Lisa Wysocky is an equine clinician and motivational speaker who consults with therapeutic riding programs. Born in Minneapolis and raised in a nearby suburb, in her teens a riding instructor taught Lisa that by striving to be the best you can be, you often become the best anyone can be. That concept of success, and the instructor's insistence that how you won in the show ring––or in life––was more important than what you won, changed her life.

Lisa studied to be a horse trainer at the University of Minnesota and after graduation, brought her ideas on success to the show ring. Early wins on the national horse show circuit took Lisa across North America, where she was often asked to speak or to write articles for national publications. In her spoken presentations and in her articles, Lisa stressed the key to success was being the best you that you can be. Lisa's passion for writing and speaking soon led to a second run at college where she studied communications and journalism.

Lisa then took her unique skills and ventured into music. Six years as a correspondent for Nashville 's afternoon paper, the Nashville Banner, and her reputation in the music industry as a writer of quality biographical and promotional material, piloted Lisa to a career in public relations, where she opened her own firm. Additionally, Lisa has headed several independent record labels, edited numerous books, written a weekly syndicated celebrity lifestyles column, and has been a regular featured guest on Jones Radio Networks syndicated overnight show, Danny Wright All Night.

Lisa is the co-author, with Brad Cohen, of Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had. Front of the Class has been seen on Oprah and Inside Edition and in People magazine. It was the winner of Best Education Book at the 2006 IPPY and the 2006 Foreword book awards and aired as a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie on CBS.

Many of Lisa's accomplishments, and those of her clients and students, have come through her book Success Within: How to Create the Greatest Moments of Your Life. Success Within shows how true success is being the best you that you can be and incorporates these concepts into 52 fun ideas that have transformed thousands of lives.

Lisa’s true passions still lie in the field of horses. Her book and DVD, My Horse, My Partner: Teamwork on the Ground focus on helping horse and human partners form amazing bonds using traditional ground training methods, natural horsemanship and desensitization. Many of Lisa's equine clinics and presentations feature the methods discussed in the book and DVD. And Lisa combines her love of horses and both country music in Horse Country: A Celebration of Country Music and the Love of Horses. This beautiful coffee table book features 27 of the top stars of country music talking about how horses changed their life for the better. Both Horse Country and My Horse, My Partner are published by The Lyons Press.

Lisa is a registered level NARHA (North American Riding for the Handicapped) instructor and recently was chosen as one of the country's Top 50 riding instructors by ARIA (American Riding Instructor's Association). Lisa spends a great deal of her time training horses for use in the therapeutic riding industry and consulting with therapeutic riding centers regarding their horse herds.

As a speaker Lisa has motivated people from dozens of companies and associations. In the therapeutic riding field Lisa is a regular speaker at the NARHA national conference, and has spoken at many of the state and regional conferences. As a clinician she helps horses and humans connect in a meaningful way, assists people in reaching their goals with their horses, and helps people understand the “whys” behind equine behavior. She also tours with noted equine clinician Sam Powell and The Power of a Whisper Lecture Series where she and Sam compare and contrast two schools of thought in reaching the same goal: true horse/human partnership.

Learn more at www.LisaWysocky.com.