Financial Freedom and Achievement - Final Project Friday with Lisa Wozniak

Hi CAPPsters, I’m excited to announce that Lisa Wozniak is coming to Final Project Friday! For her project she created a workshop series on achievement for women aspiring to achieve financial freedom. And who doesn’t need more of that?:) Join us to welcome Lisa and celebrate her work and journey!

About Lisa (CAPP.106)

Super Power

• My two super powers come from my top VIA character strengths: gratitude and hope.

The PP researcher I’d love have coffee with is

• If Dr. Shane Lopez were still with us, I’d love to discuss hope theory and how we can best foster hope in girls and young women.

In 5 years, my positive psychology journey looks like

• In 5 years, my positive psychology business is flourishing. As a 5i Inventor, I help people to show up in the world thee way they want to through experiential learning opportunities. I share positive psychology principles and tools tailored to target audiences in my community through courses and workbooks. In addition to my Achievement Course, I offer a course tailored to early retirees on PERMA-V with a strong focus on Engagement, Relationships, and Meaning (crafting purpose). I’m part of a supportive positive psychology community where I continue to learn, grow, and thrive.

What inspired my final project

•  My CAPP final project is a 6-part series on achievement tailored for women aspiring to achieve financial freedom. The project originated when I was invited by a group coaching program leader to deliver a series of webinars to her clients on positive psychology. Inspired by my own journey, I focused each webinar on a key concept that has helped me work toward my goal of developing a flourishing business sharing positive psychology with others. It’s my hope that these concepts will be as helpful to others as they have been to me.

Bio

Lisa is an auntie, sister, partner, and daughter. She is also a medical anthropologist specializing in health services research and evaluation. As a research associate in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta, Lisa manages multiple qualitative and mixed-method studies as well as health program evaluations. She has expertise in grounded theory, ethnography, qualitative description, interpretive description, and phenomenology with experience working across academic, community, and clinical settings. In addition, she mentors students and academics in qualitative research and evaluation methods. Lisa is passionate about well-being. In 2024, she received her Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP) through The Flourishing Center. In addition, Lisa successfully completed the graduate-level course, The Science and Application of Positive Psychology, through Harvard’s Extension School in 2018.