378: From Kidnapped to Finding Her Kindred Spirits, Lori Harder Teaches Us The Power of Community
Food Heals
Allison Melody
4.8 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Life is more than the hustle – life’s about community. It’s about finding your tribe, the people with keys that open up parts of yourself you never knew were there.
Lori Harder grew up without that tribe…
…in a small town, in an overweight family who believed they were victims of their genes. She was home schooled and had zero friends outside of her family religion. She was lonely, repressed and depressed. And even though fitness eventually set her free, both in her diet and in her spirit, it was a long journey and full of obstacles. Despite changing her body, winning competitions, and being successful, Lori still couldn’t shake how miserable she felt.
This is something so many of us struggle with. We think we’ll be happy when we get that job, lose 10 pounds, get married, buy a house…but if we don’t confront and heal the inner stories that run in our mental background, happiness will always be elusive and short-lived.
Lori had to stop and figure out what was blocking her from feeling true joy and lasting happiness. Suddenly she knew she wanted something she’d never had: community. She wanted to give women somewhere to go, a place to feel accepted and connected.
As host of the Earn Your Happy podcast, founder of the Bliss Project, and author of A Tribe Called Bliss, Lori now helps women to find their tribe, connect with their communities, and manifest their dream life.
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| 0:00.0 | holistic voice presents the food heals podcast with your hosts alison melody and susie hardy join the food heels nation and learn the secrets to go from feeling unwell to healing yourself warning side effects of this podcast may include increased health and vitality thoughts of living longer an increase in sexual activity feelings of joy cravings for kale and kinawa, and a spike in Tinder matches. In rare cases, people have experienced a |
| 0:24.6 | strong desire to put in their Lulu lemons and take a yoga class while drinking a green juice. |
| 0:28.5 | If you experience any of these symptoms, text your priest immediately. All right, welcome, |
| 0:32.9 | Food Heels Nation. Thanks for joining me. I'm Alison Melody. Life is about more than just the hustle. |
| 0:38.6 | Life is about people. It's about community. It's about finding your tribe. The people with the |
| 0:43.9 | keys that open up parts of ourselves that we didn't even know were there. Today's guest, |
| 0:49.2 | Lori Harder, grew up without that tribe. In a small town, in an overweight family, who believed they were victims |
| 0:55.8 | of their genes and their circumstances. She was homeschooled and had zero friends outside of |
| 1:00.9 | her family's religion. She was lonely, repressed, and depressed. And even though fitness eventually |
| 1:06.3 | set her free, both in her diet and in her spirit, it was a long journey and full of some |
| 1:11.5 | obstacles. Despite changing her body, winning competitions, and becoming successful, |
| 1:16.8 | Lori still couldn't shake how miserable she felt. And I think that's something that so many |
| 1:21.7 | of us struggle with. It's like, we think we'll be happy when we get the job, when we lose |
| 1:25.7 | the weight, when we get married, when we buy that house, whatever it is that we're striving towards. |
| 1:30.3 | But if we don't confront and heal the inner stories that kind of run in the mental background, |
| 1:34.3 | those mental tapes that just keep us down, happiness will always be in the future. |
| 1:38.7 | It'll also, it will always be elusive. |
| 1:41.4 | It'll always be short-lived, right? |
| 1:43.6 | So Lori had to stop and figure out what was |
| 1:45.7 | blocking her from feeling true joy and lasting happiness. Suddenly she knew she wanted to find |
| 1:52.2 | something she'd never had a community. She wanted to give women somewhere to go, a place to feel |
| 1:58.1 | accepted and connected. And so we're going to talk about exactly how she did |
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