Storytime with Lori

In this episode of Storytime with Lori , Lori Mayer sits down with Ana for a real, heartfelt conversation about connection, courage, identity, and quiet leadership. Ana shares her journey from Albania to England to the United States, navigating education, immigration, visa sponsorship, career pivots, and her unexpected path into the tech and data center industry. From attending Channel Partners so...

🔥 “This is what it took.”That’s the line I keep coming back to after recording this episode. Because if I’m being honest…This wasn’t a straight path. It wasn’t clean. And it definitely wasn’t easy. Over the last 10 years, I’ve navigated:leaving a relationship and rebuilding as a single momliving in an environment that didn’t feel safe or stablebecoming estranged from my birth familyopening myself...

POV: You walk into a new room… and instead of shrinking, you own it 🔥This episode of Storytime with Lori is a full-circle moment—sitting down with two women who don’t just enter rooms… they shift the energy. Back in our Verizon Connect days, I remember the exact moment Sarah Wicker and Ofelia Petty walked in—✨ One brought bold, undeniable presence✨ The other? Quiet, commanding finesseAnd togeth...

🎙️ No One Is Coming to Save You | The Mindset Shift That Changed My Life In Episode 3 of STORYTIME with Lori : Lori Knew Before I Did, I’m sharing one of the hardest, but most empowering, lessons I learned in my early 20s while working straight commission sales and building my career from the ground up:✨ No one is coming to save you. This episode is about:💥 Taking ownership of your life and care...

What does real leadership actually look like? Not the polished version. Not the LinkedIn highlight reel. The real version. In this episode of Storytime with Lori, I sit down with a powerhouse leader from Amazon Web Services — and we go there. We talk about:🔥 What it feels like when your authority is questioned🔥 How to lead without becoming rigid or ego-driven🔥 The balance between power, humilit...

This episode is about evolution—the kind that doesn’t get applause. After sitting on this idea and reworking it over and over again, Lori finally launches something that feels fully aligned—and shares what it took to get there. From fear and vulnerability to clarity through action, this episode dives into what real growth actually looks like. We also explore what’s happening with AI—how the playin...

Lori Mayer and Dr. Sheila Volante dive into a conversation about reinvention, identity, and leadership. Sheila shares her journey from corporate success to entrepreneurship, what it means to align with your truth, and how she’s helping leaders step into the future with AI. If you’ve ever wondered when to let go of the familiar to build what’s next, this episode is for you.

In Part 2 of Lori’s conversation with Cass Cooper , the focus shifts from identity to execution. After stepping into your voice and leadership identity, the next question becomes: what do you build from it? Cass shares how she helps leaders move from chaos to clarityidentifying their unique strengths, communicating their value, and creating strategy around their personal leadership brand. In this...

Well… this conversation got real. 🎙️✨ Kicking off Part 1 of a two-part series with Cass Cooper on Storytime with Lori , and let me just say… this one goes deeper than your typical leadership chat. Cass is someone who can walk into chaos, listen to it, translate it, and somehow help everyone else find clarity. (A gift, honestly.) 🧠✨ We talk about: • identity and stepping fully into who you are...

In Part 1 of this two-part conversation on Storytime with Lori , Lori sits down with communications and organizational change leader Cass Cooper to talk about identity, leadership, and navigating chaos with clarity. Cass has spent more than 15 years helping senior leaders and global organizations communicate through complex change. But this episode goes deeper than professional strategy. It explor...

🎙 Welcome to Storytime with Lori. In this launch episode, I sit down with Jessica Reece, Sophos Channel leader and one of the most quietly powerful women in the industry. This isn’t a conversation about titles. It’s about how you lead when the room rewards ego. It’s about authenticity as strategy. It’s about influence without intimidation. And it’s about building a meaningful career while holding...

In this episode, I sit down with TJ Woodward, spiritual leader, co-founder of Element Q, and someone who has continually reinvented himself in a world that didn’t always offer language or safety for who he was becoming. We explore chosen family, healing, queer identity, emotional intelligence, and what it really means to trust the moment instead of performing from a script. This conversation is ra...

Sometimes, life teaches us the most profound lessons whenwe least expect it. As I launch my new series,  STORYTIME with Lori , I am honored to have Jen Waltz as my first guest. Together, we opened up about navigating the rocky path of betrayal, loss, and the pressure of leadership all while striving to stay true to our purpose. Jen shared how resilience isn't just about bouncing back;it's...

I want to take a moment with you to introduce myself to you.  Hi, I am Lori Mayer.  I’m a single mom, entrepreneur, lesbian, and lifelong reinventor.    STORYTIME with Lori exists because life doesn’t unfold in clean lines. Leadership doesn’t come with a script. And becoming who we truly are almost always asks more of us than we expect.  This season was born out of lived experience moments of joy...