Passionate Levinite Lisa O’Neill, who freely admits she is obsessed with people, is like a rainbow whirlwind blowing around the room. As an extrovert she is bubbly to the core and her passion for energy only makes this more poignant. She is brimming with ideas, tips and information to try and help anyone who wonders wherever their energy could have gone.
On the back of her latest (her seventh) book: Energy, get it, guard it, give it , she writes: “You were looking around for something to improve your life and BOOM, I show up!” She is a well-travelled motivational speaker, who is in great demand - she is fully booked until at least the end of the year. And the bigger the audience the better - “5000 people, no problem,” she told the Horowhenua Chronicle . This is who she is and that action-packed lifestyle can lead to issues, she discovered years ago.
As an energetic 26-year-old, that lifestyle almost destroyed her, bringing her down to earth with an adrenal collapse. “I basically fried myself. I lost all my energy.
” That set her on a path of discovery to find out what had happened and how she could fix it. “You need to take responsibility for your own energy and many people pay little or no attention to emotional and mental energy. In theory we all know we need more sleep, and we need to eat our veges, but emotional and mental issues are on the backburner for most people.
” Born in Palmerston North, Lisa has lived in Levin since she was 2, and raised a family .
