AN AUDIENCE WITH AN ALLY offers an informal, interactive space for you to ask Lisa about her decades of activism against the pathologising of distress and her work in the peer support world.
Lisa Archibald (she/ her) is a proud Scot who moved back home to the Scottish Borders in 2020 after living and learning in New Zealand for nearly 7 years. Whilst there, Lisa supported the growth & development of their Intentional Peer Support hub and has since become one of the three IPS owners and Directors. After a rocky childhood and even rockier teen years, Lisa eventually found her tribe when she accessed peer support in the 1990’s. In 1999 she started to facilitate youth peer support groups in Scotland. Lisa went on to set up and deliver advocacy services, adult peer support groups and has been part of innovative projects in Scotland, Iceland, Norway, Ireland, Australia, USA and New Zealand. In 2021, Lisa clawed her way through the MSc in Mad Studies admitting defeat in 2023 with a PgCert and a resentment towards the constraints of academia. Lisa is a passionate activist for social change and loves to support and collaborate with communities who sit outside the dominant bio-medical system to grow and thrive. She is a solo parent of two teenagers and loves cats, Frida Kahlo and highland cows.
This event will be recorded for delegates who can’t make it live.
