The Lisa Wexler Show

Mary Dobson, founder of LiftWell Health, Licensed Psychotherapist, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, and Certified Trauma Specialist joins Lisa Wexler to discuss LiftWell’s personalized, client-centered approach to mental health care. The conversation explores how tailored treatment can support lasting transformation in emotional well-being, physical health, and personal relationships.

Lisa Wexler is joined by Meredith Walker, author and co-founder of Amy Poehler's Smart Girls, to discuss her new book, Be Yourself and Other Bad Advice: A Teen Girl’s Guide to Unlearning the Rules. The conversation explores the pressures facing teen girls today, the harmful expectations they’re taught to follow, and how young people can build confidence by embracing authenticity.Also joining the discussion is Mary Dobson, a psychotherapist, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, and Certified School-Based Therapist, who offers additional insight into adolescent mental health, self-image, and emotional resilience.

Renowned national education leader Dr. Tabia Lee joins Lisa Wexler to discuss her feature in Speechless, the CBC/BBC documentary. She also shares her perspective on critical intersectional social justice and how its spread across higher education has impacted the principle of equal opportunity.

Matt Mandell, Executive Director and President of the Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce, joins Lisa Wexler to preview the 2026 Westport Dog Fest, sharing what’s new this year and the fan-favorite events returning. Details: May 17, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Winslow Park

Lisa Wexler explains what a prenuptial agreement is and what basic conditions they must meet to be enforceable in CT, and answers questions about how to get personal property back from a deceased cousin with mental impairments who didn't have any other family.

Dr. Laurent Simons joins Lisa Wexler to talk about earning his physics doctorate at 15, and his next focus on medical AI to advance science towards human immortality. (PHOTO CREDIT: Fred Debrock)

State Representative Jennifer Leeper joins Lisa Wexler to talk about why the school cellphone ban failed in the short session, and why a change away from technology is important in school.

Author of the global hit Divergent series, also a major motion picture film franchise, Veronica Roth joins Lisa Wexler to talk about her latest novel, SEEK THE TRAITORS SON - an epic, adult romantic dystopian fantasy.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Keala Kendall joins Lisa Wexler to discuss her chilling new supernatural horror novel, That Which Feeds Us. The book explores the unsettling reality behind paradise and luxury, inviting readers to reconsider the true human cost hidden beneath the surface of seemingly perfect worlds.