Improviding Life

Human Design as a Liberation Practice with Karyn Paige

The Improviding Life Podcast welcomes Karyn Paige as our first guest for our How Human Design Helps Me Human series! We discuss our own entry ways into Human Design, how HD can support our anti-oppression and liberation practices, and how to be critical lovers by holding ourselves and one another accountable as we pursue being in right relationship despite the presence and heaviness of systemic oppression. More About Karyn: Karyn Paige is a certified Informed Practitioner of Human Design, a...

Sense Making through Human Design - Ep 1 of the How Human Design Helps Me Human Series

It’s Human Design season on The Improviding Life Podcast! Join me for the upcoming How Human Design Helps Me Human Series where I will be sharing my personal experience with the Human Design energy system and inviting other HD practitioners and change makers onto the pod to share their own experiences, ways of serving, and change making magic through the lens of Human Design To get your own Human Design chart, you can enter your birth time, date, and location here Next week we have a deli...

Resting to Receive and Being a Gate Tender with Isabel Bagsik

Ep 47 - Resting to Receive and Being a Gate Tender with Isabel Bagsik In today’s episode we are joined by Isabel Bagsik, Creativity Wellness Guide and very nourishing human to share space with! The TLDR: Your Creative Calling is Medicine -Why so many visionaries and change makers who identify as women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, or as the child of immigrants feel like there aren't enough hours in the day for rest and self care, let alone creativity and play -How toxic capitalist ideals need you t...

Playing Away Your Back Pain with Tyler Jeffreys

Return to Sender’ing New Years Resolutions

Before you entertain thoughts about how you can do and be more next year or fart fart finish the year strong - what if you could identify who and how you are right now? Does this feel reflective of who you know you really are? Is this sustainable and is this way of being in line with the values you’re committed to living through?  Identifying where the end of the year not enoughness has and continues to come from let’s you know where to be returning the urgency that does not need to continu...

What Tiramisu Has To Do With Decision Making featuring Kirsten Parker

Gust episodes are back as we begin season 4 of the Improviding Life Podcast with a bake, I mean bang! Decision Coach Kirsten Parker joins us as we play with the word "friendly" through the lens of Tool of Improviding #4 - ID the Ship Take a listen if you want to explore what makes a one of a kind friendship so meaningful, how the daily decisions we underthink may actually fill our cup the best, and how life can be more livable when you know what values are a priority in your current season...

Befriending Your Unique Decision Making Style featuring Kirsten Parker

Gust episodes are back as we begin season 4 of the Improviding Life Podcast with a bake, I mean bang! Decision Coach Kirsten Parker joins us as we play with the word "friendly" through the lens of Tool of Improviding #4 - ID the Ship Take a listen if you want to explore what makes a one of a kind friendship so meaningful, how the daily decisions we underthink may actually fill our cup the best, and how life can be more livable when you know what values are a priority in your current season...

43. Fake Less, Live More

Y’all it’s time to Fake Less and Live More Sometimes you have to wash your hands of the shit everyone else puts on your plate Faking it til you make it has an expiration date, and that is whenever you wake up, sit at the edge of your bed, and wonder whether anything beyond the ho hum will ever exist again Yes, this current season of life may be extra defeating AND all seasons shift, and there are so many incrementally possible near futures Where you’re faking being fine less And you’re...

The Real Problem with Morning Routines

The real problem with morning routines is that they all seem to force your into “overfunction” mode faster than your eyelids get a chance to open. From your feet hitting the floor before you even turn your alarm off, to thinking a blaring siren phone chime is the only option This episode is explores so much of what made me Not a Wake Up Person Until I realized that I, yes me, could in fact Wake Up Willingly Tune in to hear a few of my insider tips AND be the first to join Wake Up Willi...

Is That Habit Helping or Hurting?!

