She Weighed ONE POUND & Grew Up In Fear. Now, She's Built the Life She Never Had! (Lauren Atwood of Otter Creek Homes)

<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/laurenatwood_/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Lauren Atwood</a> entered the world against all odds.</p><p>Thirty-three years ago, the lifelong Seacoast native was born three months early as the product of an abusive relationship between her mother and biological father. </p><p>In the ensuing years, Atwood bounced around from home to home, watched her mother bring home man after man, and became estranged from her real father, all while trying to live a normal life.</p><p>But Atwood refused to become a statistic.</p><p>After meeting her now-husband Chris in high school, Atwood paid her way through UNH, worked in marketing at Timberland, and started a successful blog that paved the way for <a href="https://www.ottercreekhomes.co/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Otter Creek Homes</a>, the Seacoast&#39;s go-to construction &amp; interior design company.</p><p>From her office in North Hampton, N.H., Atwood joins <a href="https://www.instagram.com/troy_farkas/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">host Troy Farkas</a> for a wide-ranging conversation about the harrowing details surrounding her miraculous birth, why she was a &quot;pawn in the game&quot; between her mother and father, overcoming childhood trauma to build the business of her dreams, what sets Otter Creek Homes apart from other firms in the field, and the phone call she received last year that, for the first time in her life, made her feel free.</p><p>If you or someone you know is fighting domestic and sexual violence here on the Seacoast, please find support with <a href="https://havennh.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">HAVEN.</a></p><p>SUPPORT SEACOAST STORIES:</p><ul><li>⁠Visit the NEW <a href="https://seacoaststories.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠SeacoastStories.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> for our newsletter &amp; LIMITED-TIME ⁠⁠<a href="https://seacoaststories.com/shop?from=newsletter" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠summer merch drop⁠⁠</a>⁠⁠!</li></ul><ul><li>Follow Seacoast Stories on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/seacoast-stories/id1750552627" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> or on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3zg7za9HHoJeuQN3JVTJHN?si=93f6aabdddf442a4" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> to get our new episodes every week.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>UPCOMING EVENTS:</p><ul><li>Seacoast Stories Dinner Club pres. by <a href="https://www.partners.bank/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=24102580923&gbraid=0AAAABCZKy9gyZQE2Pn51LGkVoWHHvNWnq&gclid=Cj0KCQjw7eXTBhDBARIsAKF-w46AwR7R2Gk2VbuW_dmGAgEz0qkhAKWePNAYoAiFR8F6O8paykCKQD8aAtB5EALw_wcB" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Partners Bank</a>: Our largest Dinner Club yet visits Portsmouth on Wednesday, August 19! <a href="https://seacoaststories.dnnr.io/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book your seat at the table here.⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li><li>Seacoast Stories Dinner Club: We&#39;re in Newburyport, Mass., on Wednesday, September 3. Book your seat at the link above.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>SPONSOR:</p><ul><li><a href="https://degreewellness.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Degree Wellness Seacoast⁠</a>: A new all-on-one recovery center is coming to North Hampton, N.H! Learn more &amp; lock in a discounted (FOR LIFE) founding membership <a href="https://degreewellness.com/locations/seacoast-nh/founding-membership/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠here.⁠</a></li><p><br></p></ul><p>CHAPTERS:</p><ul><li>Lauren Atwood intro (00:00)</li><li>Unbelievable story of when she was born (04:06)</li><li>Her parents&#39; abusive relationship (07:05)</li><li>Being a medical miracle (10:00)</li><li>Living in fear of her father (11:12)</li><li>Tumultuous relationship with her mother (17:35)</li><li>Legally separating from her father (23:52)</li><li>The life-changing p