Our Story
It started with a door. It became a movement.
Modern Manners is the rebrand of Poised Life Inc — founded by Lorianne Isaacson of Clearwater, Florida, and built on one belief: how you show up changes everything.
Why We Exist
One moment on a Los Angeles street.
In 2009, founder Lorianne Isaacson was walking in Los Angeles when a man let a door slam on her stroller — her six-week-old daughter inside, startled awake. No apology. No glance back. She chose not to carry resentment; she carried a realization instead: manners had quietly disappeared from our society — and the effects, on people and on business, are grave.
What she discovered next became the foundation of everything:
"the totality of manners and etiquette is simply making others feel comfortable. Making others feel seen. Making others feel important."
The confidence gap most of us feel isn't a personality flaw — it's a knowledge gap. Nobody handed us the playbook. When you know exactly what to do, uncertainty disappears — and that realization became her driving force to teach it.
The Founder
Lorianne Isaacson
Lorianne grew up in hospitality and the service industries, then built a career in HR — watching company after company struggle with the same invisible problem: no shared code of how to treat people.
She named the root cause — bad manners — and built the curriculum to fix it: a practical, respectful framework that raises retention, satisfaction, and the customer experience.
"I can only hope to empower you and your business with this knowledge."
What We Believe
Simple. Proven. Human.
Immediately useful
Straightforward, efficient lessons you can use the same day. No theory for theory’s sake.
Proven in the real world
Decades of combined experience in hospitality, HR, and training — distilled into what actually works.
A ripple effect
When one person gains confidence, they lift the people around them. Workplaces, families, whole communities.