About Lisa
Lisa N. Phillips is a retired military wife, former pre-kindergarten teacher, and certified WISDOM Coach through the Adventures in Wisdom™ coaching program. Her life and work are rooted in the hope of Isaiah 43:18-19, which speaks of God making a way where there seems to be none. After walking her own path through childhood rejection and emotional invalidation, she found her purpose by teaching children crucial mindset skills that lead to overall improved mental wellness.
With her past experience working with children and families, Lisa has become a trusted coach in emotional resilience, self-responsibility, self-esteem and confidence, self-leadership, and mindset development. As a certified children’s coach, she equips kids ages 6 to 12 with powerful mindset skills for building confidence and self-esteem, resilience, self-responsibility, decision-making, peer pressure, managing change, busting through fear, and other mindset skills. Her coaching helps kids to build inner strength, so they can stand tall in who they are, what they believe in, and go for their goals. Her approach blends storytelling, coaching tools, engaging discussion, activities to reinforce the learning and follow-up take-home sheets called, “Wise in Fives.”
Written Off – Navigating Rejection and Faith in The Search for Love, Family, and Belonging.
Book One of The Approved in Christ Series
Written Off is a moving and authentic memoir of childhood rejection, emotional wounding, and the restorative power of Christ. With both vulnerability and biblical insight, Lisa Phillips shares her journey through the pain of growing up without the parental blessing, the ache of emotional abandonment, and the quiet fears that shaped her early life.
Drawing from decades of reflection and spiritual growth, Lisa reveals how early wounds can influence identity, relationships, and faith. She guides readers through the hidden symptoms of rejection such as perfectionism, people pleasing, fear of failure, and the longing for approval. Through her story, readers discover how truth and scripture can break destructive cycles and rebuild a secure identity in Christ.
Written Off is the first book in a three-part series that traces the path from rejection to renewal. Future books will continue Lisa’s spiritual journey as she uncovers generational patterns, confronts spiritual strongholds, and walks into emotional freedom.
This book is a hopeful companion for anyone who has felt unseen, unheard, or undervalued. It offers encouragement, healing, and the assurance that God restores what has been broken.
Faith Steps for Military Families
Spiritual Readiness Through the Psalms of Ascent
Faith Steps for Military Families is a source of wisdom, comfort, and emotional strength for military personnel and their families during seasons of deployment, transition, and uncertainty. Written from the perspective of a retired military wife, Lisa Phillips uses her own experiences to guide readers through the fifteen Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120 to 134), uncovering scriptural insights uniquely relevant to military life.
These psalms reveal God’s steady presence during the most challenging circumstances, offering guidance for living in unfamiliar environments, enduring hardship, coping with separation, and navigating the pressures of military culture. Each chapter highlights God’s role as protector, keeper, provider, and the One who watches over His people day and night.
More than a devotional, this book speaks to the heart of military families who long for spiritual grounding and resilience. It encourages families to prepare not only physically and emotionally for deployment, but spiritually as well.
Faith Steps for Military Families brings comfort to those facing fear, helps strengthen marriages and relationships under strain, and reminds readers that God walks with them every step of the journey.
Key Themes
- Spiritual readiness during deployment
- Trusting God in unfamiliar or dangerous environments
- Strengthening family resilience
- Finding peace in seasons of separation
- Seeing God as protector and keeper
Speaking
Lisa Phillips is an Amazon Best Seller for her book, “Written Off,” and she is also a certified Children’s Mental Wellness, Mindset and Confidence Coach. As an advocate for emotional and spiritual healing, Lisa speaks with compassion, clarity, and authenticity, drawing from her own journey of overcoming childhood rejection and rebuilding her identity – allowing God’s Truth to heal wounds from years of gaslighting and emotional invalidation. Her restoration has enabled her to walk in emotional and spiritual health and resilience.”
Lisa brings a unique blend of biblical insight, lived experience, and mindset training. Her background as a retired military wife and children’s coach gives her a deep understanding of the challenges families face in today’s world, including emotional wounds, family strain, identity struggles, and the need for spiritual readiness. Whether speaking to adults or parents of young children, she offers tools that help children and family move from overwhelm to hope and from hurt to healing.
What are you waiting for? If any of this resonates with you, book a meeting with her here:
You’re doing better than you think and
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Every parent has moments of doubt. What matters is that you’re here, seeking support, and ready to create positive change for your child and family.
