During a turning point in her successful medical and art career, Dr. Lissa Rankin founded Owning Pink in April 2009 as she began her journey as a published author to give voice to her journey to integrate all the disparate parts of herself. Since its launch, Owning Pink has grown under her nurturing guidance into a thriving community, web site and Center for integrative medicine, all of which provide a platform for her work and the work of others called to support "Pink" approaches to disciplines as diverse as health, business, self-discovery and socio-ecological action. Today, Lissa is the guiding force and voice of Owning Pink, the leading practitioner at the Owning Pink Center, and the author of What's Up Down There? Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Were Your Best Friend blog and book (St. Martin's Press, September 2010). She is also a nationally represented encaustic painter, author of the book Encaustic Art: The Complete Guide to Creating Fine Art With Wax (Random House, August 2010), and a practicing OB/GYN. Lissa lives in northern California with her husband and fellow artist, Matt Klein, their daughter Siena, and Grendel the Pink MojoPup.