Why Are We So Intolerant of People Making Mistakes?

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jun 16, 2021 | Conflict Coaching, Inner Conflicts, Self Care

And Five Other Important Questions We Should Be Asking Ourselves.   I’m going to start right off with the work. If you are reading this then you are buying in to asking yourself some pretty important questions about your attitudes and beliefs about...

How Do We Create a Safe Space for Making Mistakes?

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jun 9, 2021 | Apologies, Conflict Coaching, Inner Conflicts, Leadership, Parenting

Nobody wants to answer that, we’re too afraid we’ll make a mistake.   Mistakes happen, actually they don’t just happen, we make them. And what happens when we make them? If we’re honest, not good things. We are a society that does not tolerate mistakes. Think...

Where Are They Now? The Conflict of Wanting Peace Without Accountability

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | May 19, 2021 | Inner Conflicts, Race Relations

My work is hard on my heart a lot of the time especially when racism is the topic, but throw in motherhood and there is a special ache. This weekend, I saw a picture of Ruby Bridges and her mom with this narrative attached: UNSUNG MAMA HERO: November 1960 – Ruby...

It’s Not Letting Up! Three Strategies That Can Help You Gain Inner Peace

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Apr 27, 2021 | Communication, Conflict Coaching, Inner Conflicts, Self Care

It’s not letting up! I mean the mental and emotional duress. The strain of all the issues illuminated during this past year is building within us and loneliness, fear, doubt and depression are all competing for space in our minds. Our regular fixes of celebrity envy,...

What’s Love Got To Do With It? When Conflict Goes Unresolved.

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Apr 21, 2021 | Communication, Conflict Coaching, Inner Conflicts, Race Relations

There’s an expression that I often hear people use, “love conquers all” and yet those of us who feel like we have been giving out love don’t always feel like we are conquering all. I mean, all of the big societal problems still exist. Racism, sexism, ableism,...

Relieving the Stress of the Mess We Are Living In

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Apr 14, 2021 | Conflict Coaching, Inner Conflicts, Race Relations, Self Care

How are YOU handling it??? Yeah well, last night I almost lost it. That’s right. It took everything in me not to run outside and scream at the top of my lungs for hours. The stress of the times we are living in started to get to me and I immediately began to wonder...