Improviding Life

Send us a text This week we’re exploring how life is more livable when we approach adult friendships from a space of curiosity, asking questions like “what would you rather be doing today” and “what fun can we have together” instead of the meh “what do you do for a living” type ish we’re expected to meet and greet adults with For the Funnin’ with Friends Bingo Board, visit And if you or someone yo...

Send us a text Lori is on a quest to share playcations with the cosmos! Or at least see what’s possible when communal space is held to name, normalize, and navigate common adulting experiences - like the postpartum parent experience! If you’re in Pittsburgh or love someone who is, you’re invited to the inaugural Postpartum Playcation Project sessions on 3.24.23 hosted at the jazzy Brew House Assoc...

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Send us a text Hello from the other side of an unexpected break! And welcome to season 3 I have an announcement- I’m an inner parent pal! Resources mentioned: Grab your Clusterfuck Cheatsheet! https://www.subscribepage.com/p1g3y9 Get more YAY in your day https://improviding.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/1124327 Ways to work with me https://improviding.vipmembervault.com/ Get full access...

Send us a text Have you ever been labeled a something based on someone else's unsolicited expectations or judgements about your body, personality, or even existence? Yes, it sucks, This episode shares my recent realization that grace is a practice not a trait, stemming from a childhood label of 'ungraceful' that was placed on me for having a larger and less coordinated body than was...

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Send us a text Last week I called myself in by realizing I have been energetically and literally short sheeting myself :p So for those moments we are feeling depleted what can we do? How about explore the 7 types of rest we may be resisting And a few ways we can go about filling those cups back up AND if you get your copy of the Clusterfuck Cheatsheet in the next week you'll get the inside sc...

Send us a text It's time I get honest'er with myself and you - I've been short sheeting myself (literally and energetically) - and you probably have been too! Being short sheet'd is part of our collective human experience - so what do we do about it?! Tune in for my genius improviding life hack for when you find yourself literally short sheeted (that means you're out of to...

Send us a text April Dawn Scheffler is the subtly of service play pal that dreams are made of! This week we go deep and wide and wild and personal and everything in between as we play with Improviding Tool #5 - Build vs Invent. From body image to brownie points, we explore the power of 'perhaps' and how the lens of perhaps makes possibilities possible. Content warning - if you are naviga...

Send us a text This week we're riffing off of sign #3 from last weeks episode as I've realized how much overscheduling of my time I've been doing lately. Join me in exploring what role our mind serves in our relationship with our body and wondering if we would spend less time on autopilot if we're asking our body for consent with how we fill, use, and share our time, energy, an...

Send us a text Being in a relationship with your body can be a hard tog rasp concept, let a lone a practice that feels accessible. Today I share 3 (of who knows how many) signs that you're in a one sided relationship - and how to flip those signs into opportunities to reconnect with your body. As mentioned, the Yes, And Yesterday (YAY) course helps you go from 'what even is a body and wh...

Send us a text As we explore expansion as the natural state of life, Dr Alexis Edwards, Mercuri, and I chat energy, remembrances, consent, and share a few full circle moments. Alexis gifts us with the idea that the Phoenix does not go to ash to reincarnate into its former self, but instead there’s a reincarnation into the newest version of themselves. I facilitate and impromptu S**t Shifting Sessi...

Send us a text We all have that one (or dozen) Adulting task that just sucks. our. soul. to a shitty shitty low. Just the thought of having to do that/those thing (s) can meh the rest of our day. I call these joy poachers And I'm curious how life becomes more livable when joy poachers are paired with joy practices, those go to dance in your seat, chefs kiss moments that transport you out of y...

Send us a text Shifting our perspective on what a resource is makes room to include ourselves as an extension of source. What if as adults we can re'up our youthfulness by reconnecting to our various sources that give us life? We explore how we can fill our inner energy reserves, our cups so to speak, by considering our 1. Cosmic source 2. Chosen family source 3. Youth source 4. Reparent sour...

Send us a text Carrie is a death worker with a gracious gut-o-meter and is grand friend who continues to help me explore liminal spaces and the opportunity they hold for life becoming more livable. We demystify death as part of life, Carrie explores spirituality, dreams, death, and more as part of her human experience while so many quirky, juicy, informative gems are dropped. To learn more, visit...

Send us a text Todays episode features one of my former mentees, a dynamic thought leader, Keith Jamison. Keith is a senior at Allegheny College and vulnerably shares his experiences as a Black man at a predominately white institution - and because of this emotional labor I am encouraging those who listen to this episode to compensate Keith for his emotion and energetic labor today. Keith's c...

Send us a text This tech dinosaur has hatched! In todays episode we explore the question "what part of my story wants to revisit which part of me?" What came up for me was the myth that I am a tech dinosaur - one that kept me frozen in place despite how badly I wanted to take steps towards my dreams. Grab a pen and paper or have your notes app ready if you like to get thoughts out of you...

Send us a text TW: This episode explores Lori's layered relationship with her body and how the first stories to take form around her body have continued to offer a complex and often challenging relationship with her body. This episode is shared with love and to model the hope that room for new evidence and kinder more accurate stories can be made and that relationships, especially those with...

Send us a text Sometimes we need new evidence that something else is possible as we can get caught up trying to invent the magic wand that will cure all woes. Yet what can actually be transformative is building supportive practices into our day as having moments where we actually matter to ourselves can help that new evidence take shape, and provide more ease along the way. For more hands on fun,...

Send us a text Episode 13 features Sarah Steckler, a Productivity Strategist and lover of all things cozy. While exploring how life can be more livable we realize the importance of supportive practices that let us feel welcomed and present in our day, be that cups of tea, picnics in the park, or checking in with ourselves. Sarah shares a brilliant take on the weather, the impact of revisiting what...

Send us a text Welcome Back! Season 2 is a legit blast and I'm so excited to share incredible guest interviews and impactful tips and tricks with you as we continue exploring how life can be more livable. This episode features The Barking Dogs - a live concert performance by my very own dogs who offer us a moment to tip toe into this seasons underlying theme - what I call the Control to Conne...

Send us a text This is part 6 of a 6 part series exploring the Tools of Improviding AND the season 1 finale. In this episode Lori shares how she welcomed her first child the day episode 10 aired and has been cherishing the last 12 weeks of her maternity leave. During this time her and her babe co-created a pocket pal journal for postpartum support called the Body, Bottle, Breast Digest (linked bel...

Send us a text Sometimes we hear, see, experience something in life that stirs our pot a bit and lets something 'new' bubble to the surface. In this episode, Lori shares an insight she received from a juicy Instagram Live by Rachel Onojafe about challenging the idea that letting your impact be known and making it easier for people to know how you can serve them means you are bragging - t...

Send us a text This is part 5 of a 6 part series exploring the Tools of Improviding. In this episode Lori shares how Build vs Invent offers us room to reclaim our lived experience as a foundation for moving forward while challenging the way invention is positioned as something that is unfounded and comes from a place of lack. By identifying the faulty building blocks we've been given as a res...