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Lynn Haraldson, Author and Writing Mentor

Lynn Haraldson, Author and Writing Mentor

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Category: Mindfulness

What’s Real vs What’s True

February 28, 2026 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ Leave a comment

What’s true is that it’s not possible to hate or disregard someone who doesn’t pray or look like you, or to take advantage of or purposely hurt someone, unless you’re afraid of losing something.

Gobsmacked (but I’m back…)

February 2, 2025 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 3 Comments

I suppose it’s possible to “fake it ‘til I make it,” but make it to where? Oblivion?

When “just a car” isn’t just a car

October 24, 2024 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 5 Comments

Turns out, I’m attached to freedom.

Groundhog Day…and Night

May 21, 2024 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 2 Comments

"Who are your people who give a shit that you’ve been chased up a tree and have nowhere to go?"

The Raw Bits Remain

July 18, 2023 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 7 Comments

"His death is a part of our story, and like any good story, it never ends."

Listen to me discuss my book with Jenny Lisk on The Widowed Parent Podcast!

June 7, 2023 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 2 Comments

Lynn talks with Jenny Lisk on The Widowed Parent Podcast

Reminder: Hurt people hurt people

December 7, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 8 Comments

No one can drag you back into their pain or regret without your permission.

Writing Notes from the Heart: An Interview with Elizabeth Cottrell

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 8 Comments

"We all want to have the ability to comfort people, to help people, to support people."

Grieving Our Bodies

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 12 Comments

I came to understand that my desire for my body to be something different was a form of grief.

Not “Just” a Deer

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 ~ Lynn Haraldson ~ 3 Comments

In the face of anyone or anything’s suffering, may I never be someone who says, “It was just a deer.”

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ABOUT ME - For more than 25 years, I've been writing about love, change, grief, and (occasionally) politics, trusting that there is more that unites than divides us. When I address weight-ish issues these days, it’s through a different lens than when I wrote my Lynn’s Weigh blog (2005-2015). May it–and my scale–rest in peace.

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