Liv Von Oehlreich: Director / Actor / Photographer / Psych Student / Masseuse / Moto Babe

@livvonoelreich

The scene:

We are in Ladera Heights, Los Angeles, CA on a warm day in Liv’s backyard sitting on lawn chairs drinking tea. This sounds like we live gentle lives; yesterday we fixed her garage door by lifting it together and also road motorcycles all over LA. This is our normal. Our friendship has weathered many journeys and many miles on motorcycles. Join us in the garden for curiosity, laughter, and pre-psychotherapy.

Highlights:

• A Swede from Alabama
• Difficulty making female friends
• Babes Ride Out
• Clicking together quickly and easefully
• Seeking adventures together
• Attacking the stressor immediately = non-procrastination
• Being in the world, being curious, being in action
• The importance of having purpose
• Currently in her Masters of Psych at Pepperdine 
• Massaging is a lot of alone time with your own thoughts
• The body communicating different messages than the mind
• Rocking the body to see where the tension is holding on
• Being present with others
• Why do they scrub you wearing black granny panties at Korean spas?
• Near-death experiences that are hilarious
• Helping others transform their lives
• Weaving in experiences of acting, psychology, and massage
• Creating your life around physical freedom
• Seeing a wide horizon in your life
• Choosing newness to avoid stagnation
• Minimizing “making wrong”, blame, being fearful of the future
• Avoiding rejection by not proceeding
• Being 100% committed, AND detached from the outcome
• The Race to Alaska documentary
• The Women Riders World Relay
• Filming 12 women on motorcycles riding through Pakistan
• Transitioning from doing everything yourself to leaning into others
• Viewing your life as many projects
• Appreciation of others and listening 
• “You lose intention when you lose punctuation.”

A taste:
“Through the physical comes the emotional.”

“Sometimes I don’t move forward with things because I like the idea of what is possible with the idea and if I move forward with it, perhaps it’s not going to work out the way I wanted it.”

Favorite sayings:

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” (The Serenity Prayer)

“The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.” - Emerson