Lisa Rowe

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Lisa Rowe I’m Lisa, LCSW, CPLC, RYT 200-therapist, founder and clinical director of Rooted Therapies, and host of the Rooted & Restored podcast.

I help high-performing adults and couples navigate betrayal, relationship distress, trauma, and major life transitions.

10/16/2026

Are you bending or abandoning yourself?

Loyalty, flexibility, and adaptability are beautiful strengths. But when they consistently come at the expense of your own needs, values, and peace, it’s worth getting curious.

Are you bending because you genuinely want to, or because you’re afraid of what happens if you don’t?

Healthy relationships allow room for compromise without requiring you to continually reshape yourself.

You can love deeply, remain loyal, and still stand firmly in who you are.

You don’t have to stop being flexible. You have to remember where you’re rooted.

10/12/2026

Maybe the quiet isn’t something we need to fill.

It’s 6 p.m. on a holiday, I’m sitting at home with Rowdy on my lap, and I’m noticing something about myself.

Even in the stillness, there’s this desire to do something, plan something, fill the space with something.

And I’m realizing how uncomfortable it can be to simply be.

Nothing is wrong. Nothing needs fixing. Yet there’s still this pull toward more.

Sometimes personal growth isn’t about adding something to our lives. It’s about learning to sit with what’s already there.

Maybe peace isn’t found in filling every moment, but in becoming comfortable with the moments we don’t.

How comfortable are you with the quiet?

10/09/2026

Atmosphere elevates. The spaces we enter and the people we surround ourselves with can open us to new possibilities.

While working in a safe house for women escaping s*x trafficking, I met a woman who couldn’t sleep in the comfortable bed we provided. It reminded me how powerful familiarity can be…even when a new environment offers comfort and care.

A healthier atmosphere may take time to feel comfortable.

This weekend, try a new gathering, connect with a supportive friend, or reach out to a mentor.

Who or what helps you grow?

🌿 I’m Lisa Rowe, LCSW, founder of Rooted Therapies in North Port, Florida. I help people navigate trauma, boundaries, and relationship struggles.

10/07/2026

Contempt in relationships: what happens when “I’m better than you” becomes how we see someone?

My Gottman training has me thinking more deeply about this. The Gottman Institute identifies contempt, one of the Four Horsemen, as the number one predictor of divorce.

But this deserves attention beyond marriage, too. Think about our relationships with children, family, friends, and coworkers.

When we look down on someone, we can lose sight of their goodness. Their perspective stops mattering. Eye rolls, ridicule, and belittling can become how we communicate.

What if we’re honest enough to acknowledge that belief, then curious enough to explore it?

Could contempt be serving as a defense or survival tactic? What might feeling superior protect us from feeling or facing?

Understanding the pattern doesn’t excuse its impact. It creates a starting point for accountability and change. 🌱

I’m Lisa Rowe, LCSW, founder of Rooted Therapies in North Port, Florida. In my office, I provide individual, couples, and family therapy to help clients explore relationship patterns and build healthier connections.

Save this for a moment when you’re ready to reflect on what you bring into your relationships.

09/28/2026

She could climb all the way to the top without fear.

But when it was time to let go and trust the system to catch her?

She climbed all the way back down.

A client shared this experience with me recently, and it struck me how often our bodies reveal patterns before we consciously recognize them.

Sometimes we are incredibly capable of doing the hard thing as long as we are the one doing it.

We can work harder.
Carry more.
Figure it out.
Stay in control.

But letting go? Receiving help? Trusting someone enough to hold us?

That can feel far more vulnerable than the climb itself.

For people struggling with low self-esteem, codependency, people-pleasing, or the need to stay in control, this pattern can show up everywhere. You become so used to being the capable one that trusting support can feel unsafe.

Healing is not always about becoming more capable.

Sometimes it is learning that you do not have to grip every single rock to make it safely back down.

At Rooted Therapies in North Port, Florida, I help clients work through codependency, low self-esteem, relationship patterns, trauma, boundaries, and the deeper reasons control can feel safer than trust.

