Her approach is not only holistic but also evidence-based, ensuring that clients explore practical tools that complement traditional medical care. Lisa takes the time to empathetically listen, tailoring her sessions to the individual. “Her ability to motivate, educate, and support clients through lifestyle changes, dietary improvements, and exercise regimens is remarkable.”

As a founding nutrition and lifestyle coach, cooking instructor, and educator at the Whole Foods Medical and Wellness Center, Lisa helped the store’s employees and executives take control of their health. From Whole Foods, Lisa partnered with the clinic founders, Dr. Alona Pulde and Dr. Matthew Lederman, in their new virtual medical model, Connection Docs (formerly WeHeal), bringing her decades of experience to virtual group classes and private sessions.

Lisa has been teaching plant-based cooking for decades, working with individuals and groups, as a regular guest on morning television, and as a presenter at lifestyle conferences. Lisa is a certified Well Coaches Health & Wellbeing Coach, a graduate of the Rouxbe Certified Plant-Based Professional Course, a certified Nutritional Counselor with the Global College of Natural Medicine, and is a Certified Yoga Instructor through Yoga Works. She holds a Masters in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Emperor’s College.

Before following her calling as an acupuncturist, herbalist, , yoga instructor, and health coach, Lisa was a major-label record company executive. She’s lived and worked in New York, Los Angeles, and Austin. Lisa’s passions are cooking and feeding others, writing, reading, gardening, and sharing her life in San Francisco with her husband David, teenage son Judah, cat Ringo, and rescue pups Luna and GeddyLee.