Lorie is a pastor, professional counselor, speaker, and free-lance writer with dual master’s degrees in Marriage and Family Therapy and Clinical Counseling and over three decades of experience. She writes and speaks regularly at her church of 9,000 on a wide range of spiritual and personal topics relevant to women, couples, and families.

Diagnosed with ME/CFS  in her 40s, Lorie has dealt with chronic pain and fatigue most of her own adult life before her daughter was also diagnosed at the age of 15. Her experience with chronic illness as a parent, a patient, and a professional reach beyond the textbook into the very fabric of her everyday life, giving her a unique perspective on what it truly means to be “functional.”