Where in your life are you still climbing down because letting go feels harder than doing it yourself?

Five weeks ago, I stood inside All Children’s Hospital wondering how much one moment was going to change our lives.My 16...
09/12/2026

Five weeks ago, I stood inside All Children’s Hospital wondering how much one moment was going to change our lives.

My 16-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son had just been in a serious car accident. Both were rushed to the hospital, and we had no idea what recovery would look like or how different life might be on the other side.

Today, they are walking.

Healing.

Laughing.

Living.

I still keep the hospital band from our 24-hour hospital stay in my car. The people who cared for us there were nothing short of angels.

I don’t keep it there to stay connected to the fear of that day. I keep it as a quiet reminder of how quickly life can shift, how precious the ordinary really is, and how much can change in a single moment.

Last night at Her Night at CoastLife Church , I was reminded of the image of a tapestry, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it.

Grateful for Tracy Keene and Heidi Hildreth Warman for creating such a meaningful space. And the energy from Laydi Ritchie was undeniable. Some people carry something that lingers long after the room clears.

When you’re underneath a tapestry, all you see are loose threads, knots, and pieces that don’t seem to make sense.

But from another perspective, something is being formed.

That feels a lot like healing.

There are experiences that divide life into before and after. Healing is not always about getting back to who we were. Sometimes it is learning how to live inside a story we never expected.

Allowing grief and gratitude to exist together.

Allowing our understanding to widen.

Allowing ourselves to believe that something meaningful can still be formed from what once felt impossible.

For me, faith is part of that meaning-making. It reminds me that God can meet us in the places we never would have chosen, and that purpose, beauty, and redemption can still exist even when the full picture is hidden.

Five weeks ago, I could only see the threads.

Today, I’m beginning to see that something is being woven. 🤍

09/10/2026

Many people believe arguing is the biggest threat to a relationship.

Working with couples, however, that's not usually the main concern.

The concern is when one or both partners stop caring.

When there's no effort.

No engagement.
No desire to understand.
No fight left for the relationship.

Conflict isn't always a sign that a relationship is ending.

Sometimes it's evidence that two people still care enough to keep showing up.

The goal isn't to stop disagreeing.
The goal is to learn how to disagree in ways that create understanding instead of distance.

🎙️ Listen to the conversation with and .betweensessions by clicking the link in the bio.

09/10/2026

One of the greatest threats to any relationship isn't conflict.

It's reaching a place where you can no longer see the humanity in the other person.

When every interaction is filtered through resentment, bitterness, or hurt, it becomes increasingly difficult to build trust, extend empathy, or create repair.

Healing doesn't begin by pretending the pain never happened.

It begins by asking whether there is still enough openness to see each other as human again.

That question often changes everything.

🎙️ Listen to the conversation with and .betweensessions by clicking the link in the bio.

09/10/2026

Missing someone is not the same thing as evidence that the relationship has changed.

When emotions are high, it is easy to confuse longing, nostalgia, or fear of loss with growth.

That is why behavior matters.
Real change is not a promise.
It is not a text message.

It is not a temporary burst of effort.

It is consistency over time.
When you are deciding whether to reenter a relationship, ask yourself:
What has actually changed?
Not what was said.
Not what was promised.
What is different in the behavior?

🎙️ Listen to the full conversation with and .betweensessions.

Same age. Same husband. Different decade. 😂The 80s trend had me wondering what we would have looked like back then. Appa...
09/09/2026

Same age. Same husband. Different decade. 😂

The 80s trend had me wondering what we would have looked like back then. Apparently, I would have had incredible hair, and Rob would have fully committed to the mullet!

It’s fun to imagine another time as simpler or better. But nostalgia often gives us the highlight reel, not the whole story.

We remember the laughter and forget the loneliness. We remember what felt good and soften what was painful.

Maybe we don’t really want to go back. Maybe we miss who we were, what we hoped for, or how that season made us feel.

Healing lets us honor the past without romanticizing it and stay rooted in the life we are living now.

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