Lisa M. Miller is a long-time community builder, women’s health leader, and non-denominational chaplain. Her radio show and limited-series podcast, The Women’s Well, feature ordinary-extraordinary women with stories of perseverance.
Lisa facilitates therapeutic arts and writing workshops locally and abroad that focus on emotional/spiritual/physical health, leadership, synchronicity, and the great humor that comes with perspective.
In Lexington, Kentucky, she feels really lucky to be married to her 1986 summer camp sweetheart, Jonathan. Her two daughters are teachers; she became a grandmother in June 2025.
Lisa’s books include, Woe & Awe, a poetry collection published by Accents in 2024;
The Heart of Leadership for Women (2020), and,
Girls Rock! Just the Way We Are (2005) , on self-esteem and empowerment for girls and their moms written by her teen mentees.
Lisa's radio show and limited series podcast, The Women's Well, calls us to the essential nourishment of health and spirit.
Lisa's newest book, Woe & Awe, was launched by Accents Publishing in June, 2024.
Take advantage of this book baby's birthday. $16 includes shipping to U.S zip codes, y'all! Find an interview between Lisa and her publisher here: Click. About: Lisa M. Miller’s Woe & Awe, is a brave and witty poetry memoir that tells the truth about life’s hardships and its parallel beauty—what she often helps readers and audiences see as the “full life-recipe that none of us can live without.” Woe & Awe not only encourages readers to see the strength of their own perseverance but gives much credit to the work of Jewish ancestors, their optimism and grief, their love and great forward-motion—examples of how to “Drive Through The Impossible Yes” and how it’s our mothers and theirs, who help shape our ability to say Yes down the generational line. Woe & Awe gives credit to the power and essential sustenance of community, nature and the essential work of inner growth. Miller’s storytelling intentionally serves a healing balm for the modern coming-of-age journey where arrival isn’t a destination but an unfolding into the wisdom of middle-age through motherhood, career, and a relationship with God. Poems like “Central Nervous System Mayim” and “Menuchat Ha’Nefesh” remind us to look to the natural world of creation when considering ourselves. Praise for Lisa's writing: What a watering of the soul. Woe & Awe is wondrous admiration of life from all sides of pain and delight. From root to branch, girlhood to motherhood, nature to the spirit that connects us all. I want to eat these poems for breakfast every morning. ~Allison Miller, Actor and Film Maker Lisa's poetry grows on you in profundity with its lyricism and irony. Touching poems like, “I Come Home" intones humility and gratitude in the natural beauty of the woods. But what initially appears simple on the surface is filled with depth, honesty and insight. This book is for anyone who has suffered, is willing to probe, and is searching for hope. ~Rabbi Judith Edelstein, D. Min., Mussar Teacher Lisa M. Miller reveals her courageous soul as she explores her journey of growth through life's tough experiences. But we are reminded that life's ups and downs are an essential part of this human experience as Lisa asks: “What if adversity has always been/essential/in a breathing life?” and, “Imagine/all your pains/are pearls really/on celestial string/” These poems remind us that everything we experience makes us who we are, and that woe and awe are close companions on the journey of life. ~Catherine Anderson, SoulCollage® and Veriditas Labyrinth Trainer Throughout Woe & Awe, her debut poetry collection, Lisa Miller invokes the voices of female ancestors, physical and spiritual, who dare to suggest, “What if adversity has always been/essential?” Sustained by their spirit, Miller wrestles intergenerational and personal trauma in poems of vision, wit, and fierce clarity. Woe & Awe spans a lifetime, addressing personal crises, cultural history, and the Jewish diaspora. By the end of the volume we’ve seen the poet rendered whole, daughter and mother, deep in the joy of her own daughters, carrying her darkness and bearing the care of others who’ve been damaged. This is a shadowed book, never free of the certainty of suffering, but equally intent on embracing healing. Woe & Awe speaks back to shame. Whatever damage the past has done, “Leave it. Leave it again./The pulse of you depends/on a deliberate Yes.” Woe & Awe is a brave book, a book we need now more than ever. ~Leatha Kendrick, Author of And Luckier A Note From Lisa: It's my passion to help women heal and thrive, especially in a carefully tended group setting. Inclusivity is an essential principle in the work I facilitate and want to be included in. Everyone belongs. Please get in touch if you're interested in having Lisa facilitate your health and wellness conference, retreat, or workshop. [email protected] |
Lisa's 2020 Book:
The Heart of Leadership for Women: Cultivating a Sacred Space
The Heart of Leadership for Women: Cultivating a Sacred Space
The Heart of Leadership for Women, is woven with equal parts depth and humor. She's an expert facilitator, community builder, teacher, and guide—especially for women—who brings to life perennial wisdom that helps provide a compass for meaning, intuition, and well-being.
