by Lori Ann King | Oct 20, 2025 | Life Lessons
I was working register during the busy dinner hour. The lines at Burger King were five across and five deep, filled with families and small, hungry children. It was my first job, and I was 16 years old. In front of me stood an angry, belligerent, and possibly drunk...
by Lori Ann King | Oct 13, 2025 | Menopause
October is Menopause Awareness Month, so I have to share at least one story about this journey we’re all navigating together. If you’ve been with me for any length of time or read my first book, Come Back Strong, you know that I was thrust into surgical...
by Lori Ann King | Oct 6, 2025 | Mindset
“We’re all just walking each other home.” — Ram Dass The Message As I soften and surrender into the most sensitive, reflective, compassionate parts of me, messages rise up from my heart like an early morning sunrise over a lake. Recently, one of...
by Lori Ann King | Sep 29, 2025 | Cycling
Each month, I’m sharing a chapter or concept from my upcoming book, “Cycling Shorts: Everything I Need to Know I Learned While Riding My Bike.” This month explores what happens when Mother Nature has other plans for your ride. Back in my teens and...
by Lori Ann King | Sep 22, 2025 | Mindset
I recently got an email from my Mum, who mentioned my Dad had gotten out in his kayak. That same week, my sister video chatted from Florida. She was having lunch with a colleague who lived on the water. They surprised her, giving her a boat ride to a restaurant...
by Lori Ann King | Sep 16, 2025 | Life Lessons
Instinct. Intuition. Gut feelings. Or God? Sometimes it’s hard to tell where that inner knowing comes from. All I know is, it’s always there. Quiet. Steady. Waiting for me to tune in. Lori, remember that time in your 20s when you were dealing with...
by Lori Ann King | Sep 8, 2025 | Mindset
There are weeks at work when the deadlines pile up, the meetings feel endless, and I start wondering if I’m in the right place. (Or even on the right planet.) But then something small shifts: a teammate says, “This was a fun week!” Another reminds me to tuck a kind...
by Lori Ann King | Sep 1, 2025 | Self-Care
Choosing Sanity Over Chaos in a Life of Constant Demands It was a week with a lot of tough stuff. Really, truly, heavy stuff. In addition to the crazy, chaotic pace at work that never seems to let up, only accelerate with more demands and requests, another caregiver...
by Lori Ann King | Aug 25, 2025 | Cycling
I learned to ride a bike as a kid, like most of us do, knees scuffed, wobbling, fearless. But learning to really ride? That came later. On a road bike. With clipless pedals. With my husband, Jim, as my teacher. It was our first real ride together. He’d adjusted the...
by Lori Ann King | Aug 18, 2025 | The Tough Stuff
The caterpillar doesn’t become a butterfly without struggle — and neither do we. Growth comes from the struggle. If you’ve been with me this year, you’ve likely noticed a shift in my writing. A new rhythm, a deeper truth. It’s more real now. More raw. More honest....
by Lori Ann King | Aug 12, 2025 | True Health
A year ago, life looked very different. Our healing journey had just begun, before radiation, before hip replacements, before all the healing-in-motion. There were months when Jim worked 24/7 as a live-in caregiver. It was a short-term mission; military folks will get...
by Lori Ann King | Aug 5, 2025 | Life Lessons
What does my soul want me to know? You’re okay. You’re safe. You’re seen. And while you may not feel entirely fulfilled, you are empowered. That’s the heartbeat of my first book, Come Back Strong. It wasn’t just about returning from a setback. It was...
