"Lisa has a gift for pinpointing the problems that keep me from writing. My productivity has increased ten fold thanks to her guidance and support."

"Lisa Collazo has all the characteristics of a great coach. She is a terrific listener, a clear thinker and offers practical useful advice. Did I mention her warm, caring approach? You can't do any better than Lisa."

"Writing With Authenticity inspired and motivated me to face issues that were affecting my ability to write with clarity and honesty. Through the many exercises and brainstorms, I learned so much about who I am, what I want to say to the world, and what blocks have been standing in my way of success. It was well worth every penny."

"Lisa has the magical ability to get you to confront the wall of BS that stands in between you and your dreams. She then helps you figure out how to achieve those dreams, step by step. All the while she is doing this, you realize that she is more than just a coach, she really cares about you as a friend. I am finally learning to break through my walls of fear and hesitation, and I owe that to Lisa."

"After doing more talking than writing for too long, it was time to either take my writing seriously and realize there was a responsibility to my craft and most importantly, to my talent or give it up and do something else. I needed to begin producing, on a daily basis or quit. I realized I hadn't respected my creativity and talent enough and had to do that in order to be able to continue writing. Lisa gave me the tools to succeed in overcoming my fears of not being a good enough writer."

"When I contacted Lisa, I was making a last effort to finish my dissertation, after several years leave of absence from Columbia, and a
living a continent away from my support system within the university. I had a tight deadline and debilitating writer's block; I felt frozen in the headlights. Lisa was at the same time very gentle and accepting - I
was nervous enough already and didn't need to be blugeoned - and her methods were solid and got me writing again. I finished and defended successfully. I highly recommend her as a coach."

"This course was an astonishing journey for me. I had no idea of the internal barriers I had erected to keep my psyche safe and the emotional and mental trash I got to dump in the process. I believe that anyone who takes Lisa's course will find it beneficial...even writers who have been published.

It amazes me how Lisa managed to come up with just the right questions to pull things out of the soul and make one delve deeply into the past and still find the way back out without being too awfully damaged. The price of $65.00 was a bargain.

I am most definitely a writer... now... I have no more doubt!"

"Twenty five years ago I wrote "The Employee Assistance Program" which helped define my profession. Lisa Collazo has proven to be invaluable in helping me to organize my next project, "Universal Health Care and Beyond". She has assisted me with focusing on the task at hand, and dealing with the barriers that kept me from moving forward in the past. This has been done in the context of an overall plan for getting my book written and published, which she has also helped me to develop. I am now on my way to completing a work which I had all but lost hope of ever doing. What's even better, there is an exhilaration in the process that I hadn't felt in years. Lisa deserves a major portion of the credit for any success experienced in this project."

"Thanks so much for this course Lisa - you've nailed it again.

I have found this course to live up to its name, being authentic for me in many ways possible; as I relate to characters, to myself, and especially to my writing. From working with Lisa and topping it off with this email course, I have come to see my habits and patterns of writing more clearly, offering new insights into the way I approach my work, and how I relate to the worlds I inhabit. I write with much more knowledge and understanding than I have before.

I heartily recommend this course to anyone who wants to connect with themselves. I loved doing the modules. They gave me the guidance I needed to get on with my work. This course has taken me to another level - to be the most authentic writer I can be."

"Before I began working with Lisa, I carried a mental prison, a dark room behind a heavy, creaky door, where my book project and my writing life were molding in a box under a pile of junk. Just before sleep it felt good to tug at the door and think it's in here somewhere, if I could just get to it. Nights turned into years, and that good impulse to open the door couldn't compete with the confusion and regret I knew I'd find inside. With Lisa, I found someone willing to go there with me and sort it all out. With her steady presence, her insightful questions, her persistence and gentleness, I've been able to face my toughest issues. I now wake up in my writing life, and at night I feel rewarded by the work I have accomplished. Lisa has shown me what it is to keep coming back, to the work, to my needs, to the truth of my life."

"To borrow and to paraphrase a writer (Bill Wittliff) from the 2003 Heart of Film Conference in Austin, good writing is telling a story that everyone knows, but in a way that creates surprise and delight. Lisa Collazo's coursework provides the same enjoyment through self discovery. Via writing modules regarding what has inspired or hindered you in the past, you end up rediscovering everything you already knew, but in a way that creates a new focus, a heightened awareness, a new platform to launch from. Self examination can be unnerving. Lisa's abilities as a guide - without judgment and with thought provoking questions regarding your insights - makes for a renewed faith in your abilities. This coupled with her suggestions for further self exploration, including potential writing topics that really matter to you, makes for a welcomed opportunity to get centered and then get writing!"

"Lisa Collazo has a gift. She listens. Patiently. And when the writer has exhausted all the reasons they have for not getting the job done, the job being writing, she smiles and finds the nuggets of opportunity within the chaos. She helps the writer find the tools to manage life's interruptions, personal procrastination, and motivational slumps and turns small bits of time into real success. By following her advice, I've been able to grab moments unnoticed before and use them to move my work along, finishing one script and beginning another. By helping me to recognize my opportunities and get back to the writing process, Lisa's coaching has reduced the cycle of stress that my lack of writing was creating. Whether a writer consults with Lisa for one time coaching or long term, its a great investment. She's affordable and she helps the writer invest in themselves -- something we all need to do."

"I was ABD for quite a long time. A large block of time could be described as writers block, fear of writing, resistance to writing and an unwillingness to see my fieldwork project end. I hired Lisa in August of 2003 when I realized that I would have to defend my dissertation in December of 2003. I couldn't afford to lose any time.

I am a good writer, I didn't need help with the mechanics, I needed help with all the other stuff around writing. Lisa helped me work through some personal issues that were affecting my motivation, she helped me articulate what I needed to create an environment where I could be productive, helped me organize my life so I could do my writing, helped me keep panic and despair at bay so I could keep writing at a regular pace. She helped me set weekly goals and kept me going when disaster struck (operating system failure on the computer, sick child, etc.). She helped me create and maintain a focus on my work that enabled me to write at a high level for a sustained period of time (while teaching and running a household with two small children). It paid off, I successfully defended my dissertation in December and will graduate in May, hooray!"