Partner with Lynette
Handling shifting tides? Walking the road of mental health recovery? Profound spiritual transformation?
These are all plot twists I’ve experienced in my life. I bet you’ve experienced your own too.
In addition to evidence-based practices, I share my lived experience of traumatic transitions, rebirth, and reinvention through engaging, thought-provoking, and down-to-earth stories.
My workshops are full of helpful takeaways your group can apply to their everyday lives and circumstances.
We are all walking stories still to be told and ever unfolding as we encounter new plot twists in our lives and the larger world we live in.
Let me help you tap into creative ways to find authenticity, inner authority, and the audacity to live free with my practical and empowering presentations and interactive workshops.
Invite Lynette to Speak
I’m available to offer workshops and presentations or participate in panel discussions on topics related to mental health, spirituality, soul care, writing for healing or spiritual growth, and workplace wellness for nonprofits, faith-based organizations, churches, women’s networking groups, retreat centers, corporate wellness programs, and pop-up wellness events.
Organizations I’ve Partnered With
- Global Women 4 Wellbeing (GW4W)
- WELCOA (Wellness Council of America)
- HEALTHCARE ЯEVOLUTION® and Global Healthcare Resources
- Beacon Hill Friends House
- Woolman Hill Retreat Center
- Ben Lomond Quaker Center and Powell House
- Pendle Hill Center for Study and Contemplation
And many more.
My Signature Speaking Topics
The ABC Method to Managing your Mental Health
Being a leader in any capacity is an exceptional responsibility. But with more responsibility comes less “you” time. You become so focused on your team that you unintentionally forget to take care of your mental health, which can lead to burnout and other stressors.
During this presentation, I talk about the ABC Method (Assess, Balance, Connect) for managing your mental health.
The main takeaway from this presentation is: Don’t be afraid to use tools to manage your mental health. Whether that’s mood trackers, notebooks, or video conferencing, technology is an asset that can help us take care of our mental and emotional wellbeing.
The Role of Spiritual Friendship in Mental Health Support
Mental illness has been stigmatized for so long that many are wondering how to start offering care for those struggling with mental health challenges. Supporting loved ones doesn’t require a professional license in mental healthcare … you just need to be a friend.
During this presentation, I talk about the need for spiritual friendship; how to make time to hold space with one another; and ways to support friends going through rough times – without burning yourself out in the process.
The main takeaway from this presentation is: To bridge the gap between spiritual community and mental health care. Where two or more are gathered, there is room for healing and grace. Opportunities abound to love on one another.
Mental Health in Career (and other) Transitions
Going through a career transition can be stressful. It’s easy to wrap our identities up in job titles and positions. When that happens, it becomes more difficult to not fall into thinking traps and mirrored choices and behaviors.
During this presentation, I talk about the 4 Cs (Compassion, Courage, Connection, and Care) to better position yourself so you cultivate an abundant mindset and live out your resiliency story as you grow through career changes.
The main takeaway from this presentation is: To equip yourself with coping skills for the emotional highs and lows that come with change. I’ll guide your audience through those emotions so they can make informed decisions as they transition from one stage of life to the next.
Courageous Spaces
Your creativity set free.
Sometimes speaking events can constrain your voice. A Courageous Space is an intimate gathering where you are free to share personal narratives and explore practices that generate healing, restorative meaning making, and make internal shifts that fuel your engine to drive the change you desire to see in yourself and be in the world.
To accomplish this, I facilitate workshops or small group experiences that encourage healing, self-exploration, self-compassion, creativity, and spiritual deepening.
Groups can be customized as one-time workshops or up to 6-8 week session programs.
My goal for Courageous Spaces is to accompany and witness you as you compose and make meaning from the story that is your life.
Sample Expressive Arts Group Experience (Spiritual Deepening)
First We Dance, Then We Write.
Sitting still in silence to wait on the Divine to whisper messages we can then give voice and meaning to is one of many spiritual practices. Sometimes, getting quiet enough to hear in-spired revelation doesn’t look like the cessation of sound and movement.
In this embodied approach to prayer, we’ll be combining praise postures such as Barak, Yadah, and Towdah with music, deep reflection, and writing to connect with the Divine as our dance partner, leading guide, and constant companion in life.
Background and Training
Professionally, I’ve worked in various positions in the fields of behavioral health, addiction treatment, human resources, digital marketing, and administration. I eventually found my heart work in writing, mental health advocacy, and soul care ministry. What my paper trail won’t tell you is that my work didn’t feel truly purposeful until I integrated a strong spiritual foundation.
I am a member of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and a vowed member of the Sisters For Christian Community (SFCC). I enjoy interspiritual bridge-building dialogue. I strive to hold a welcoming and affirming space for people of all faith backgrounds, racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities, and other identity expressions.
As a follower of The Way, Yeshua is my primary teacher, a constant guide and friend in my life.
The Path of Love which I travel is full of mystery, beauty, liminality, and awe. I find traveling companions in the mystics such as Dr. Howard Thurman, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, Rumi, and Sojourner Truth.
Training Includes:
- Master’s in Theopoetics and Writing at Earlham School of Religion (completed coursework with practicum in Spiritual Direction)
- Certification of completion The Phoenix Center for Spiritual Direction Apprenticeship program
- Trained in Expressive Writing (as developed by James W. Pennebaker, PhD) by mentor and writing clinician, John F. Evans, Ed.D
- Completed Facilitator training with the Institute for Poetic Medicine
- Completed some coursework in Expressive Arts Therapy
- Certification of completion in Mental Health First Aid
- Completed NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group Facilitator training
- Completed Wellness Recovery Action Plan – WRAP: for work training
- BA in Sociology from Rutgers University