Welcome to the Improviding Life Podcast with Lori Love - this week we’re exploring how life can be more livable when we reflect on how our habits are helping or hurting our day to day life. The brief brief: Ask yourself these questions to know if a habit is helping or hurting: Do you even realize it’s a habit What feelings surface when you realize it’s a habit Did this habit begin with you If you were living your best life, would this habit be part of your day to day life Do you feel c...

Dear Diana, Thank You

This episode is a love letter to a dear friend who dazzles the world with her beautiful heart and hilarious way of human’ing. Once you listen, send to the ‘Diana’ in your life and share the love 💝

3 Ways to Perk Up After Feeling Let Down

Feeling let down absolutely happens, AND sometimes I get swept up in the doom cloud for longer than feels good or kind to myself I had a recent food travesty day (learn more about my ridiculously necessary concept of food based let downs in this episode) and much to my delight the following day was one of soaring sky high with unexpected food majesties In this episode I’m sharing the 3 shifts that surprisingly made life more livable when I expected to be a miserable bish for at least a few...

Leave Your Inner Child TF Alone

Being Full of Yourself Helps You Human

In the spirit of being humble and selfless, we’ve actually just gotten really good at not being ourselves, and maybe even “eww, bye b!tch”ing ourselves 😅 In this episode we explore what being full of ourselves could actually mean and look like and how doing so makes human’ing a more happening experience Questions like “How much of “you” feels like you?” and “Are there seasons and cycles in life that feel more you?” guide this wondering. If you’re asking yourself “where do I even being if ...

Patience - Are You Practicing It or Performing It?

We’ve all been conditioned and expected to perform patience, and that can leave us feeling depleted. Practicing patience is rooted in context and a skill we can build through connection.  What’s your current relationship with patience?

Practicing Patience Sucks Less Than Performing It

We’ve all been conditioned and expected to perform patience, and that can leave us feeling depleted. Practicing patience is rooted in context and a skill we can build through connection.  What’s your current relationship with patience?

Patience - Practice vs Performance

We’ve all been conditioned and expected to perform patience, and that can leave us feeling depleted. Practicing patience is rooted in context and a skill we can build through connection.  What’s your current relationship with patience?

You Get to Decide What is a Win

This week 6 whole human beings decided to prioritize themselves and attend the Postpartum Playcation event I hosted - and that feels like a huge fucking win for me!!  It’s so easy to be like “only 6, oh no!” But that’s not how I feel, and I bet there are some wins that feel mighty to you despite what other unsolicited opinions are/were tossed your way. So this week, I invite you to decide how big of a win something in your life is, and celebrate the shit out of it!

Calorie Galleries & Snack Shacks - Nibbling while Neurodiverse

We’ve all been there - staring into the abyss that is our refrigerator and pantry - knowing we need to refuel but having no f*cks left to give by the mushy noodle in our noggin Cue the Calorie Gallery - an already decided upon collection of edible nom noms and sipable liquids to help us nourish our body and our lovely neurodiverse brains with less woeverload  

Funnin’ with Your Adult Friends

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 you love are a Pittsburgh area parent, check out the upcoming Postpartum Playcation Project events on March 24...

Playcations - the adult staycation play dates of your dreams

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 Association Learn more and sign up below - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/postpartum-playcation-project-tickets-5606...

How to shift "should" into "could"

Old Comforts Can Block New Joy

Pssst It's Your Inner Parent Pal

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/

Grace is a practice, not a trait

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 expected of me. For more improviding musings, lets connect http://www.instagram.com/improvide.with.lori Ways to work with...

Remixing Our Souls featuring Felicia Savage Friedman

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The 7 Types of Rest You May Be Resisting

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 scoop on my latest offering [mood: "thanks it has pockets" meets the carebears] before it goes public! Grab your ...

What To Do When You Short Sheet Yourself

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 toilet paper, in case you didn't know the term) And for a nuanced exploration of how a habitat check in is more supportive than 'life h...

The Power of Perhaps Makes Possibilities Possible with April Dawn Scheffler

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 navigating challenges relating with your body and/or have experienced bodily trauma, this episode may be triggering. Honor you...

