Welcome back to Don’t Retire… Graduate! Today’s guest is the inspirational Laura Cathcart Robbins, host of The Only One in the Room podcast and author of the upcoming memoir Stash: My Life in Hiding. 

Laura opens up about her struggle with addiction—a story she’ll share in depth in her book—and her journey out of hiding and into a career as a podcast host and writer. She is truly a remarkable person with a great message of recovery, resilience, and grace that we all could benefit from.

In this episode we’ll talk about:

•Eric’s appearance on The Only One in the Room and how he’s calling out the male-dominated industry 

•Laura’s story as growing a career in writing and public relations as a high school drop out

•Her experience living with a pill and alcohol addiction, checking into rehab, and going through a divorce within the public eye

•How being the only black woman in a room of 600 people led to her launching her podcast, The Only One in the Room

•The process of writing her memoir 

•Being vocal when you find yourself in a room lacking diversity

Continue the conversation with Eric's appearance on The Only One in the Room: https://brotmanmedia.com/the-only-one-in-the-room/ 

Visit dontretiregraduate.com for a full transcript of this episode.

About Laura Cathcart Robbins:

Laura Cathcart Robbins is the host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room, and author of the forthcoming Atria/Simon & Schuster memoir, STASH (March 7, 2023). She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee and is credited for creating The Buckley School’s nationally recognized committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice. Her recent articles in Huffpo and The Temper on the subjects of race, recovery, and divorce have garnered her worldwide acclaim. She is a 2022 TEDx Speaker, and LA Moth StorySlam winner. Currently, she sits on the advisory boards of the San Diego Writer’s Festival and the Outliers HQ podcast Festival. Find out more about her on her website, or you can look for her on Facebook, on Instagram and follow her on Twitter.

Laura Cathcart Robbins (@lauracathcartrobbins)

https://theonlyonepod.com/ 

https://www.youtube.com/@TheOnlyOneintheRoomPodcast

https://www.instagram.com/theonlyoneintheroom/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheOnlyOneInTheRoomPodcast

https://twitter.com/TheOnlyOnePodc1

https://www.huffpost.com/author/laura-cathcart-robbins

http://www.lauracathcartrobbins.com/ 

https://www.tiktok.com/@theonlyoneintheroom

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