{"id":212,"date":"2025-09-11T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/11\/van-turned-into-tiny-home\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T17:58:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:58:00","slug":"van-turned-into-tiny-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/11\/van-turned-into-tiny-home\/","title":{"rendered":"A woman over 50 turned her van into a serene ‘tiny home’ and has lived in it for 3 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes, when life gets too complicated, we need to slow down and get smaller. This was the case for Lori Losch, who woke up one day, post-50-years-old,<\/a> and decided it was time for a change.<\/p>

As she explains in a video posted to the Tiny Homes<\/em><\/a> YouTube channel, “I decided to do ‘van life’ <\/a>for a couple of reasons. One was to heal from some pretty traumatic life events. And the other was to find a smaller town to move to, to be able to interview small towns as I traveled.”<\/p>

Losch reveals on her website<\/a> that she battled addiction for a quarter of a century. “I\u2019m a soul who finally broke free from the addiction cycle after a 25-year battle. I used the pain of powerlessness, acute anxiety, and bouts of deep depression to point me towards truth and freedom.” After leaning into 12-step programs, psychedelic plant healing, faith, and relying on her community, she shares she has truly learned what it is to be alive.<\/p>

Part of that is traveling, and this is something she likes to do on her own terms. So, she custom-designed a van to feel like a “tiny home” where she lives, works, travels, and heals. She even bought a custom curtain to separate the front area (where the driving happens) from the back so that it feels less like an RV and more like a home.<\/p>

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