The Communication Architect

The Communication Architect

Dr. Lisa Dunne is an author, speaker, educator, lifelong homeschooler, and president of Chula Vista Christian University. Her podcast, The Communication Architect, builds emotional health and relational resilience through the development of strategic communication competencies that increase personal leadership capacities. Drawing from both theoretical and practical examples, the podcast offers training in interpersonal, intrapersonal, organizational, and familial communication--all in a friendly, upbeat, and personal style. Dr. Lisa has written several books on organizational and interpersonal communication, and she has been recognized by the City of San Francisco and the State of California for her work as an educator. She holds a Master's degree in Communication, a Master's degree in Organizational Systems, and a Ph.D. in Human Development. She is wife to her British husband Adrian and mom to their beloved GenZ kids, Ethan and Cymone. Dr. Lisa is passionate about helping people of all generations find purpose and passion in life.

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July 1, 2025 23 mins

If you've ever hiked the beautiful trails of Eastlake, California, you are likely to have come across a smiling workout warrior shouting "I have to run" or "Get paid!" as you jog by and instinctively pick up your own pace. On today's show, Army veteran, fitness coach and local celebrity Darryll Coleman shares his secrets of success for a happy, healthy lifestyle. Hint: You don't need a gym members...

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Fear. Depression. Anxiety. Suicide ideation. How do we respond to the needs of what is now being called "the anxious generation"? According to the Center for Disease Control, over 1.5 million kids under the age of 17 take anti-anxiety medication, and 61% of college students are struggling with anxiety, according to the American Psychological Association. What are the physiological, psychological, social, and spiritual roo...

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Join Dr. Lisa for part one of this three-part series on addressing emotion regulation in the youngest generations. In part one, she shares her own testimony with anxiety and overviews some of the psychosocial crises that are emerging in today's students. In part two of this series, she explains the power of inquiry-based learning, questions, and curiosity. As part of the analysis of human behavioral patterns, she assesses the ...

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The average 4 year-old-child asks 437 questions a day. Their developmental stage of epistemic curiosity leads them to think, to wonder, to imagine, to search for the why. By the time these same children reach the teen years, they have often lost their wonder, their curiosity, their sense of awe. Their questions turn inward. Their thoughts become anxious. Join Dr. Lisa for part one today's show, High Anxiety, and learn how your...

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A mindset is a cognitive bias, a systematic manner of thinking that influences our decisions, our actions. Understanding the foundations of our mindset can help us move beyond the limitations of some of our belief-to-behavior patterns. How about you? Is your mindset oriented toward growth, or do you tend to get stuck in a fixed, limiting mindset that holds you back? Join Dr. Lisa on today's show to learn how to develop a famil...

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How can you create lasting change in your heart and in your home? Don't miss this interview with pastor, evangelist, and intercessory prayer warrior Francis Anfuso as he shares findings from his new book, Prayers for Every Day Battles and Generational Breakthrough. You can be a legacy maker and a curse breaker! Discover new tools to help you stand in the gap for your family across generations. Learn more at FrancisAnfuso.com. 

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I'm all about breaking free from broken systems, so when our family heard about CHM twelve years ago, we jumped on board and never looked back. Americans are the sickest country in the developed world--and the vast majority of that diagnosis is what is called "preventable" disease. Preventable means you can prevent it! You have the ability, the agency, to live a healthier life. Why not partner with a faith-based grou...

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Charters. Education Savings Accounts. School Vouchers. If you've been wondering how government-funded education programs impact faith, family, and freedom, don't miss this interview with Israel Wayne. Israel is an author, a popular conference speaker, and the founder of ChristianWorldview.net. He and his family have been featured in Time Magazine, World Magazine, The New American, Court Report, and the Wall Street Journal...

