Believe in Yourself with Lisa Sellman

Listen to an Interview and Learn a Little About Lisa Sellman

 

1. Lisa entered & won her first beauty contest at 9 months. She never competed again which means she has won every beauty contest she has ever entered.
2. Lisa is 100% Danish and a first generation American.
3. Lisa got married on her 23rd Birthday.
4. Lisa learned how to hammer from Jimmy Carter on a Habitat for Humanity home site in Waco, TX in 1991.
5. Lisa became a political activist in 1988 when she campaigned for Michael Dukakis. She has since campaigned for Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and locally for Governor Mark Dayton, Paul Wellstone, Keith Ellison, Amy Klobuchar & Al Franken.
6. In 2011, Lisa met Louise Hay, Cheryl Richardson, Dr. Brian Weiss, Doreen Virtue, Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson and Mike Dooley. She met Dr. Wayne Dyer twice and the Dalai Lama at the U of M in May.
7. Lisa started training dogs at 8 years old when she competed in 4-H with her bassett hound, Tippy. She has always trained using only positive techniques.
8. Lisa's first book was published in June, 2011. It was written as a gift. Her book is called, "The Legend of the Wolves of Gunflint Lake" and encourages children to discover their unique gifts for the world.
9. There are very few things that Lisa does not like but negative people and people who talk constantly about how difficult their life is are at the top of the list. "We all write our own screenplay - you can be a hero or a victim - you decide." ~ Lisa Sellman
10. Lisa is an avid traveller that typically combines her love of volunteerism with travel. In 2011, she spent 10 days in Hawaii assisting Linda Tellington-Jones with a TTouch dog training class. She and her husband, Rick, assisted on a Missourri Canoe trip with 15 people in June with Wilderness Inquiry. Five of the canoeists had Traumatic Brain Injuries. She also spent two weeks at Far Horizons Theosophical Camp in Sequoia National Park as a volunteer. In November, she travelled to Atlanta to meet Victoria Stilwell of Animal Planet's "It's Me or the Dog" and assisted in training dogs at a local rescue in Atlanta.