Blog Articles - Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle

Racism and Those Three Fatal Words

by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Feb 11, 2016

“I’m going to speak my mind. If they have the right to tell me all the things I’m doing wrong then I have the right to do the same to them!” Long pause from me. Certainly, any of us who are raising and/or regularly interacting with teenagers have heard...

I’m Friends With Donald Trump… Sort of

by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jan 27, 2016

Yes, Donald Trump. That’s not a typo or an attention-grabbing title. I guess it is attention-grabbing, but it is also true. I discovered it a couple of months ago, not through ancestry.com or some secret letter hidden away in my parent’s belongings or through some...

4 Resolutions for 2016 from a Conflict Resolution Strategist

by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jan 21, 2016

I no longer make resolutions. I help other people with their Conflict Resolutions. As a woman who has spent the predominance of her life caught up in the endless cycle of dieting and body shaming, I spent way too many new years making resolutions and then breaking...

3 Tips For Relieving Stress on Thanksgiving

by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Nov 23, 2015

The country is in a total state of conflict these days. Student uprisings, governors voting to ban the arrival of Syrian and Iraqi refugees in their states, Missouri and Minneapolis rising up and so much more. Well, at least the Kardashians got knocked off the front...

Communication – A Lost Art?

by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Oct 19, 2015

In this last week, I have had three separate experiences regarding the art of communication. The first was a parent meeting at my youngest son’s school. A spirited discussion on the problems and opportunities technology presents for our children in the realm of...