Lisa Taylor
Understanding people changes everything
I’m Lisa Taylor – a Family Therapist, Leadership & Relationship Consultant, Educator, Keynote Speaker and Author.
I help people understand what sits beneath behaviour, creating greater choice in how we lead, teach, parent and connect.
A Different Way of Seeing Relationships
Behaviour never exists in isolation.
Beneath the surface are experiences, emotions, relationships and patterns that shape how we respond to pressure, conflict and connection.
Through my Rewriting Heartprints™ Framework, I help people recognise these patterns with courage and compassion, creating greater choice in how they lead, teach, parent and relate.
Where this work comes to life
Organisations
Strong cultures are built on strong relationships. I work with organisations to strengthen relational leadership, communication and workplace culture and to provide meaningful support for the working parents and carers within them.
Schools
Children thrive when the important adults around them share a deeper understanding of behaviour. I work with educators, school leaders and parents to build a shared relational language and create more emotionally safe, connected learning communities. The outcome is greater confidence responding to behaviour, stronger home–school relationships and practical tools that support children across both settings.
Families
Parenting changes when we understand what sits beneath the behaviour. Through family therapy and parent coaching, I help parents and families move beyond blame, reactivity and disconnection towards greater understanding, confidence and connection. The outcome is stronger relationships and a family better equipped to navigate difficult moments together.
Trusted By
THE PERFECT PARENT TRAP
A Therapists Guide to Flipping the Script on Traditional Parenting
Now Available
A practical and deeply human guide to understanding how your own childhood shapes the way you parent, and how to gently break patterns that no longer serve you.
If you’re ready to respond to the child in front of you, rather than react from the child within you, this book will guide you there.
Am I responding to the person in front of me, or reacting from the child within me?
That question sits at the heart of everything I do.
Rewriting Heartprints™
Every relationship is shaped by the relationships and experiences that came before it.
Heartprints are the emotional imprints left by how we were loved, seen, heard, supported or dismissed. They can influence how we respond to pressure, conflict and connection, often without us realising it.
The Rewriting Heartprints™ Framework brings together five relational anchors:
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Courage
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Connection
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Curiosity
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Compasion
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Love
These anchors help people understand their patterns and choose a different way forward, in boardrooms, classrooms and around kitchen tables.
Kind Words
“Finally, a parenting book that honours not only the children we raise but also the child within us. With wisdom, humour, and compassion, Lisa reminds us that parenting is as much about tending to our own shame, confusion, and vulnerability as it is about guiding our kids. By inviting us to parent ourselves first, she offers nothing short of a parenting revolution, one rooted in acceptance, curiosity, and love.”
— Elicia,
Parent
“Lisa’s book is a beautiful and practical read for parents of children of all ages. It is a tricky world out there where we are constantly looking at ‘perfect’ and feeling like we have to keep up and get it right. Lisa’s book helped me take time out to think and get some perspective and the tools she sets out are easy to implement in my parenting “
– Julie Fenton,
Global Operations and Talent Leader, parent
“A thoughtful, compassionate read that blends real human experience with practical wisdom. I came away feeling both seen and encouraged. A beautiful book for anyone wanting deeper, more authentic relationships in their life.”
— Bev Hoffman,
CEO, NELLEN
“A thoughtful, compassionate read that blends real human experience with practical wisdom. I came away feeling both seen and encouraged. A beautiful book for anyone wanting deeper, more authentic relationships in their life.”
— Kelly Irving,
Book Coach, parent
Meet Lisa
Understanding people has always been at the heart of my work.
Long before I became a family therapist, I was the teacher asking questions that couldn’t be answered by behaviour alone. I wanted to understand what was happening beneath it and what children, families and the adults supporting them needed in order to feel seen, heard and connected.
Today, I bring more than 25 years of experience across family therapy, education, leadership and organisational work.
Every day, I have the privilege of watching what happens when people begin to understand themselves and one another differently.
The settings may change, from boardrooms to classrooms to kitchen tables, but the work is always the same: helping people understand themselves and one another more deeply.
Stronger relationships begin when we see the person in front of us and ourselves with greater understanding.
Whether you’re looking for support for your family, your school or your organisation, I’d love to explore how we can work together.
Let’s start a conversation.