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The LightHeart Institute is a premier resource for leadership development, health, healing and vitality serving Rochester, NY and Nashville, TN. Established in 1987 at the encouragement and inspiration of retired NY Times bestselling author Bernie Siegel MD, the Institute has been credited with effectively guiding client journeys for over 37 years. It’s programs and services are directed by the Founder and President, Lisa Hill DiFusco, and are designed to inspire and equip individuals, corporate executives, community leaders, and the greater community to lead more productive, prosperous, and joy-filled lives.
Its Mission is to teach people and organizations how to thrive. The Institute ignites passion, inspires greatness, clarifies thinking, and champions excellence.
To Achieve Its Mission the Institute looks to address the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs of its clients and in so doing houses four centers which offer programs in leadership development and excellence, emotional health, physical vitality, and spiritual growth. Many clients seek a convergence of services from all four centers to assist in the achievement of their goals.
The Center for Intentional Leadership provides coaching and consulting services in Leadership Development and Excellence, Senior Executive Coaching, Organizational and Team Health.
The Center for Holistic/Integrative Psychotherapy provides counseling for emotional health and healing (defined as the permanent resolution of pain).
The Center for Functional Medicine provides Functional Medicine Consultancy-Care, High-Quality Nutritional Supplements, and in-depth Functional testing to reverse chronic conditions and restore health resulting in greater energy and vitality.
The Center for Spiritual Growth helps clients connect with a power greater than themselves and align their life’s purpose with their deepest calling, or as world renown mythologist Joseph Campbell would say, “Follow their Bliss.”
Our Vision is an upward spiral of hope, health, vitality, and economic prosperity impacting Rochester, NY and beyond for generations to come.
The Name LightHeart comes from the belief that inside the human heart there is light.
In 2020 The LightHeart Institute transitioned from a for-profit entity to a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to better assist in the completion of its goals.
Formerly housed in an historic mansion on Prince Street in the city of Rochester, the Institute moved its headquarters to the Nashville, TN area in 2024, and maintains its Treasurer’s office in Rochester.