Owning Pink will help you get your mojo on and enjoy that great feeling of MOre JOy that makes it such an adventure to be alive. We're dedicated to helping people take the Pleap (the Pink Leap of Faith) to own all the parts of themselves and uncover their beautiful authentic self. Founded by Dr. Lissa Rankin in 2009, Owning Pink in 2010 will celebrate the opening of the Owning Pink Center of Integrative Medicine and the publication of Dr. Rankin's book, What's Up Down There? Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend.

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 About Owning Pink

Founded in 2009 by Lissa Rankin M.D.  to help redefine health from a "lack of illness" to vitality, wholeness and owning all the parts of your authentic self, Owning Pink began as an online web site and quickly grew into a thriving community and social media network. Offerings include blogs, workshops, tele-classes, coaching, and the Owning Pink Center, an integrative health practice in Mill Valley, CA. Both the site and the Center provide resources and services for those seeking integrated wholeness, mirroring Lissa’s example and based on her unique vision of truly holistic health. 

2010 marks the launch of a national tour of Lissa’s beautiful and moving fine art exhibit, The Woman Inside, which celebrates 20 women’s amazing stories, too-often hidden beneath their diagnoses of breast cancer. In addition, Lissa’s 20 city tour to celebrate the publication of her book, What's Up Down There? Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend (St. Martin's Press, Sept, 2010) will bring her message of living vitally and redefining health across the nation in the fall. Based in Mill Valley, California, Lissa lives with her husband and fellow artist, and their four year old daughter.

Mission/Vision:

Owning Pink’s mission is to hold sacred spaces for people to feel safe exploring their authentic selves and owning all the facets of what makes us whole human beings - our creativity, our spirituality, our health, our relationships, our sexuality, our work and ourselves.

Audience and focus:

Attracting primarily women, we support them in reclaiming the scintillating life-force (mojo) that is our birthright, by offering resources and support in the areas of creativity, spirituality, sexuality, relationships, success, and more.

History/background:

The term “Owning Pink” was born at Lissa’s 35^th birthday party. Her friend Carmen was seven months pregnant with a little girl at the time, and Carmen’s husband, Stephan, announced, “My girl is never going to wear pink. She’ll wear yellow, green, blue … she’s going to be a feminist. She could be president! But she’s never going to wear pink.”  There was Lissa, decked head-to-toe in her pink birthday outfit – pink sandals, pink dress, pink boa ... She couldn’t resist opening a big can of Pink whoop-ass and telling Stephan, “Honey, you tell her she just has to Own Pink.” 

The Owning Pink movement grew out of Lissa’s desire to combine the various aspects of her life – doctor, writer, artist, mother, etc. – into a powerful whole. It is in owning all the aspects of ourselves that are so often fragmented and compartmentalized - family, work, creativity, sexuality, etc. - we tap into our true power. It is only by Owning the various aspects of ourselves that we can we live authentically and be truly whole.

It is a recognition of the unique power of feminine creative energy that is in all of us – women AND men.

Lissa Rankin M.D.

Owning Pink’s founder Lissa Rankin, M.D. began garnering press long before OwningPink.com’s launch. With two books coming out in August and September of 2010, the media attention focused on Dr. Rankin has skyrocketed.  Her vision, mission, medical expertise, artistic inspiration, authentic voice, professionalism, and commitment to empowering others to live vital, rich, fulfilling lives spread like wildfire through the media community. This media buzz has resulted in numerous TV appearances, radio shows interviews, national magazine articles, spotlights on heavily trafficked websites, and public speaking engagements.

Her compelling personal journey and vast experience in many arenas, including medicine, art, writing, women’s empowerment, motherhood, sexuality, spirituality, and social media make her a unique target for media appearances on a wide variety of topics. Lissa is available for interviews on a wide variety of topics, including:

• All areas of women’s health & gynecology
• Tips for getting your mojo back
• Helpful hints for taking leaps of faith
• Owning all facets of what makes you whole (your creativity, spirituality, health, sexuality, relationships, career, etc)
• How to be a Mommy with mojo
• How to watch for signs from the Universe & follow a spiritual path
• Tips for living an authentic life
• How to find your creative outlet
• How social media helped Lissa get her mojo back (and how it can help you too!)
• How to own your voice & write from the heart

Biography

Lissa Rankin is an OB/GYN physician, an author, a nationally-represented professional artist, as well as the founder of Owning Pink, a website and series of workshops committed to building authentic community and empowering others to get their mojo back. She is currently redefining health at the Owning Pink Center, her practice in Mill Valley, California. Her nationally-recognized abstract encaustic paintings and sculptures are represented by galleries in Santa Fe, Boston, Atlanta, Laguna Beach, Galveston, and Bethesda.  She is the author of the forthcoming What's Up Down There: Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend (St. Martin's Press, October 2010) and Encaustic: A Guide to Creating Fine Art With Wax (Random House, August 2010). She currently lives in Northern California with her husband and fellow artist, Matt Klein, and their daughter, Siena. Learn more about Lissa and download a copy of Dr. Rankin's Biography (.pdf).  

Photo: Lissa surrounded by Fans at the taping of View From the Bay (San Francisco ABC affiliate, April, 2010)

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