This book is for every woman who asks the questions: Who am I? What do I want? What is my purpose? How can I serve? And, what do I next?
Find perennial truths illuminating paths most traveled by those who feel called to leadership. Develop both intuitive and pragmatic skills.
Lisa is celebrating 2024 with a buy one, get one free offer.
Get in touch if you'd like signed copies:
[email protected]
This book is for every woman who asks the questions: Who am I? What do I want? What is my purpose? How can I serve? And, what do I next?
Find perennial truths illuminating paths most traveled by those who feel called to leadership. Develop both intuitive and pragmatic skills.
Lisa is celebrating 2024 with a buy one, get one free offer.
Get in touch if you'd like signed copies:
[email protected]
Praise for The Heart of Leadership for Women:
Lisa’s book is a guide to spiritual leadership, but also followership. It teaches us all to follow our highest calling and pay attention to what we learn. By modeling our devotion to a higher purpose we help those who will be the leaders of the future.
~Rosalyn L. Bruyere, internationally acclaimed healer and medicine woman; Author of Wheels of Light.
Lisa is an authentic leader who knows how to support people where they shine. Now more than ever, empowering women to develop and own their strengths is essential.
~Melissa Etheridge
This flowing read is for everyone who wishes to understand the call to lead from within, in its being as much as in the doing. From gratitude to intention, from self-care to planning, Lisa unfolds an easy-to-follow pathway to transform an event that’s “good”, into a “lovely” and nourishing experience for mind, body and spirit – and proves that the key to effectiveness in leadership is in the fulfillment of the soul.
~Mariabruna Sirabella, Founder of the School of the Origins; SoulCollage® Lead Trainer
Lisa’s book is a guide to spiritual leadership, but also followership. It teaches us all to follow our highest calling and pay attention to what we learn. By modeling our devotion to a higher purpose we help those who will be the leaders of the future.
~Rosalyn L. Bruyere, internationally acclaimed healer and medicine woman; Author of Wheels of Light.
Lisa is an authentic leader who knows how to support people where they shine. Now more than ever, empowering women to develop and own their strengths is essential.
~Melissa Etheridge
This flowing read is for everyone who wishes to understand the call to lead from within, in its being as much as in the doing. From gratitude to intention, from self-care to planning, Lisa unfolds an easy-to-follow pathway to transform an event that’s “good”, into a “lovely” and nourishing experience for mind, body and spirit – and proves that the key to effectiveness in leadership is in the fulfillment of the soul.
~Mariabruna Sirabella, Founder of the School of the Origins; SoulCollage® Lead Trainer
The Heart of Leadership for Women: Cultivating a Sacred Space
$15.99
*Thank you for your order; shipping is on us anywhere in the U.S.
*This is a terrific book for women's leadership and empowerment groups.
Get in touch for a wholesale bulk order by emailing Lisa directly: [email protected]
*Here's Lisa on gratitude, an essential element in The Heart of Leadership, no matter your focus and theme:
I devoured this book. It was informative and enjoyable to read, and I found many things I wish I had practiced, and others that I DID. I encourage all women to read this book, because all women are facilitators in our work, home lives, and even personal space.
~Jane Beshear; Former First Lady of Kentucky
Lisa Miller has produced a gem that will empower women and help them live up to their fullest potential. The Heart of Leadership for Women: Cultivating a Sacred Space is a perfect template to blend the material and spiritual life. Lisa has not only studied but has applied all of these principles in her own transformation. Meditation and a gratitude practice can be very powerful to maintain harmony in all areas of life.
~Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar BAMS, MD.; best selling author of, Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life
~Jane Beshear; Former First Lady of Kentucky
Lisa Miller has produced a gem that will empower women and help them live up to their fullest potential. The Heart of Leadership for Women: Cultivating a Sacred Space is a perfect template to blend the material and spiritual life. Lisa has not only studied but has applied all of these principles in her own transformation. Meditation and a gratitude practice can be very powerful to maintain harmony in all areas of life.
~Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar BAMS, MD.; best selling author of, Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life
Amazon Reader Reviews:
As a businesswoman in an emerging industry, I found this book truly invaluable in better understanding how to lead in group settings, particularly among other women, and in day-to-day interactions. Lisa writes with such a warm and engaging style, and her lessons are inspiring both practically and spiritually. I highly recommend this book to any woman looking to make her mark professionally, while making the world a better, brighter place. Thank you, Lisa!
~Kirstin B
Put your seat belt on and your tray table up! This heart inspired gem will take you on a magic carpet ride of imagination, depth, laughter, tears and so much possibility. Thank you Lisa for listening to your calling to write this book for us. To step in to the calling of a Leader and to have these tools while honoring the calling is truly a blessing. Your book cover photo says it all.......the journey of the heart. Thanks for showing us this path!
