Improve your state of mind
ANYTHING is possible: Once you upgrade your operating system!

Are you following the same principles and patterns you were taught at three years old? Early attitudes and beliefs can hold you down like shackles and cement. Get the inspiration you need to shift your old ways of thinking and embrace the changes that will make your life flow with ease.
45-90 minutes

Your Students Will Learn:

• Why some people catch all the breaks—and how you can too
• 3 ways to shift your attitude and make it stick
• How to embrace change and ride the waves
• The secret to making  small changes that have a big impact on your success

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Improve your state of mind
Do These Stilettos Make Me Look Fat?
75% of women admit to having an unhealthy relationship with food and their bodies. You’re inundated with images, videos, and advertising about how you "should" look from an early age. It's easy to get caught up in the message that you didn't come in the right package. Over 30% of college students suffer with eating disorders and unhealthy eating habits which can haunt you for life—or shorten it. After 30 years of bulimia, Lori finally figured it out, overcame her negative thought patterns and turned her life around. She will have you laughing while she shares her inspirational story and tackles this deep subject.
45-90 minutes.
 
Your Students Will Learn:

• The ingredients to help you accept yourself and your body—regardless of the package you came in.
• What behavior to watch for to spot an eating disorder in a friend.
• How to save a life! When and how to engage help if your friend is in denial about their eating disorder.

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Improve your state of mind
It Started With Pop-Tarts®... My story
Hear Lori's inspirational story of her disturbing journey through bulimia, and how she overcame her obsession with her body, improved her self-esteem, and found her personal power. Lori discusses the processes she used to reconnect her mind and body and turn her life around. True beauty and authenticity is overlooked and underrated. So what’s the missing ingredient for connecting and owning your body and feeling beautiful? Let Lori show you the way to find it.
45-90 minutes

Your Students Will Learn:

• The derailment of a life devoted to an eating disorder
• How to break the media lens and create your own picture of beauty
• The secret ingredients for connecting to owning and feeling beautiful in your skin

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Make good choices
Your Health: A Mandatory Pre-Req
Does what you eat and drink have that much of a difference on how you feel? You're busy, on the run, and you don't have time to "eat healthy" … nor do you take time to think about it. What would happen if you paid more attention to your eating, sleeping, and exercise habits? This topic is served up with lots of humor, spice, and practical advice that's easy to digest.
45-90 minutes

Your Students Will Learn:

• Why it matters – the benefits of improving your lifestyle habits. Focus, mood, and more
• Practical tips for improving energy, changing your mood and outlook
• Quick tips to evaluate your current behaviors as lifelong companions

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Reduce Stress
Feel Better, Think Better, BE Better
Are you drowning under the load and pressure of everyday college life: classes, studying, sports, work, relationships, and fraternity/sorority/extracurricular responsibilities? How do you get it all done and stay sane? Do you subscribe to the “I can sleep when I die” club? Lori shows you easy ways to reduce stress, improve your GPA, sleep better, have more energy, better relationships, enjoy college and position yourself for success in life from her popular Stress Survival Kit for College Students book.
45-90 minutes.

In this program students will learn:

• Why it matters – the benefits of improving your lifestyle habits. Focus, mood, and more
• Practical tips for improving energy, changing your mood and outlook
• Quick tips to evaluate your current behaviors as lifelong companions

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Empower yourself
Passion, Persistence, Attitude—Your Ticket to Transformation
Want more from life—but afraid to go for it or too shy to ask anyone for help? Get the three keys to asking for what you want and getting what you need with passion, persistence, and empowerment. In this humorous presentation, Lori will inspire you to turn off the auto-pilot switch, identify your passion, blaze a trail, and live life consciously—your way!
45-90 minutes

Your Students Will Learn:

• Process to identify your passion
• What persistence is and what it isn’t
• How to turn off the auto-pilot switch
• The power of following your passion…with the right attitude and when to adjust your course

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Empower yourself
A Real Sister, A Real You (Special content requested at   Panhellenic Conferences)

You’ve worked hard to get where you are. You’re part of an elite club. You survived initiation, became a leader in your sorority—you belong. But do you know who you are? Have you maintained your individuality or have you realized that somewhere along the path you’ve forgotten how to speak your mind and honor your desires? There’s subtle pressure in the sisterhood to act, dress, and communicate a certain way. But you can be part of the pack and still be yourself. Lori shows you how to ask for what you want, express yourself, and pump up the volume on your self-confidence. She’ll give you tools that will empower you and last a lifetime. Don’t just be a sister, be a real sister.
45-90 minutes

Your Students Will Learn:

• New ways to exercise their individuality.
• Tools they can use to improve their self-esteem and self-confidence
• How peer pressure affects their ability to be real and honor their beliefs

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Dare to Dream
Live Your Dream—Love Your Life
We are each born knowing exactly how to ask for what we want and need. After being told "no" an average of 60,000 times before the age of four, we lose the skill. To be successful, happy and content in your life you need to connect with your passions, your dreams and know how to achieve them. You can succeed in life, live your dream and be happy.
45-90 minutes

Your Students Will Learn:

• The building blocks to achieve your dreams, and create the life you want
• The basic formula for asking for what you want personally, professionally and romantically (assertiveness 101)
• 3 keys to finding authentic happiness, being successful and feeling content and peaceful

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All speeches are customized for the audience and event.

"All college students are stressed, and Lori does a great job emphasizing the importance of slowing down, as well as sharing her experience with eating disorders with college women who are battling the same issues."

Emily Storms
Student, Loyola University Chicago

"I never really thought that much about how and what I eat. With her humorous approach Lori opened my eyes to see that as a student and as a college athlete, I owe it to myself to adopt a better lifestyle including balanced meals, more sleep and limiting soda and alcohol."

Student
University, Southern Indiana

"Lori grabbed our attention with her humor and singing. She packaged her message in a way that we totally related to and enjoyed."

Sean Bevil,
Chief of Staff, Student Government
Florida State University

"Our students really enjoyed Lori's openness and how she shared healthy tips for everyone as part of her speech on eating disorder awareness."

Sara Peters
Women's Center Director
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

"Lori speaks candidly, humorously and from the heart about her life experiences and recovery from bulimia. There is a great need for what Lori has to offer and her passion for helping students is infectious."

George N. Suel Jr. Ed.D.
Adjunct Instructor, Antelope Valley College

"Lori is a great story teller and motivational speaker!
I highly recommend her for eating disorder programs."

Siobhan McDaniel,
MSW Intern, Salisbury University

"Any advisor who truly cares about helping their students needs to book my friend Lori Hanson. Her message is one that positively influences students!"

James Malinchak
"Two-Time College Speaker of the Year"
Co-Author, Chicken Soup for the College Soul

"Lori delivered laughter, entertainment and thought provoking messages to our teen girls at the Strive for Strength Annual Retreat. She's a dynamic speaker and changing lives daily... Two thumbs up!"

Julie Ota
Co-Founder, Strive for Strength

"What I liked most about Lori's speech was that she showed me that I'm not the only one that struggles with food. She inspired me to better myself."

Student, Strive for Strength