Lisa’s Story:

            For most of my life, I have been studying and teaching various spiritual practices, but never have I found as much healing and growth than from simply listening to the voice of Love inside my heart. Since I found a Love practice, everything from my behavior to my relationships changed and my ability to deal with challenges and difficult people dramatically shifted. 

            I now find myself a deeply compassionate and accepting person not only for others but of myself.  My life has turned around because more and more I allow myself and everyone else to be as they are; to honor what is true in any given moment and refrain from judging anything or anyone. I do not profess to be perfect at this, but I do know I have the power to choose and, when I forget, I gently accept that and try, try again. 
           
            Through my meditations over the years, I was summoned by this voice of Love.  At first I deemed it God or the Spirit, but I came to call it Love because, well, that’s what the Greater Spirit is after all.  Just Love. 
           
            When I was thirty, I became a psychotherapist. I was trained in the Adlerian method of psychology, which generally holds a philosophy opposite of Freud. Adlerian theory purports that our beliefs and perceptions about events shape our experience and what we attract in life. By changing “mistaken beliefs,” we can actually change our feelings and our lives. 
           
            About the same time, I faced a serious health crisis of a rare form of arthritis.  I encountered daily physical pain and eventually I could hardly walk or stand for long periods.  I had been practicing yoga and had to stop so I took an intensive eight-week course in Mindfulness Meditation.  Mindfulness is based in Buddhist philosophy where one becomes completely aware and conscious of each moment and experience without judgment.  I began to meditate daily because I could not do much of anything else and the practice drastically changed my life. 
           
            Eventually, I began to incorporate my meditative practice with my psychology practice and started becoming very aware of the inner voices that drove me to stress, anxiety and anger.  It was then that my meditations began to grow into hearing this voice of Love and I wrote down everything I heard.  Over time, I developed a workbook, What would Love Say? which I self publish.

            About four years ago, I started writing a spiritual novel, God for President (which is being published June 2008 by Conari Press!) I was angry and wanted to save America from the Religious Right. I wanted to show people the way!  At first my words were angry and full of preaching.  But, as I remembered to listen to Love and get my ego out of the way, the whole essence of the writings changed and Love proceeded to show me the way!  The way that does not preach, but holds and accepts all that is.  It was an amazing process and a year I will never forget.