by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jun 25, 2020
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 Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | May 27, 2020
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 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 | 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 | Oct 22, 2019
Let me talk to parents a moment here. “To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.” – Katherine Paterson, author children’s novels Fear Wears Many Disguises Fear is a very strong motivator. It’s an invisible accomplice...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Sep 24, 2019
”I’m impatient.” Remember that statement from last week’s blog? But was I really? I mean was that just a part of who I arrived here to be or did I absorb it from the woman who lettered in it, my mom, who quite probably learned it from the woman who mastered it, her...