~Judy H
What a wonderful book. It is written in a warm reassuring voice of a woman that knows what she is talking about. Thank you for a book that has given me joy reading it.
~Kathy Y
I was a leader as a teacher and then as a principal. I retired in 2013. I’m enjoying your book. Soul collage facilitation is a different kind of leadership and your book is extremely helpful in providing specifics about any sort of meeting whether it’s Soul Collage, coaching, art groups or whatever the event is. I’m beginning Chapter 6 and looking forward to the rest of the juicy nuggets within your book. Thank you for writing this gem.
~Cindy W
This is a book for my Soul. One that will empower me to do what I’m called to do...and help me discern what that is. THANK YOU, LISA!!! 🌹🙏🏼 Such a gift- I hope to attend anything you offer. Just finished and didn't want it to end...ready for my next Retreat!
~Stacy G
What a great read! As a facilitator/leader myself, I found it right on point for everything you need to be a calm and confident leader. It's insightful, personable and funny with tons of encouraging heartfelt messages. Reminds readers how important their life experiences are, and how sacred it is to share and be with others. It truly goes step-by-step with ideas to help go from a spark of dream into a fully fleshed out plan. It can truly help anyone who wishes to step into their own power to lead and she helps you realize "You got this!".
~Debra B
I appreciated how Lisa M. Miller integrated Circle process, energetics, mindfulness and gratitude practices into her description of how to create sacred gatherings. She also offers many personal anecdotes, as well as helpful advice about when to switch directions and how to develop a fee structure that is strategic, as well as sustainable.
~Jude R
This books give such tremendous insight into Lisa's secret sauce---what allows her, time after time, to bring together strangers and bind them together in a sacred space. Having attended many of her workshops, I still find myself surprised when the magic happens again. I so enjoyed reading the book, understanding the journey she took to unleash her superpower, and learning the small steps we all might take to develop some of the same skills. Highly recommended!
~Debra N
As a businesswoman in an emerging industry, I found this book truly invaluable in better understanding how to lead in group settings, particularly among other women, and in day-to-day interactions. Lisa writes with such a warm and engaging style, and her lessons are inspiring both practically and spiritually. I highly recommend this book to any woman looking to make her mark professionally, while making the world a better, brighter place. Thank you, Lisa!
~Kirstin B
Put your seat belt on and your tray table up! This heart inspired gem will take you on a magic carpet ride of imagination, depth, laughter, tears and so much possibility. Thank you Lisa for listening to your calling to write this book for us. To step in to the calling of a Leader and to have these tools while honoring the calling is truly a blessing. Your book cover photo says it all.......the journey of the heart. Thanks for showing us this path!
~Judy H
What a wonderful book. It is written in a warm reassuring voice of a woman that knows what she is talking about. Thank you for a book that has given me joy reading it.
~Kathy Y
I was a leader as a teacher and then as a principal. I retired in 2013. I’m enjoying your book. Soul collage facilitation is a different kind of leadership and your book is extremely helpful in providing specifics about any sort of meeting whether it’s Soul Collage, coaching, art groups or whatever the event is. I’m beginning Chapter 6 and looking forward to the rest of the juicy nuggets within your book. Thank you for writing this gem.
~Cindy W
This is a book for my Soul. One that will empower me to do what I’m called to do...and help me discern what that is. THANK YOU, LISA!!! 🌹🙏🏼 Such a gift- I hope to attend anything you offer. Just finished and didn't want it to end...ready for my next Retreat!
~Stacy G
What a great read! As a facilitator/leader myself, I found it right on point for everything you need to be a calm and confident leader. It's insightful, personable and funny with tons of encouraging heartfelt messages. Reminds readers how important their life experiences are, and how sacred it is to share and be with others. It truly goes step-by-step with ideas to help go from a spark of dream into a fully fleshed out plan. It can truly help anyone who wishes to step into their own power to lead and she helps you realize "You got this!".
~Debra B
I appreciated how Lisa M. Miller integrated Circle process, energetics, mindfulness and gratitude practices into her description of how to create sacred gatherings. She also offers many personal anecdotes, as well as helpful advice about when to switch directions and how to develop a fee structure that is strategic, as well as sustainable.
~Jude R
This books give such tremendous insight into Lisa's secret sauce---what allows her, time after time, to bring together strangers and bind them together in a sacred space. Having attended many of her workshops, I still find myself surprised when the magic happens again. I so enjoyed reading the book, understanding the journey she took to unleash her superpower, and learning the small steps we all might take to develop some of the same skills. Highly recommended!
~Debra N