creative life collaborators who shine their light on me and the world:

A Writer’s Life at Litquake San Francisco Panel 2024. From left to right: Juli Laselle, Suma Nagaraj, Ellen Barry, Lisa Clapper, Andrea Canaan, Natalie Devora

  • Andrea Canaan, founder of A Writer’s Life, published author, and writing coach

  • Charlene Allen, author, activist, and writing buddy

  • Suma Nagaraj, writer, editor, website designer (she created thelisaclapper.com) and content consultant. She is also my social media therapist!

  • Nat Mike designed and illustrated my thelisaclapper.com refresh and the logo and illustrations for The Yay Road

  • Krista Bloome - embodied connector, integral coach, and forever friend.

  • Jessica Samples - another fabulous friend, who has taught me so much in women’s circles, where there’s always meditation and relational practices.

  • Jamie Cromer Grue - dear friend and wise woman who is all about integrating psychoanalysis with mindbody techniques for finding balance and purpose

  • More Collective peeps coming soon!

rad people, brands, companies, and organizations I’ve been honored to create strategies and stories with and for include:

  • The doers of good elevators of Bonterra. Check out the values we co-created with 18 internal culture ambassadors (with Great Mondays).

  • Drink in the fresh new story of DRNK wines, We are makers at heart, connecting the pleasures of wine to the treasures of time.

  • The human understanding creators of Myriad Women’s Health (with Blue Sky Effect and Shion Studio)

  • Are you curious about the Exploratorium? (one of my favorite clients while heading strategy at Mortar)

  • The whole-hearted goodness purveyors of Jersey Mike’s (with Rubber and Road) and New Leaf Community Market (back at Mortar)

  • The globally-inspired kids clothing company Tea Collection (I was head of brand marketing and the chief storyteller).