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Meet Your Neighbor: Loren Slocum
By Callie Thomas
Ever wonder if you can truly “have it all?” While there may be a never ending list of novels and movies where the hero or heroine inevitably ends up with the perfect life, there are an equal number of naysayers that find it hard to believe they could ever reach nirvana. But if you ask 89135 resident Loren Slocum if she believes that she can have it all, you’ll get a resounding “yes.” Loren has a “sunshiny” personality and is a distinguished international speaker, author and media personality, life coach and mom of three (a teen, a tween and a toddler), so she’s walked the talk to support her position.
Some would say she gained that perspective through her 23 years as the International Crew Director for world renowned business life strategist Tony Robbins, but that’s only part of it. She’s traveled the world inspiring, coaching and helping others through her writing and speaking engagements. The six year Las Vegas resident has entrenched herself within the community in hopes of making a “massive difference” and helping those in need as a founding board member of the annual Las Vegas St. Jude fundraising event and by creating a charitable platform for assisting several local programs called Do the Right Thing.
Her passion for life is only superseded by her passion for helping others and empowering women to realize their natural gifts, stay true to who they are and utilize the resources around them. While Loren Slocum happily juggles many balls in the air, she is eager to talk about her work, why she’s constantly “reinventing” herself and how she can be better than she was the day before.
So you actually met Tony Robbins by making baskets at his house?
“Yes. In 1989, I had the privilege of showing up at his home to help with a Basket Brigade, where we assembled baskets for the needy. Six months later, I was asked to work for the company, organizing events around the world and developing the International Crew Director position, which I have done for the past 20 years. Tony inspired me to find my gifts and share them through writing and speaking.”
Your efforts have paid off. You’re an international author of two books. What was your goal in writing them?
“I wrote The Greatest Love because I wanted women to celebrate the gift of being a mom and have the life they want. Life Tuneups was inspired by the thousands of women I’ve met over the years and helping them get back to the core of who they are as women and as themselves.”
You keep reinventing yourself. What inspired you to run a marathon?
“I wanted to run a marathon, but I’m not a runner. In order to accomplish this, I needed to do it for a cause. They say mile 20 is the hardest. I wrote the names of people that inspired me and ran a mile for each. I chose to do mile 20 in honor of the woman who was my roommate at the event, whose daughter was at St. Jude’s having a cancer treatment that weekend. I had no idea that six months later her daughter would become the featured child for our fundraising event and had made an amazing painting that was auctioned that night. Of course, I had to buy it so the experience came full circle.”
What do you love most about being involved with St. Jude?
“It helps with so much research for kids with life threatening diseases around the world.”
Through Do the Right Thing, you’re back to your roots making baskets?
“Each Thanksgiving, we make baskets for needy families in Vegas. Thirty of us took care of 100 families and over 250 homeless people last year. We do projects every month. It might be a birthday party at a school for Title 1 Hope Kids, sponsoring an After School Allstar graduation or just assembling baskets we give to a needy person we encounter. Seeing people light up lights me up.”
