Lisa LaPerle
Coach, Speaker, Yoga Teacher, Attorney, Founder of Me Here Now, Awakened Executive Contributor
Lisa LaPerle served for 20 years as a Judge Advocate, navigating some of the most complex and demanding roles in military service. The weight of that chapter shaped her, without breaking her. It woke her up.
In the hardest seasons, she turned inward. Each morning during a sacred coffee ritual, she read philosophy, studied the mind and self-mastery, and practiced yoga and meditation without fail. She didn’t have a guide, but she knew it was time to walk a new path. So she lit the way forward — with presence, discipline, and a deep desire to live awake.
Lisa made a quiet promise to herself during that time: to help others awaken, harness suffering into growth, and rise with intention.
She went on to found Me Here Now, a movement that supports high-achieving professionals in reclaiming presence, purpose, and power — not by escaping ambition, but by aligning with it. Her work draws from Stoic philosophy (Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius), Eastern wisdom (Thích Nhất Hạnh), quantum physics (Einstein: “Everything is energy”), and the sacred art of self-inquiry (Socrates: “Know thyself”).
Through coaching, teaching, and embodied presence, Lisa helps others awaken from autopilot, confront hard emotions with honesty, and create meaningful change through intentional living. She calls this path Freedom Within — a quiet revolution of self-mastery, awareness, and energetic alignment.
She is a yoga teacher, meditation guide, professional speaker, coach, attorney, and veteran.
But above all, she is a woman who woke up — and remains committed to rising, no matter the obstacle, and taking others with her along the path. Connect with Lisa at www.journeytomeherenow.com.
Recent Articles
Awakening to a Higher Calling After 20 Years as a Military Attorney – An Interview with Lisa LaPerle
For Lisa LaPerle, twenty years of high-stakes leadership, legal strategy, and relentless discipline culminated in a quiet but profound awakening: true fulfillment doesn’t come from accolades—it comes from alignment.
Guided by ancient philosophy, the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, and her own hard-earned life experience, Lisa founded Me Here Now—a wellness practice devoted to helping high achievers, veterans, and professionals reconnect with meaning, self-compassion, and what she calls the “freedom within.”
Freedom Within: A Quiet Revolution
“Peace and freedom live within—not without. That is the path home.” — Lisa LaPerle
We live in a world that tells us to escape in order to feel better. To fix the outside. To run away. To search far and wide for peace.
But what if everything we seek — clarity, calm, meaning — already lives within us?
Across centuries, across geography, across vastly different cultures, ancient wisdom traditions arrived at the same realization: peace and freedom are not found “out there.” They are remembered within.