# Laura Jensen

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E14. More Docs and Psych Ward

Send us Fan Mail Pam and Sadie dig into hospital records written when Sadie was 14, reading what doctors and psychiatrists recorded and what they only hinted at. Medical notes describe red scaly skin and scratched extremities. Psyche notes flag learned isolation rather than psychosis. They describe…

E15. More Psych Ward

Send us Fan Mail We return to Station 64 as Sadie remembers the joys of a locked psychiatric ward, where clothes, movies, and music become a lifeline. Outside the hospital walls, on the University of Minnesota campus, protest, freedom, and the first Earth Day swirl like a living promise. In staff n…

E16. Home Visits and Food

Send us Fan Mail We follow Sadie’s memories of how fear and disassociation can erase days, even as the record still claims everything went “great.” We connect the dots between childhood trauma, secrecy, and a lifelong struggle with food, trust, and self-protection. Sadie shows how school, books, an…

E17. Secret Out and Foster home

Send us Fan Mail Together, we talk about how early trauma shapes memory, safety, and identity, and why a child can learn to survive by guarding the biggest family rule: Never, never tell!  In this episode, a favorite staffer sits beside her on a porch and listens while Sadie says out loud what she …

E18. The Foster Family

Send us Fan Mail Safety can be a roof, a routine, and a full refrigerator, and yet feel like you are still holding your breath. One can learn that being “easy” is the price of peace. The story turns toward personal ways that trauma can show up: hiding food, staying invisible, expecting blame, and c…

E19. Stevie

Send us Fan Mail Here, we introduce Stevie, the foster guardian who changes everything by simply offering clear expectations and real freedom. The details feel small until you realize they are the building blocks of safety, attachment, and a life that finally belongs to her. On late-night drives, S…

E20. Stevie Interview

Send us Fan Mail Today, we’re joined by Stevie, Sadie’s former foster mother, to retrace the unlikely beginning of their bond. Stevie reflects on her own struggles with drinking and the choice to get sober, while Sadie shares memories of those years that still carry tenderness and humor.From there,…

E21. Numbing Conversation

Send us Fan Mail A life can look solid on the outside while feeling insecure inside. Is this universal? Is keeping oneself busy and useful an avoidance of pain and joy? Sadie shares how retirement, the end of a long relationship, and returning to therapy helped her recognize emotional numbing. Can …

E22. Adjusting to Change

Send us Fan Mail Retirement can be an identity shift, especially for people who have spent their lives working in service, building community, and getting validation through being useful.  We talk about how early abuse can echo through adulthood, retirement, and relationships. We explore what helps…

E23. Goodbye for Now

Send us Fan Mail Releasing our last episode in this series is a practice of letting go. So many feelings. So much unsaid. One story in one space of time. We talk about the cost and what it gives to reveal one's story late in life when shame and secrets still hold power. We explore how loyalty can l…