Best Believe Our Body Doesn't Consent to Everything Our Mind Demands

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, and resources. I also announce the Clusterfuck Cheatsheet, a resource to help your day be decent even when life feels defeating! Get...

Our Body Doesn't Consent to Everything Our Mind Demands

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, and resources. I also announce the Clusterfuck Cheatsheet, a resource to help your day be decent even when life feels defeating! Get...

3 Signs You're In a One-Sided Relationship with Your Body

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 why do I have to have one' to 'oh shit, my body might just be on my side' by exploring 3 quick and potent embodiment pract...

Healing Doesn't Have to be Heavy with Dr. Alexis Edwards

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 Shit Shifting Session with Alexis as we clear some energetic clutter around money, shame, and guilt while making room for money ...

Infusing Mundane Moments with Joyful Magic

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 your head and into your body, your inner kid cheering you on. This episode includes the joy poachers and practices...

We are Re'Sources

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 source 5. Adult source Join me in tapping into playful ways to lighten your day to day load and feel more revitalized ...

Death is Not an Emergency with Carrie McCann

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 explor...

Sensemaking Through Relevance to Self featuring Keith Jamison

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 emotiona...

4 Steps towards Shifting a Limiting Story

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 ...

Sometimes Our Stories Stifle What is Possible

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 ...

Building Supportive Practices Into Your Daily Life

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, emotional embodiment guidance, and peace of mind mentorship, visit me on instagram https://www.instagram.com/i...

Holding Space for Your Human Nuance featuring Sarah Steckler

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)...

Welcome to Season 2 Featuring The Barking Dogs

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 ...

Tool #6 - I've Got Your Back

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 ...

What is Worth Anyways?

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 i...

Tool #5 - Build vs Invent

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,...

Playing with Possibilities featuring Shelby Melissa

It's time for our first podcast party! Shelby Melissa, a money mindset coach, video game enthusiast, and a dear friend joins us this week! We start with the idea of playing with possibilities and venture to so many other spaces including community care, accountability based harm reduction in our day to day lives, and how we as coaches can remain coachable as we address our privilege's amidst a world with much systemic inequity - to quote Shelby, "we can't put out fires on our own when they'r...

Tool #4 - ID the Ship

This is part 4 of a 6 part series exploring the Tools of Improviding. In this episode Lori shares how ID the Ship creates room for life to be more livable as we start to expand our awareness of what we are in relationship with and how many unspoken relationships we've been unknowingly navigating. We explore how being in reaction mode is a clue that there are deeper things coming to the surface. Lori offers 8 reflection prompts for how to explore the layers of our lived experience and the sto...

Shifting from Situationships to Relationships

We're taking a break from the Tools of Improviding mini series to explore the concept Lori calls 'situationships', or the 'out of sight out of mind' approach we have to most things in life. In this episode Lori shares how an abundance of situationships makes relating with what is happening in our lives and with ourselves more difficult. By shifting through the energetic and emotional clutter of situationships into a space where active and interactive relationships feel possible, life becomes...

Tool #3 - A to C; A Tale of Smoke, Fire, & McFlurries

This is part 3 of a 6 part series exploring the Tools of Improviding. In this episode Lori shares how A to C creates room for life to be more livable. We explore how the 'A', or what might come first to mind in the moment, may not be the best, most supportive, or most accessible,  while exploring other options, the 'B's, C's, D's etc.' opens doors for other reactions, contextual considerations, and outcomes to be possible while being human. For more hands on fun and emotional embodiment gui...

Tool #2 - If So, What Else

This is part 2 of a 6 part series exploring the Tools of Improviding. In this episode Lori shares how If So, What Else creates room for life to be more livable. We explore how the 'If So' creates room to relate with what experience you're having as you human, while the 'What Else' opens the door for other reactions and outcomes to be possible while being human. For more hands on fun and emotional embodiment guidance, visit me on instagram https://www.instagram.com/improvide.with.lori/