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Don't miss today's show, as Dr. Lisa unveils a new program coming this fall to our homeschool academy campuses, Veritas Christian Community College. For only $200 a month, your 8th to 12th grade homeschooler can take dual-enrollment college classes while attending high school, graduate high school with an AA, and then transfer that credit into an accredited Christian university. Fall location rollouts include El Cajon, Ca...

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Teens suspended for wearing a "two genders" t-shirt? Anti-faith curricula planted in the seemingly benign National Day of Reading rollout? What's really happening in America's public schools? Join me as I interview Michael King, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, a powerhouse agency that is taking back education in their state. Discover what's really happening behind the closed doors of the pu...

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If you've been feeling the pull to homeschooling and don't know where to start, or if you're surrounded by charter school pressures and feel like you've lost your academic (and moral) freedoms, don't miss this interview! In every state across America, parents have the freedom to educate your children independently--without a yoke to a woke government agenda. 

Angela Lasch is the director of CHEA, Christian H...

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January 26, 2025 23 mins

Part 2: Every movement has a history, a moment in time where visionaries and pioneers stepped out and refused to part of the status quo. Before the Industrial Era, homeschooling was the common modality of the masses. But for over 150 years, children were pulled from the home, educated en masse, and treated as cogs in a machine. That was, until 1978, when across the US, pockets of "family schools" suddenly began popping up...

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Every movement has a history, a moment in time where visionaries and pioneers stepped out and refused to part of the status quo. Before the Industrial Era, homeschooling was the common modality of the masses. But for over 150 years, children were pulled from the home, educated en masse, and treated as cogs in a machine. That was, until 1978, when across the US, pockets of "family schools" suddenly began popping up, unbekn...

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Pastors, take note! This is yet another tremendous resource to help rescue your congregation from pagan indoctrination! Join Dr. Lisa on today's show as she interviews Leigh Bortins, the founder and CEO of Classical Conversations. Leigh started her visionary program in 1997 with 11 students. Today, CC serves over 45,000 families around the globe. Known for its rigorous academia and dialogue-based high school classes, CC gives ...

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"Children enter school as questions marks," Neil Postman chastised, "and they leave school as periods." What is happening in the scholastic environment to crush intrigue? Developmentalists have shown that children have what is known as epistemic curiosity, a need for understanding. But when they enter a traditional school environment, their question rate drops from one every two minutes to less than one every tw...

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Have you ever wondered about the power of words? Not just the words we speak over ourselves and our circumstances, but about the collective power of words as a culture-shaping entity? What if words were being used all around us right now to shift ideas, to create division, to engineer a future for our nation? Join Dr. Lisa Dunne for an interview with John Brown graduate Dr. Marlene McMillan, author of Mountains of Deceit: How the D...

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Join Dr. Lisa Dunne on today's show as she is interviewed by world changer Dr. Jim Garlow, founder of Well Versed World. You can be a difference-maker in your church, your city, your community! Let's work together to shift the culture of education for the next generation. 

Join us on the Academic Rescue Mission by opening up your church building during the week and training parents to disciple their children. Tha...

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How does the "circles not rows" methodology affect relational healing? Join us for an interview with trauma therapist Amber Alcoser to learn how you can use CVCU's relational format of circles in your homeschool environment, your family, your co-op, your church community and more! Amber is especially passionate about helping pastors make sense of trauma before launching their church plants. In a generation plagued wi...

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Is your ministry protected? In an era where faith, family, and freedom are all under fire, it's vital that believers take a proactive stance in protecting their vision. Join Dr. Dunne in this interview with homeschooling dad of six and founder of The 508 Company Corey Scott, and discover how shifting from a 501 to a 508 might provide the protection you need to help your nonprofit thrive. Learn more about The 508 Company at www...

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In the 20 years since Dr. Dunne has been a homeschooling parent, she has seen more and more evidence of the fallout from traditional education. All around us, in our communities and our churches, we see the tragic fruit of a sterile, soulless process of educational methodologies that literally suck the joy out of learning. Whether you are considering home education or have been a homeschooler for many years, discover some relatable...

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