Running with Grace

A Wall Street Insider’s Path to True Leadership, a Purposeful Life, and Joy in the Face of Adversity

By: Lori Van Dusen

Narrated by: Lori Van Dusen

Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

A 2023 Wall Street Journal Bestseller.

Nothing about Lori Van Dusen’s childhood indicated she’d become one of the nation’s top independent financial advisors. She was born prematurely on the wrong side of the tracks and with a genetic blood disorder. Her parents divorced when she and her twin brother were less than a year old. But her big, boisterous, loving Italian family, led by her beloved grandfather, a first-generation American with only an eighth-grade education, taught her that the only limitations in life are those we impose on ourselves.

As a young person, Lori wanted to sing on Broadway, not manage money on Wall Street. But in 1986, this quiet, serious young woman walked into the rough-and-tumble, eat-what-you-kill world of Shearson Lehman Brothers and never looked back. She fought her way to the top by thinking outside the box and working her ass off despite the jeers, insults, and sideways glances. Her secret weapon? A need to prove herself so strong she could outwork anyone.

But Lori’s trajectory to the top was not a straight, upward line; it was a rollercoaster. She hit the pinnacle of success only to have it ripped away in a legal battle with one of the biggest banks in the world. She was raped by a PhD candidate at Harvard, swindled by a business partner, and battled two life-altering medical diagnoses. None of that, though, would compare to having the two people she loved most in the world taken way too soon.

Despite the fear and pain, Lori remained hopeful and resilient. In this memorable, poignant, and inspiring memoir, she shares her lowest lows and highest highs as well as hard-earned wisdom from her bumpy personal, professional, and spiritual journey. Life was never meant to be fair, she learned, but we must keep running with grace if we are to find purpose and joy in the face of adversity.

©2023 Lori Van Dusen (P)2024 Lori Van Dusen

Best inspirational autobiography ever!

Running With Grace is an inspirational story about an amazing Professional Woman who is an over achiever faced with unimaginable loss and challenges in her life.

Lori Van Dusen, a well recognized top Wall Street Fund Manager and Wealth Advisor walks us through the story of her Professional and Personal life, where she is faced with incredible adversity and tragedy with the sudden and very unexpected loss of her husband of 30 years to suicide. Lori’s unique story is about Perseverance, against all odds, and is a great guide to all readers on how to push through any challenge or tragedy in life.

Running with Grace is a testament to faith and Lori’s spiritual journey in how she went from a young Soprano Singer to becoming one of the top Wall Street Fund Managers.

Lori’s story is an amazing true to life dialogue that kept me so engaged in reading this book without being able to put it down. I actually read the book while also simultaneously listening to the audio version of the book, which is transcribed by Lori, in a way that it feels like Lori became my own Personal Life Coach.

“Thump, Thump , Thump” I can almost hear and feel each of the running steps that Lori describes as her music to guide her in a meditative state of mind in her life. Running with Grace should definitely be required reading for any individual seeking inspirational solutions to the most difficult challenges in life.

This is definitely one of the best inspirational biographical guides that I have ever read. I just hope there will be more from this very talented artist!