Welcome to the
Ground & Gratitude
Podcast

How do you design a life that not only grows, but also gives? It’s a question that Lorilee Rager has been asking herself lately.

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There won’t be quick fixes, magic elixirs, or dubious schemes in this podcast. Instead, you’ll hear plenty of honest conversations from entrepreneurs, creatives, teachers, and resilient humans that have real life experiences to share. There will be expert advice as well as reminders that the key to a healthier life lies within you, and you have a choice to design the life you want. This will be a space where you are not alone, and where you are enough just as you are. 

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About Ground & Gratitude Podcast…

I am a small business owner, writer, professor, and mom. This podcast felt like the natural next step since finishing my MFA in graphic design — a chance to continue my research and self-discovery of the authentic joy from living an honest, sober life in recovery.

We will explore ways to trust your own gut, find true beauty, and cultivate the courage that’s already inside you. We will risk vulnerability together, and plow ahead with resilience, hope, and optimism, no matter what storms may come.

My own designer-in-recovery conversations will live here in a safe space. A space where we can expand abundant thoughts and let honest conversations ebb and flow. The goal is to help us all get a little more grounded in our own gratitude.

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  • Lorilee Rager

    Lorilee is the founder of Thrive Creative Group, LLC. She earned her Masters of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design at Vermont College of Fine Arts, and her undergrad Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Austin Peay State University. Her true passions are centered around the power of staying curious, optimistic and understanding purpose – why are we all really here? She’s is a designer, writer, and a professor in the Art and Design department at APSU, and regularly attends workshops with her VCFA cohorts. Understanding how to handle the pressures and responsibility of Graphic Design in the world today in a healthy way motivates her to keep going in this amazing life. Lorilee’s work is also centered around healing, spirituality and empathy. This flows into her role as a mom, community leader, friend, and someone in recovery learning how to build a safe space where a creative career and life can align honestly and authentically. As an enneagram type 9 she’s a creative, grateful, and supportive gal. She’s learning to be a better writer, a teacher, and mom every day. She’s also a lover of her sobriety, french bulldog Emma, coffee, and chapstick. If you’d like to interview Lorilee, be on her podcast, or have her speak to a group in recovery or designers you can reach out here »

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