2026 23min

Happy Valentine's Day! This week we're talking trauma bonds, feeling "loved starved," and other romantic pitfalls that await the strange orphan on their search for love.Laura’s Book Rec: “Hotel du Lac” by Anita Brookner

Full Frontal Grief 05.02.2026 20min

This week we get into America's aversion to "full-frontal grief." As well as exploring the different methods for not conquering your "grief," such as fleeing your life and uprooting to a different country.

Cutting Loose 29.01.2026 19min

Today we dive into the heavy hitter topic of Narcissistic family dynamics and "how to know when to go."

Strange New World 22.01.2026 22min

Welcome to Strange Orphan! We're diving into the journey of estrangement, one bear trap at a time! Check out @StrangeOrphan on YouTube and Instagram