My Story

Hi! I’m Lori.

I am one of many Wise Women walking on this earth.

I survived a traumatic childhood and learned to leverage the power of self-reflection to redefine my core beliefs and chart my own course.

Lady Luck smiled on me in my 40s, and I became a national award-winning successful entrepreneur who mentored hundreds of employees and thousands of customers.

After failing retirement in my 50s, I escaped my second unsatisfying marriage by moving to Africa and founding a charity. We helped over 100,000 highly marginalized people through initiatives in Water, Hygiene and Sanitation, Functional Adult Literacy, Reproductive Health, Women Empowerment, Environment, and Orphans and Vulnerable Children.

I met and married the “love of my life” online in my 60s, and now, in my 70s, I have the time and mind-space to identify patterns and extract lessons from my wild and unusual life.

The Magic of Yes is a common-sense guidebook that shares lessons extracted from my journey.

Sticky Thoughts shares motivating stories extracted from the lives of extraordinary, ordinary women who overcame adversity to discover a sense of peace in their own skins.

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

Anaïs Nin

What People Say About Lori

Click Here to Listen to a 49 second live review of Magic of Yes given by

Gemma Serenity Gorokhoff of Real Talk - Real Women

  • Find the Magic of You

    Choosing to have Lori become your mentor may become on of your best moves, especially if you are transitioning from one big part of your life to another.

    — David Tabatsky

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