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The Light Watkins Show

200: From Adversity to Unstoppable Success: Lori Harder's Unlikely Story of Empowerment and Entrepreneurial Spirit

The Light Watkins Show

Light Watkins

Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

4.9960 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In this episode week’s episode of The Light Watkins Show, host Light Watkins is in conversation with bestselling author, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker, Lori Harder. They dive deep into Lori's transformative journey, exploring the pivotal moments that shaped her life, from her upbringing in a strict religious community in Michigan to becoming a fitness champion, bestselling author, and successful entrepreneur. Lori shares the struggles and breakthroughs that led to her finding courage...

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0:00.0

I was working at that LA Fitness making $6 per 30 minute session.

0:07.0

So when we lost everything, we were about $300,000 in debt and living in the Midwest, which at the time, that was like $3 million.00 in debt and living in the Midwest, which at the time that was like $3 million. Like that was so intense. So I'm doing the math, right? What did I just tell you?

0:19.6

$6 per 30 minute session? I'm doing the math to try to figure out how we're going to get out of debt.

0:24.5

And I'm like, whoa, I'm going to be like 80.

0:27.2

By the time we can figure this out and get our life back together.

0:30.7

And the interesting thing about the time is my husband did really well, but when the crash happened,

0:38.0

there wasn't like another job for him in that industry. The whole industry tanked.

0:44.0

So we were sitting there going, what do we do?

0:47.0

How do we make this money back?

0:48.0

We were living way beyond our means.

0:50.0

We were super young.

0:51.0

Really tough lesson to learn, but my God, I'm so grateful I learned it and went through all of it.

0:56.0

Because if I wouldn't have had this moment where it was like, I have to step up and do something,

1:01.0

because I just watched my husband lose his identity.

1:04.7

This was before we did any personal development.

1:07.2

Who he was was so wrapped up in what he did.

1:10.2

And so I'm watching a man crumble in front of me.

1:13.2

He feels like he can't provide. He feels like a loser. He feels devastated.

1:17.6

It's the first time in his life where he doesn't know what the heck he's going to do with his life.

1:21.9

And he's a college dropout. So he's got this story going on in this head as well.

1:26.0

That was a moment for me where I actually we have a moment we were walking around our neighborhood and it's like this lake that we always walked around.

1:35.0

And I just looked at him and I remember everything in my body just felt like it changed and I was

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