Real-World Mental Health
I'm probably going to say something that makes you go wait, are you in my head? That's kind of my thing.
I’m Lori Streator, and Freshman year of high school, I learned about a psychologist who'd helped a friend of mine - like life-changing kind of help.
I was always the person who wanted to hear about people's actual lives, learn what made them “tick” and figure out ways to understand things in a way that applied to real life.
It was a long road, with a lot of school & training, and definitely came with some obstacles along the way… but here we are :)
I've sat across from hundreds (maybe it’s more like thousands!) of people in my career - in hospitals, in residential programs, in outpatient offices and in my own private practice - and the thing that's never changed is that same instinct: I want to know what's truly going on with people… and how to actually help them.
It’s still the lens I see everything through - whether working with a client or building a course or making content… I’m just not into surface-level advice.
Allow me to tell you how I got here…
Over the years, my desire to help expanded beyond what I could accomplish in one-on-one sessions.
There’s just not enough hours in the week.
So I still see therapy clients through my practice, Solaire Therapy & Wellness. But I also build courses, host a podcast, and write about the patterns I've been observing in therapy sessions for the past two decades.
I love to create and put my perspective out there, because not everyone needs (or can access) a professional in order to get real tools that actually work.
Many years ago, a program director found me online and messaged me out of nowhere, asking if I'd teach behavior-change classes for their medical weight management program.
My first thought was No way, I don’t have time to devote to this.
But I took the meeting anyway because something told me I should. I fell in love with the work and ended up teaching several classes a month across different locations, and eventually started seeing their bariatric patients individually… which is how I later completed additional courses and became a Board Certified Bariatric Counselor.
The emotional side of this work often gets left out of the conversations around obesity and bariatric surgery.
And I’m here to change that.
That's why I built my Bariatric Surgery Success Course - for the part of the journey that patients are often not prepared for. COMING SOON!
I’ve always been active, have held personal training and nutrition certifications, and also spent years in Muay Thai and kickboxing.
When I talk about your nervous system, your body, your sleep, your relationship with food - I'm not talking theory.
I understand how the body and the mind talk to each other - which is why my courses don't just hand you affirmations to repeat when you’re struggling… they explain what's happening so it makes sense to you and help you build the tools & confidence so you can actually create change in your life.
This is your space to slow down, feel seen, and focus on you.
I want you to look back one day and have experienced something that causes you to think, “wow that changed something for me” … and to have the tools, the capacity and the confidence to handle whatever comes your way.
That's the whole point of everything I build.
Some Real Facts
Every winter, we road trip from Florida to Utah for Christmas and go snowboarding in the mountains for the holidays.
I've worked with clients ages 3 to 94 - inpatient hospitals, residential programs, outpatient, and everything in between. There isn't much I haven't seen.
I'll come up any excuse to be outside. Sunshine and fresh air help more than people give them credit for.
I love to cook. I am not great at it, but I do it anyway.
I grew up on 4-wheelers, snowmobiles and dirt bikes - not exactly the "gentle therapist" origin story people expect.
