Lori Manning has been a stay-at-home mom for most of her adult life, and she has enjoyed every moment of it. She has joyfully and thoughtfully brought up her children to be the kind and successful adults they are today, and family has always been the most important part of her life. She is thankful that she got to be there for her children as they grew up, applauding their accomplishments and cheering them on in all of their endeavors. All the little things that every mom wants to be around for, from first steps to new best friends and first loves, she has been able to share in their lives.
She jokingly refers to her family of eight as the “Brady Bunch,” having three of her own biological children and three by marriage. The years have been full of love and excitement, and even in the more difficult times, she wouldn’t have traded motherhood, with all of its triumphs and challenges, for anything.
Lori Manning and her husband.
When Lori’s two youngest children went away to college, she began exploring the idea of finding work outside of her home life. She wasn’t quite sure what she was looking for, but she knew she craved something fun and interesting that would leave her with the flexibility she was used to having. She didn’t find anything that appealed to her until one day, a little over four years ago, a friend of her daughter’s met a stranger on an airplane who shared the Rodan + Fields® business opportunity with her. That friend passed along the information, and Lori soon found herself researching and learning about Rodan + Fields, and how she could start her own business as an Independent Consultant from home.
Impressed by the dermatologists and the brand reputation, she didn’t hesitate to sign up. “It was exactly what I had been looking for without realizing it. Here was something I could do that interested me, that I could feel good about, and that would leave me the option to work whenever I had time. I saw it as a business model that allows family to be my top priority, and that was the most important factor for me.”
As an Independent Consultant for Rodan + Fields, Lori has been able to build something of her own while enjoying her family in ways she hadn’t planned on having the freedom to do. Four years after launching her business, she has earned enough income to be able to travel to see her kids, and she has the funds in place so that she never has to worry about missing out on any of her children’s lives, or her grandchildren’s. And equally as important, her husband can share all of that with her. “The greatest gift my business has given me is the ability for my husband to retire from his business, so that we can spend time together, travel together, and be with our family together. That is something I could never put a price tag on.”
Lori with her Rodan and Fields team.
Her business and the many ways it has nurtured her family values is very dear to Lori’s heart. When her mother passed away from ovarian cancer, the loss reinforced how precious time with family really is, and added another layer of meaning to her work. She feels fortunate to be able to use part of her Rodan + Fields earnings to help fund causes for cancer research. Lori devotes twenty hours a week to her business, and the rest of her time she is enjoying her family, traveling to see her kids and her grandkids, and appreciating every moment with her husband. Feeling completely happy with her life, her wish now is for others to be able to live their lives in complete freedom.
“My business has done so much for me and my family that it is only right that I want to share the opportunity with other people. I feel like the sky is the limit, and if someone out there is actively looking for a way to arrange their life around the people they love, this is that opportunity.”
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