Chief Woman Informed Officer and Heart-Powered Advocate for Women
I have opinions and here are some of my favorites:
- Woman-Informed, Heart-Powered women will change the world.
- Feminism = women matter
- Kind is not necessarily nice
- Our culture attempts to crush women, harming our physical and mental health. We need not comply.
- Women’s solidarity is complex, simple solutions don’t work.
- The sacred feminine is within us and ready to emerge. Join me.
The science-backed 5-factor Woman Informed Approach is the only whole-person, comprehensive method to uproot patriarchy and embody authentic love and effective power.
Education credentials
Masters Degree, Mindfulness-Based Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Naropa University.
Entrepreneurial Master’s Program from EO/Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA.
B.S. in Business Administration from San Diego State University.
Meditation Credentials
Certified mindfulness meditation and self compassion teacher from the Awareness Training Institute at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center led by teachers Jack Kornfield, PhD and Tara Brach, PhD.
Dharma teacher with the Insight Meditation Society of Colorado.
Coaching Credentials
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP)
Certified by Gestalt Institute of the Rockies
Masters Degree, Mindfulness-Based Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Naropa University.
An Introduction to Lisa
Lisa Tafolla is an intuitive, healer, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), certified meditation and self-compassion teacher, and certified experiential and relational Gestalt therapist. A lifetime of insights and research led to the creation of the Woman Informed Approach. She has the foundation of a Master’s Degree in Mindfulness-Based Clinical Mental Health and experience as a psychotherapist. Experienced as a dharma, meditation and self compassion teacher, she is talented at supporting people as they expand levels of consciousness and enjoy greater levels of life satisfaction.
Lisa is an intersectional feminist with an empowered voice and a kind heart. She is commitment to working on women’s empowerment and other issues of social justice. She is an expert on internalized misogyny, misogyny, sexism and patriarchy and the developer of the science-backed Woman Informed Approach.
Lisa completed her graduate studies in mindfulness-based clinical mental health after spending more than 25 years as an entrepreneur, business leader, communications consultant and business coach. Her interest is psychology grew based on her 20-year meditation practice and volunteer work as a meditation teacher. Her interest in women’s issues came after a series of events and powerful spiritual awakenings that brought her to this mission for the universal healing and transcendence of women.
Lisa has spent many years studying and synthesizing the latest research on women’s issues, mental health and women’s solidarity. As her research evolved, she began to see a convergence of research that pointed towards a science-backed approach to healing from the impact of sexism, misogyny and internalized misogyny. She documented these findings as the Woman Informed Approach and brings this approach to the Woman Informed community and trainings.
During her business career, she founded a global brand strategy, communications, and PR agency serving the technology industry and served as its CEO for more than 25 years. Working with global teams and traveling extensively, she became increasingly aware of the societal constructs that cause damage to women’s well being. Her work as a communications and branding professional focused on facilitating strategy with C-level executives to analyze and develop strategy for complex technology topics. This talent has translated to her current work as the developer of the Woman Informed Approach. She has also served on several organization board of directors, including the Entrepreneur Organization (EO).