by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jul 1, 2020 | Communication, Parenting, Race Relations
So Many Difficult Conversations To Be Had Are You Doing It Right? Are You Doing It At All? If you are anything like me you have spent far more time than you have imagined answering the questions of children, tweens, teens and young adults during the pandemics of...
by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jun 25, 2020 | Communication, Parenting, Race Relations
Last week’s blog ended with telling you to listen when POC choose to engage in conversation about what is true for their lives. Listening is the new black ya’ll, it goes with everything. We all need to listen so much more. Anyone who has worked with me or caught me on...
by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | May 27, 2020 | Communication, Conflict Coaching, Inner Conflicts, Parenting, Self Care
Mental health awareness is more than a week. My teenage son woke up a few weeks ago and said “You know who I am praying for? I am praying for the people who are dealing with depression and anxiety. I know how hard it was for me when I was depressed to be...
by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | May 6, 2020 | Communication, Inner Conflicts, Self Care
Is it just me or has anybody else noticed that on any given day there is very little meaningful conversations going on? Before sheltering in you would walk out your door and see a neighbor and you would say, “Hi, how are you?” They reply, “Fine, how...
by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Apr 22, 2020 | Communication, Conflict Coaching, Inner Conflicts
It happened the other day, I was on the phone with my sister. We talk several times a day during this time of grief, pandemic and my not feeling well. We are very close, but that is not to say that we don’t have our times of disagreement and conflict. Hey, we’re human...
by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Mar 11, 2020 | Communication, Conflict Coaching, Inner Conflicts, Parenting, Self Care
It is 2am and my 18 year old son has just come in, and from my bedroom I can hear the tears. I know that grief has just hit him and he is missing his dad, his best friend, his champion, his rock, his dude! This is a profound loss for all of us and for him, my empath,...
