by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jul 29, 2020 | Communication, Inner Conflicts, Race Relations
What’s it been like emotionally to be an African American woman in America? That’s a question asked of me frequently these days. It has been a constant deferment of emotions. An almost daily setting off of fires in my heart, building to an explosion that my mouth...
by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jul 22, 2020 | Communication, Race Relations
There seems to be two mindsets that I am encountering. One is that the world is falling apart and we are coming to an end. It’s all the bad that we have done and we are getting our comeuppance. This will not end well. The other is a belief that everything is falling...
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 | Jun 17, 2020 | Race Relations
During the Civil Rights Movement, there was a moment that shined light on the atrocities playing out against Black Americans. The moment? When the movement was televised, America could no longer hide what was happening. White Americans received a wake up call and the...
by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jun 10, 2020 | Race Relations
By the time you read this, New York City will have finally emerged from three months of sheltering in. Many people have expressed the desire to return to normal, but the reality is that will not happen. What they will be waking up to is the “new normal.” I say...
