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. […]
Tag: Mental Health
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 socioeconomic factors) a few things seem to commonly plague people suffering from mental illness or […]