Lisa Newport is a speaker, author and creator of the Funky Diva Vibes® movement and the woman behind the Sausage Machine of Conformity.Drawing on a career spanning fashion and textile design, lecturing, education management and coaching, Lisa explores the tiny, ordinary ways we quietly squish ourselves to fit in - and how those seemingly insignificant moments can gradually shape our identity.Through her Spot the Squish approach, she challenges the invisible rules about how we're supposed to dress, behave, speak, lead, age and live, emboldening people to question the shoulds, make choices that feel more like them and sizzle into their Funky Diva energy.Lisa’s journey has been anything but linear. She started out as a fashion and textile designer after graduating from art school in the 1980s, before moving into lecturing, sales and eventually education management -including running the education department in a prison.After returning to self-employment, she became known for her work around colour, personal style and confidence, later moving into personal branding and visibility. But over time, Lisa realised the common thread running through her seemingly eclectic career had never really been clothes, education or even confidence. It was identity - and what happens when people feel able to express who they really are.Her own journey has played a big part in that discovery. Lisa talks openly about her “Treble F” years - Fat, Fed Up and Frumpy - when she felt she’d lost sight of herself, and the gradual process of rediscovering her creativity, preferences, voice and joy.That journey eventually led to Funky Diva Vibes® and her slightly ridiculous but surprisingly profound Sausage Machine of Conformity - Lisa’s metaphor for all those expectations, shoulds and invisible rules we absorb about how we’re supposed to dress, behave, speak, lead, age and live.Now in her early 60s, Lisa brings together nearly four decades of experience through speaking, workshops and creative experiences. Her work encourages people to Spot the Squish, question the shoulds they’ve accumulated along the way and feel emboldened to make choices that feel more like themselves.Find out more about Lisa and her work HERE.You have been listening to The Sisterhood....In Session Podcast - thank you so much for joining us!The Sisterhood Networking Group is an award winning franchise with branches in many locations across the UK.We are passionate about changing the face of in person networking, our goal being to make it as accessible and affordable for as many as possible.Nothing local for you to attend? Why not consider becoming a franchisee and host your own groups?! Just like our meetings, the opportunity is affordable and no experience is necessary. Plus you get to promote the day job at the same time. What’s not to love?!! Fancy adding some online networking into the mix?! You can join me Sarah Ridge for my FREE sessions twice a month.For more information on everything I’ve just mentioned just head to our website HERE. Thanks for listening!!

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