I found The LightHeart Institute at one of the most crucial points in my life. Without the help of Lisa I would not be at the place I am today; completely refreshed with a joyous outlook on life. Lisa showed me that I was not broken and helped me find the well-being deep down under the years of self defeating thought processes. Lisa's ability to listen to what I am saying and then finding the underlying meaning has helped me truly understand myself in ways I have never been able to before. She has guided me in virtually every aspect of my life, dealing with my feelings, communication skills, family relationships and business and work relationships. Lisa is one of the most well rounded, truly loving teachers I have ever met.

Darren Mathis

Dear Lisa,

I wanted to take the time to thank you and The Lightheart Institute for the success I have been enjoying both professionally and personally through your coaching. While I met you through a friend some time ago and had leveraged your executive coaching to produce an upward spiral of profitability and effectiveness for my partner and I and our company, I feel compelled to write you to thank you for your coaching in my personal life. After having achieved the exciting business results with the assistance of your coaching, and then having decided to seek you out as a coach in my personal life and marriage, I feel as though I have truly been able to thrive. With my wife and I both owning and operating two separate businesses, and with two boys of 13 and 11 years old, and the busy schedules that come along with running a business or two while playing an active roll in the boys lives, I am enjoying a connection between my wife and I that truly defines thriving. Thank you again. Your guidance and wisdom is a great gift that I have been so fortunate to have shared. If there is any thing I can do for you in return, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Tim Cooper

Because of our work together I can see so much more than my eyes are seeing because my heart is seeing.

Anonymous

Dear Lisa,

As I find myself reflecting over my life events of the past few years, I couldn't help but think of you, because without you believing in me until I believed in me I wouldn't be where I am right now. So, I thought I would take a few minutes to write you and just say thank you for helping me bring my dreams into existence. There wouldn't be enough time or paper to list each and everything that you have helped me heal, change, realize, understand, discover, and achieve in my life, but the support, knowledge and unconditional love that you've shared has truly changed my life. Your amazing knowledge, resources, and direction has continually fulfilled so many of my needs, you never cease to amaze me! This thank you would not be complete without mentioning my precious baby boy Alexander. You know that over the years one of my dreams was to have an awesome relationship with a loving husband and a little boy named Alex and all the love and comfort that come with them both. As I find myself living this incredible dream out I think of you often and how you truly believed I could bring these two guys into my life and how thankful I am that they are here. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Sandra Scalone

It's funny, I have what I've always wanted now. In the past year and a half, I have the love, family & friends that I've always wanted.

Anonymous

Dear Lisa,

I want you to know I encourage anyone who is interested in getting counseling services to go to The LightHeart Institute. For several years, I've come to you for personal counseling and have benefited in many ways.

I remember when I used to think often of how I didn't measure up to how I should be in several ways. As a child and teenager, if only I could be cooler, detached and unemotional, I'd be more popular. If only I was smarter and always did right, then my parents would be proud of me. As a young adult, if I worked longer and harder, then maybe the company owners would be pleased. If I did whatever my wife and kids wanted, then surely they would be happier.

When things didn't work out, especially my marriage, I was confused as to why not. More often than not, I believed it was because I was a failure. I didn’t measure up again. There was evidence.

I'm not so confused now, even when something doesn't work out. I can now see myself as successful instead of a failure. To a great degree, this is because of the work we’ve done at The LightHeart Institute. I remember being hesitant to go to personal counseling. How could I tell someone about my failings? They’d look down on me. Thankfully, it was the opposite of that. Right from the start, I found counseling with Lisa to be non-judgmental and supportive. It has helped me in some major areas - with my personal relationships, family relationships and business relationships.

I'm most pleased that this work on myself will also benefit my children. They learn to appreciate themselves by seeing me appreciate myself. They learn that whatever they’re feeling and thinking is valid, because I’ve been learning that. I believe this work has helped break a cycle that gets passed on from generation to generation. My heartfelt thank you to you for your help.

Scott

I hope you'll let me know when you are planning to have your next Outdoor Wilderness Retreat. Ten months after attending the one last August, I still find the experience to be an important part of my life. Actually, it would have been worth the trip for the outdoor camping, which was fun and seemed to maintain a nice balance between periods of sharing and periods of solitude. But, as you know from conversations I’ve had with you since then, the benefits turned out to be of much greater significance for me. I have turned the discoveries of those three days into a real program for self-growth. Of particular importance were the self-created ceremonies of passage. The rites and meanings of these ceremonies came to us after a period of detachment and attentiveness to nature; they provided a deep bond with new-found friends. I know that my own self-created ceremony marked a much needed passage in my life. The support I got from you and the other retreat members made it a genuine and undeniable rite of passage. I still feel the care and sensitivity that each of you gave me during that important time.

G. H.

Dear Lisa,

I wanted to take a moment to thank you for being a part of my life and showing me the things that have plagued and held me back for 42 years. I always knew certain issues I had and always felt I could deal with them myself. But after talking with someone very dear to me and having things get worse and not better, I came to you for help. It has only been a short time that I have worked with you but already I can see great things starting to happen and this weight that I have been carrying around has finally gotten much lighter. I know I still have a ways to go, but with you and the support of my beautiful wife I know I will have all of the things that I long for and also all the things God has in store for me. Thank you so very much."

Gary Scalone

Lisa has helped us realize that a gift of our marriage is to heal each other...She introduced us to the Imago Dialogue, a healing communication between people in an intimate relationship. The process is difficult and, at times, quite painful. But we are committed to it, to our healing, and to our relationship. We know it is working, because we are healing, learning and growing both individually and as a couple. We highly recommend Lisa and The LightHeart Institute to couples experiencing conflict, disappointment, and/or doubt, but also to couples in a good relationship.

Peggy and Mike

As a result of working with Lisa I have never felt so much love for myself and now I know it is inside of me.

Anonymous

Group Testimonials

I came into LightHeart like a lamb, but now I'm turning into a lion.

Anonymous

LightHeart is like an anchor that I swing around as I help myself toward wellness. In LightHeart you focus on healing the body, mind and spirit. Other cancer groups I contacted touched on these things but focused mainly on the disease itself. In LightHeart I deal with healing my whole self.

Catherine M.

LightHeart does not replace medical support. But if you want a miracle, LightHeart is a place where you are encouraged to do the hard work of making miracles happen.

Chloe B.

LightHeart is looking at feelings. Meditation gets me in touch with feelings. When it comes to self-love I am like a little baby learning to walk. In LightHeart it's OK to fall down. But when I can take a step that says 'I love me' and mean it, miracles of healing take place inside me.

Anonymous

The LightHeart Institute became my cocoon of love; providing me the love, time and space to observe my shadow side and helped me to find the gifts therein, many which I now use living life anew, extending love and healing services to others. Shedding the darkness, I now have found the Light in my Heart.

Anonymous

For me, The LightHeart Institute groups are much more about life issues than illness issues; this is why they are far superior to conventional cancer "support" groups I've experienced.

Gwen B.

LightHeart is like a weekly dose that keeps me on track...This group has people in all stages of illness and conflict, personal and medical crisis. It is a real home base.

Katherine H.

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