We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Lynette Louise ‘The Brain Broad’. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Lynette Louise below.
Alright, Lynette Louise thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. One of our favorite things to hear about is stories around the nicest thing someone has done for someone else – what’s the nicest thing someone has ever done for you?
At this moment what comes to mind is the inspiration of an education administrator who quietly packed up her books while I paced back and forth in anger, yelling about how unfairly my children were being treated.
I felt righteous with anger and full of examples to share. I was in my early 30s raising eight children, many of them handicapped. I was certain I knew how the schools should be doing things and, as I said, I was angry.
This petite woman said nothing. She simply put her papers gently into her bag, backed out of the room and quietly, but effectively, clicked the door shut.
I stood there unable to fight with only myself and immediately changed into someone who, given the same opportunity, would have quietly – and effectively – clicked the door shut.
Sometimes the kindest thing a person can do is refuse to fight with you.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
As is common in all industries, I came to my particular vocation as a means of solving a problem I, and my children, were having.
Given that I had adopted six multiply challenged children, after birthing two children of my own, you might be tuned into the fact that I had my own peculiarities: most people wouldn’t have done that.
However, being different meant that I was accepting of difference. It served us well.
In this instance, my willingness to be different meant that I was willing to create a new approach when the standard one wasn’t helping.
The primary diagnostic challenge in my home was autism plus (the plus referring to additional disabilities). At the time I began this journey they still believed autism was caused by moms who didn’t hug their children enough. They’ve come a long way since then and I was part of that evolution, often times leading the way.
As people saw my children change they asked me to help them, and a career was born.
Since professionals wouldn’t listen to me, just a “mom”, I began to educate and achieved several degrees. I did things in an unusual order but, in the end, have helped many people around the world live healthier more productive lives regardless of diagnosis.
Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?
I was already working with many families around the world, completing my training in play therapy (the Son-Rise Approach), when on my last day of the course, literally, I read an article about neurofeedback (biofeedback for the brain).
Up until then I’d believed I’d found the answer to autism and a happy home. The minute I read the article it occurred to me that the bar could be much higher, and I knew: now I needed to train in a whole new field.
So, I got certified and pivoted toward a new era of brain development.
Eventually, I put the two skills together and created BioPlay, which is neurofeedback and play focused on intentional brain change and development. (People can learn more about this via allbrainsgrow.com )
Any advice for growing your clientele? What’s been most effective for you?
During my medical training, one of the things discussed in ethics class was the need for malpractice insurance. An entire week was dedicated to this, in order to convince us that we must have it and why.
But there was a small disclaimer stating that according to studies people don’t sue their therapist when they love them.
At that moment I decided to only get the amount of insurance legally required and to make it my goal to be the most effective, most loved therapist, any of my clients had ever met.
Word of mouth did the rest.
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