Meet Lisa

I’m a mother to three pretty much grown up people and I’ve been a teacher and facilitator in the California East Bay for over 22 years. My mission is to create spaces where people feel safe being with the most challenging aspects of life, whether it’s day-to-day parenting or the circumstances of being human in our present world.

I have a passion for learning in community and continually passing on what I learn and love. I’ve studied everything from how to build backyard worm bins, to improv comedy, to co-active coaching, to Brene Brown’s Daring Way,™ knitting and most recently beekeeping!

Professionally I specialize in parent coaching and lead small group writing circles.

Parent Coaching 

Parenting calls us to be bigger and better than we feel we’re capable of being. We are all so tender around our parenting challenges, yet I’ve seen over 22+ years experience, the power of Positive Discipline strategies and practices to change lives. I offer one-on-one parent coaching, professional development for parenting educators and am offering an in person series beginning in October in Piedmont CA.

Writing Circles

Writing circles are different from traditional creative writing classes because we embrace the messiness of writing and support each other without critique or judgment. I offer remote writing circle classes and asynchronous writing prompts by subscription. 

Sign up to receive infrequent emails from me with an invitation to a class, circle or a blog post.

Formal Education

• B.A. from Georgetown University, 1988.

• M.S.W. from the University of California at Berkeley, 1992.

• Positive Discipline Educator, 2005.

• Certified Positive Discipline Trainer, Positive Discipline Association, 2008.

• Certified Professional Co-active Coach, C.P.C.C. from the Coaches Training Institute, 2013

• Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, 2014.

• Certified Wild Writing Teacher, 2021