by Laura Lynch, LCSW, Life Coach Well….trying to get back on track with writing. With an initial interruption of medical issues, then being mentally caught up in election turmoil (Are we in Kansas anymore and when did the tornado come and pick me up?) and now bookended by weeks of more medical issues (winter illness x […]
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Not Down For the Count: The Beauty of Holding Your Own Through Transformation
by Laura Lynch, LCSW and Life Coach The last few weeks have been marked by losses punctuated by my birthday. I have also been witness to how some people get through life crisis. The people I am thinking could not have been more different from each other, but they both embodied qualities that exemplify resilience. […]
Honestly Honest: Musings on the multiple meanings of honesty
by Laura Lynch, LCSW, Life Coach The public discourse has seen a lot of discussion about honesty. Before and since Plato the topic of honesty is always worth discussing. I know that lies, either as a liar or recipient of lies – not being who you are, the experience of betrayal, can take us down difficult […]
September Hello & Goodbye – and holding on to optimism in the face of defeatism.
by Laura Lynch LCSW, Life Coach Well originally I was going to write about how glad I was for September to come. Kind of the perfect month for me. The intense desert heat recedes, the only Holiday is Labor Day, Fall is coming (my favorite season) and for me it is the real beginning of […]
Starting to Lose Our Collective Minds, or Is Just Me?
by Laura Lynch, LCSW, Life Coach (Note, its been awhile since I had the energy to write, haven’t felt quite the same since my medical issues, and besides )– It has been a l o n g hot summer for me, and that’s not just because I live in the Mojave Southwest. I am starting […]
Recessus Scribo (or Vitae)
by Laura Lynch, LCSW, Life Coach I was feeling good about writing on a fairly regular basis, but you know life becomes “the interrupted life”. It was one of those one things leads to another, in this case, my health. Note to general readers not WordPress Readers: In acknowledgement of current tendency to take things […]
The Unbidden Memory
by Laura Lynch, LCSW, LIfe Coach Memory is a strange thing. It is both a gift and a curse. It is something we share with others, but also sometimes deeply personal. For example, with the death of Muhammad Ali, I noticed that while there was some diverse and interesting personal airings, there seemed to a […]
May is Mental Health Month Part II
by Laura Lynch, LCSW, Life Coach An Additional Burden: Stigma and Misconceptions When illness is mysterious or poorly understood, physical or mental, additional burdens are brought on to a person who is living with the illness, and often family or friends. It was not that long ago that people would not talk about having cancer. […]
May is Mental Health Month
by Laura Lynch, LCSW, LIfe Coach I would not be doing my job if I did write a little about May being Mental Health Month. This year Mental Health America is encouraging people who live with mental illness to share their stories and experiences. Mental Health America is like a very large support group with […]
Vulnerability
by Laura Lynch, LCSW, Life Coach First, I want to express my appreciation to be a part of this writing community. I love reading the thoughts of others. In fact, I love reading so much I sometimes find it hard to justify (excuse?) to write. I mean why write when I can enjoy the work […]
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