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She Wasn’t Invited — So She Created Her Own Revolution
Lisa Jimenez and the Global Rise of SheIsMe: A Movement Born from Silence, Built for Legacy for every women who’s felt overlooked, dismissed, or underestimated — this says you don’t need a seat at their table. Build your own damn palace.
Interviewer: Lisa, let’s start where the silence began. Who were you before the world knew your name?
Lisa: I was a quiet girl in a loud, violent house. Half-Mexican, deeply tied to my father’s culture, surrounded by tradition and unspoken pain. I learned early that if I stayed small, I’d be safe. I mastered the art of shrinking. I read the room before I could read a book. That silence became my armor — and my prison.
Interviewer: And you carried that into adulthood?
Lisa: Absolutely. I believed if I became successful enough, no one could hurt me. So I chased achievement. I spent over 40 years in Silicon Valley as an engineer and consultant. On the outside? Accomplished. On the inside? Managing chaos. Survival mode disguised as a high-performer.
Interviewer: What was happening behind closed doors?
Lisa: I married someone who mirrored the trauma I knew. Seventeen years of addiction, coercive control, and emotional and physical violence. I was always walking on eggshells — protecting my kids, holding it all together. Women like me don’t collapse. We carry everything and make it look effortless.
Interviewer: But it broke you.
Lisa: In 2008, I tried to leave. That’s when he tried to murder me. Most people don’t realize — leaving is the most dangerous moment for a woman. The system didn’t protect me. He wasn’t punished. So once again, I picked up the pieces. Sold the house. Switched careers. Kept showing up. But trauma doesn’t vanish just because you hustle harder.
Interviewer: And eventually, the trauma caught up to you?
Lisa: My body started speaking what my mouth never could. I developed Epstein-Barr, Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis. Chronic, debilitating pain. I saw every specialist. No one could help. There were days I couldn’t walk up the stairs. But I kept surviving. Because that’s what I knew how to do.
Interviewer: What shifted your trajectory?
Lisa: Two years ago, I met a doctor who practiced root cause medicine. She didn’t dismiss me — she saw me. For the first time in decades, I felt hope. That healing inspired us to co-found SheIsMe Health. Because women deserve real answers, not bandaids. We deserve to feel whole: emotionally, physically, spiritually.
Interviewer: Is that when SheIsMe was born?
Lisa: Not quite. The health platform came after. First came the reckoning. In 2020, I realized I needed to tell my story — not for attention, but for liberation. I started speaking in Al-Anon rooms and shelters. I saw how many women carried the same silence. And I thought: why not create the safe space I never had? That’s when SheIsMe Conference was born.
Interviewer: How did you go from one event to a global movement?
Lisa: I had decades of experience producing events. Leading teams in Fortune 100 companies. I just never used it for myself. So I built it. One event became hundreds. Today, SheIsMe has hosted over 500 speakers from 55 countries, with over 1,000 applicants this year alone. We are also teaching women to be independent and create secure lives for themselves — not dependent on two incomes. It’s not just a conference anymore — it’s a revolution. A sacred container for women to speak, rise, and lead.
Interviewer: What does SheIsMe mean to you now?
Lisa: It’s the thing I needed most — and never had. SheIsMe Global is a movement, a space where women are seen, heard, and believed. We’re not leading with perfection anymore. We’re leading with purpose. We train facilitators, create financial independence, host retreats, and most importantly — we build community. SheIsMe belongs to every woman who has ever been silenced, underestimated, or burned out trying to do it all alone.
Interviewer: What’s next?
Lisa: This October, we’re launching two global events:
- SheIsMe at Sea — a transformational leadership retreat on the ocean for women who are ready to rise and lead on their own terms.
- SheIsMe Virtual Conference — totally free, global, and open to every woman.
We also offer private workshops and intimate mentorship for those ready to go deeper.
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Interviewer: How has midlife shaped your leadership?
Lisa: Midlife stripped away everything false. I don’t hustle for validation anymore. I don’t chase titles. I don’t perform. I rest. I lead from lived experience now — not from a pedestal, but from the fire. I walk with women, not in front of them. And I teach power — the kind you earn after rebuilding yourself from ashes.
Interviewer: Final words for the woman reading this, feeling invisible, exhausted, or broken?
Lisa: You’re not too much. You’re not too late. You are not broken — you are breaking through.
You don’t have to do it their way. You don’t have to carry it all.
Your story is sacred. Your voice matters.
And your time?
It’s not coming.
It’s now.
