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Travel the World. Come Home Changed.

If you’ve ever dreamed of traveling the world, all you need is the courage to take the first step. Coming Home Changed shares the stories, lessons, and unexpected moments that prove the greatest journey isn’t just about where you go—it’s about who you become along the way.

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Meet Lisa Stone

Travel isn’t just about seeing the world. It’s about seeing yourself through it.
Lisa Stone is a global traveler and storyteller who has explored more than one hundred countries across six continents, collecting extraordinary experiences and lessons along the way.
Before becoming an author, Lisa spent more than two decades in senior human resources and organizational leadership roles, building a career centered on people, places, and purpose.
Through Coming Home Changed, Lisa shares stories that celebrate courage, curiosity, and connection—and remind readers that the greatest journeys begin when we’re willing to take the first step.

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Coming Home Changed

A Solo Traveler’s Stories of Courage and Lessons from Around the World

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Meet Lucy Love

Lucy Love is Lisa’s four-legged road dog, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with a spirit for adventure all her own.

Whether she’s along for the ride or simply waiting to welcome Lisa home, Lucy Love brings plenty of personality to every journey. And while Coming Home Changed tells Lisa’s story, Lucy Love may just have a few adventures of her own to share next.

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Have a question, a story, or an adventure in mind? Let’s connect.

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Have a question, a story, or an adventure in mind? Let’s connect.

Lisa’s Story

Some journeys begin with a destination. Others begin with a decision.

For Lisa Stone, it began in her twenties when she took a chance and booked her first solo vacation to Hawaii. What started as one trip became a lifelong curiosity about the world—and eventually took her to more than one hundred countries across six continents.

Along the way, Lisa built a successful career in human resources and organizational strategy, serving in senior leadership roles with organizations including Arcadis, DC Water, Freddie Mac, AOL Time Warner, and HSBC. Her professional life gave her a front-row seat to something her travels continued to reinforce: wherever we go, people and the connections we make matter.

Travel has taken Lisa from learning to cook in Sri Lanka and drinking horse’s milk in Kazakhstan to scuba diving in the Red Sea. There have been unexpected friendships, cultural surprises, plenty of humor, and more than a few moments that required her to find courage she didn’t know she had.
Those experiences ultimately became Coming Home Changed—part travel memoir, part practical guide, and an invitation to travel smarter, safer, and with greater confidence. At its heart is something Lisa has come to believe deeply: travel isn’t just about seeing the world. It’s about seeing yourself through it.

Today, Lisa is the founder of Stone Collective, LLC, where the threads of her life and work come together through people, places, and purpose.

And then there’s Lucy Love—Lisa’s four-legged road dog, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with a spirit for adventure all her own. Whether she’s along for the ride or waiting to welcome Lisa home, Lucy Love brings plenty of joy and personality to the journey.