“Go back to your books, to your armchair. Plant your trees, watch them grow. If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.”

— Thorin Oakenshield

@ourtinycottage

Latest Posts

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • Boiling It Down: The Struggle for Well Being

        by Laura Lynch, Life Coach, LCSW In my practice, and life experience I observe that while theories of psychology and brain science may reveal how complex people are, as a sum of their genes, temperament, life experience (including… Continue reading

  • 10 Signs You (I) (We) Need a Vacation

    by Laura Lynch, Life Coach, LCSW    Going through the motions at work. (i.e. staying quiet during meetings because if you say something the meeting will last longer and you want to retreat to your work area).   2. Feeling… Continue reading

  • The Ages of Dogs

    by Laura Lynch, Life Coach, LCSW Recently, I admit, after a particularly bad week I told a colleague, “I am starting to like dogs more than people”. (Of course I like people, but sometimes….) Well I certainly love my dogs.… Continue reading

  • Mindfulness Mindfulness Mindfulness

    by Laura Lynch,  Life Coach, LCSW http://www.Lynchcoaching.com A few words about mindfulness. I certainly employ it in my therapy work.  As you can image,  breathing, focusing, mantras and imagery is useful in my practice with people enduring serious mental illness.… Continue reading

  • A Sense of Unease

      by Laura Lynch, LCSW, Life Coach Change is in the wind.  I tend to be a optimistic type by temperament, but the uncertainty feels stronger in my personal life, and permeates the news.  For many of us, the recession… Continue reading

🍄

JOIN 2000+ FELLOW Cottagecore LOVERS

Get the newsletter, resources, & cottagecore tips in your inbox every week.

Subscribe