Hey, I'm Lori

I'm a Certified Neuro-Identity Evolution® (NIE) Practitioner, and I'm currently completing my Grief Coaching certification with David Kessler.

A day I fought so hard to prevent. A day every parent says they could never survive.

In 2020, my middle son, JT, died by suicide.

I spent years doing everything I could to help him. Searching for answers, fighting for support, and trying desperately to prevent the very thing that happened. And when it did, my world shattered.

It took me more than three years after losing JT to really begin looking at myself and the things I needed to work on. And even then, I was only dipping my toes into my own healing.

But somewhere along the way, something in me began to soften.

I started recognizing the patterns, reactions, and behaviors I wished I'd understood sooner. The woulda, coulda, shoulda. The words I wish I'd chosen differently. The things I wish I could go back and do over.

I can't go back and change any of it.

But I still have two boys here, and life has blessed me with grandbabies, a husband, stepchildren, and so much love.

I want to show up differently for all of them.

Not just because of what I've lost, but because of everything I still have.

That realization changed the direction of my life. I began doing the work to understand myself, heal my own wounds, and take responsibility for how I show up for the people I love.

And that's why I do this work today. I want to help people wake up to their own lives before it takes their worst day to do it.

I spent 19 years running a screen printing and embroidery business. What started as a side gig while I was a stay-at-home mom eventually became my full-time career after my divorce. I originally started working from home because JT kept getting kicked out of daycare. I needed flexibility to be there for my boys. And when I became a single mom, I needed that business to support us.

Over the years, that little business grew. But somewhere along the way, I lost my passion for what I was doing. I wasn't doing the work I loved anymore. I was managing employees, solving problems, and feeling like I was constantly paying people to do jobs I ended up doing myself. And looking back, I can recognize that I was part of the problem.

I was also carrying a tremendous amount of grief and doing my best to push it down just to get through the day.

I hired a business coach, started exploring breathwork, attending moon events and healing retreats, and questioning what I actually wanted from my life. Because the truth was, I wasn't happy. And I still didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up.

For as long as I can remember, I'd heard the same things.

I can still hear my mom in my head, like Charlie Brown's teacher, telling me to find another job before quitting the one I had. And my husband? "I'm not moving that chair again."

I laugh about it now, but those comments had become part of the story I believed about myself. I was always coming up with ideas, starting projects, rearranging things, and looking for better ways to do something. And when something excited me, I wanted to do it NOW.

Then I discovered Human Design. I learned that within Human Design, I'm considered a 3/5 Manifesting Generator. Multipassionate. Someone who moves quickly when something excites her and learns through experimentation.

And something shifted. For the first time, I started looking at those parts of myself differently. I called it popping my shame bubble.

Instead of constantly judging myself for not operating the way other people thought I should, I started learning to understand myself. That experience opened the door to deeper self-exploration and eventually the work I'm doing today.

Understanding yourself changes your relationship with yourself.

And that changes how you show up for the people around you.

And all those pivots?
They brought me here.Welcome to Hey Lori.