AUTHOR | SPEAKER | JOURNALIST
Forget saving the world. We need to savor it.
Author of the forthcoming Savor the World. Speaker, journalist, and longtime explorer of how we rise to great challenges without being flattened by them.
FEATURED IN
The BBC, NPR, Harper’s, Vox, Big Think, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.
THE BOOK: SPRING 2027
Savor the World
Learning to Let In, Let Go, and Do Some Good
What if saving the world begins with savoring the world—and sustaining ourselves?
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A destabilized world is destabilizing us.
Clarity takes a hit
Overwhelm leads to reactivity and impaired decision-making.
Presence suffers
Anger, grief, and despair erode the capacity to show up fully.
Agency erodes
Hope seems naïve. Pessimism dampens problem-solving. And we may doubt our capacity to make a difference.
We save what we savor.
“Save the world” once mobilized us. Now it can demoralize. We need a new story, big enough to sustain us—and grounded in the science of savoring.
SPEAKING & WORKSHOPS
Bring Savor the World to your audience.
Purpose-driven work has never felt more important. Or harder to sustain
For conference organizers, companies, associations, foundations, universities, schools, faith communities, and public audiences.
Keynote
Savor the World
A story-packed talk on how a new narrative, rooted in the science of savoring, restores our capacity to make a difference.
Workshop
Staying Power
Facilitated sessions that help teams understand how pressure affects their work—and strengthen the clarity, grounding, and agency to keep going.
Full Day
Day of Renewal
Reconnects purpose-driven leaders and teams with people, purpose, and possibility after challenging times.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
“Lisa is able to create completely new ways to engage audiences.”
Lisa Renstrom — President & Co-Founder, Values Advisor
“Lisa is the calm in every cultural storm.”
Elizabeth Birch—Former Executive Director of the Human Rights Campaign
“Powerful and persuasive.”
Sir Ken Robinson—Creativity expert and most-watched TED speaker on Ecoliterate
ORGANIZATIONS I’VE WORKED WITH
The American Psychological Association
Brown University
California Academy of Sciences
Conferences for Women
Cornell University
Earth Knowledge
The FrameWorks Institute
Human Rights Campaign
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Southern Poverty Law Center
Woodwell Climate Research Center
I’d love to hear from you.
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