by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | May 6, 2020
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 Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Apr 29, 2020
A good friend and colleague was telling me about some of the nastiness that she has been exposed to on social media during a time when many of us are finding more love and appreciation for those who have been traditionally overlooked or taken for granted. When she...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Apr 22, 2020
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 Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Apr 8, 2020
How ya’ll doin’? Yeah, that’s the lane I’m in. I’m just hair down, no code-switching (you gonna have to ask somebody if you don’t know what that means), just plain me right now. I am shifting between swimming, treading and every now and then going under and coming...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Mar 11, 2020
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,...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Feb 5, 2020
“I am so angry about what my boss did to me and his behavior is just totally out of line.” That’s my client venting about an incident that occurred with her boss. Her take is that her boss is hot-headed and treats most people miserably without giving any consideration...
