Improviding Life

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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 Carrie at https://www.moonsetandco.com/ and on instagram http://www.instagram.com/moonsetandco

Today's exploration prompts:
What are some life taboos that you're ready to explore?
How can normalizing death help make your life more livable?

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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 cashapp is $KJamison1

Discussion topics range from positionality and the present, physical dislocation with emotional and spiritual location, lack of accountability from decision makers, and ancestral spiritual practices.

Three (of many) questions that arose during our chat that I wanted to offer as post listening reflection prompts include:
What is school [work, relationships, roles] actually offering you?
What happens if ideas and decisions don't go as planned?
How do moderation and reciprocation support balance?

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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 your head as this episode offers a 4 step practice for identifying and shifting a story that is stopping you from feeling your best or taking supportive action in multiple areas of life.


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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 bodies, can take root!

Lori mentioned The Face Your Feelings Friendsy free embodiment mini-course and the upcoming Yes, And Yesterday course - both can be explored here:
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For more hands on fun, emotional embodiment guidance, and peace of mind mentorship, visit me on instagram https://www.instagram.com/improvide.with.lori/ and explore current supports at https://improviding.vipmembervault.com/

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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.

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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 was once familiar, and shares about her incredible and free virtual event Productivity and Planning Week (PPW). PPW is March 14-21 and features 29 guest speakers. To learn more and register, visit productivityweek.com

Sarah is the host of the Mindful Productivity Podcast with new episodes dropping every Monday. Tune in anywhere podcasts are found. You can also find more resources, planners, and guides over at mindfulproductivityblog.com and connect with Sarah on instagram @mindfulproductivityblog

For more hands on fun, emotional embodiment guidance, and peace of mind mentorship, visit me on instagram https://www.instagram.com/improvide.with.lori/ and at https://improviding.vipmembervault.com/

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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 Connection Pivot!

So be gently warned - there is a sudden explosion of unplanned yet right on time dog barking in this episode, hence the title, that allows us to explore how letting go of control allows us room for connection.

For more hands on fun, emotional embodiment guidance, and peace of mind mentorship, visit me on instagram https://www.instagram.com/improvide.with.lori/  and at https://improviding.vipmembervault.com/

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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 below) as a way to have each others back while first meeting each other. 

Lori offers that tool#6, I've Got Your Back, is like the long awaited hug that improviding offers. By learning how to have our own backs we strengthen our ability to let others have our backs too. While it can feel uncomfortable to receive help from others, it can feel surprisingly rad to realize the ways you already are there for yourself. The more you yes, and yourself, the more you'll have your own back as the improviding hug is the way of life that only ends when you want it to, much like it's time for this season to end now that we have our own backs and a sturdy playful foundation with the 6 tools of improviding.

The Body, Bottle, Breast Digest: The Baby Feeding and Parent Refueling Pocket Pal is available at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09M5L43QH?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

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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 - through the lens of having an undefined or open heart in Human Design (an energy blueprint system built upon ancient and indigenous modalities like the Chakra system, astrology, the I Ching, the Kabbalah (tree of life), etc). Lori shares her own open heart myth, that she'd be a one hit wonder, and also explores how only impacting one person is actually more than enough - thus prompting the title of this episode - what is worth anyways?

If you've ever felt like your sense of worth was something that can only be given from someone or something outside of you, and you're curious about how you can Yes, And being inherently worthy just by existing, this episode may be for you!

To explore Rachel's incredible astrology, human design, and coaching page, visit https://instagram.com/rachelonojafe

To get your own Human Design chart, visit https://www.jovianarchive.com/Get_Your_Chart

For more hands on fun, emotional embodiment guidance, and peace of mind mentorship, visit me on instagram https://www.instagram.com/improvide.with.lori/

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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 result of colonialist erasure of indigenous wisdoms, we gain access to building reality with more supportive practices, equitable resources, and alongside community.

For more hands on fun and emotional embodiment guidance, visit me on instagram https://www.instagram.com/improvide.with.lori/