Author: Lisa Sargese

Dedicated to helping people live healthier, happier lives, Lisa Sargese is a college professor, certified hypnotist and trained qigong therapist. Lisa speaks and vlogs on a number of personal development topics, including daughters of narcissistic mothers, addiction recovery, the mind-body connection, spirituality, and achievement. In 2009, she received the Mirror Mirror Award for her work in body positivity and eating disorder recovery. In 2012 she was honored with the Tikkun Olam Award for her interfaith work. She teaches religion and psychology at universities in her home state of New Jersey.

Coincide-dance of Mercy

A teacher of mine reminded me of the power of setting intentions when we awake in the morning. I admit I have become lax in this habit. I wake up. I say a silent prayer of thanks for my life, then I roll over and look at my phone. Who’s doing what? Has someone reacted […]

That meme about the self and doing good

I came across a meme that read, “I try to do good in the world not out of fear of hell or the promise of heaven, but because it feels good not to be an asshole.” and I thought… It SHOULD feel better to not be an asshole, but some of us have our brain […]

Is Greatness worth the suffering? Whiplash offers an answer.

I just finished watching the movie Whiplash about the young music student who trained under an abusive task-master of a conductor at an exclusive conservatory in New York. Fletcher the conductor, played by P.K. Simmons in his Academy Award winning role, was so harshly punitive that a former student allegedly committed suicide due to the […]