We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Lynn Meyer a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Lynn, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Let’s start with the story of your mission. What should we know?

I never knew I would be destined to help women heal from trauma. My story starts at the incredibly young age of 1 and 1/2 years old. I give that age because I know the abuse begin when I was a toddler. I was sexually abused by my biological father and my mother knew about it because she prepared my body for him. This is the time most people drop their jaw because of disbelief, but this experience was a catalyst for me to become who I am today.

My mission is to help 1 million women heal all around the world (locally, globally internationally) from sexual and physical abuse. This assignment was placed upon me years ago, and I was afraid because I thought it was too big. I have since become obedient and now know that I am built for this. I am the Harriet Tubman of Sexual Abuse. I am here to show you how to set yourself free from bondage of trauma.

Lynn, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

Lynn Meyer is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional with two decades of successful experience in transforming lives of families and individuals. Lynn specializes in working with women of color who have experienced sexual and physical abuse. A strong believer in the power of positive thinking and creating the life you desire and deserve, Lynn regularly develops internal wellness practices, simple transformative programs/services to help guide women with effective mental health techniques. Lynn’s mission is to help women heal trauma, embrace femininity, and feel safe and sexy in their bodies and emotions. She believes that every woman can be happy, whole, confident, and authentically dope. Healing, restoration, and transformation is the framework Lynn uses because it teaches women that these are all possible. This framework greatly influences the soul of every women Lynn coaches.

For over 20 years Lynn has been empowering, inspiring and motivating women to become and Choose H.E.R. She believes that all women are wonderfully and beautifully made with purpose. Lynn has been the guest speaker for multiple organizational events, conferences, summits, podcasts on topics such as purpose, normalizing emotional healing, allowing inner healing, limiting beliefs, and creating the life you want.

Lynn has been an entrepreneur since 2017, loving the freedom and autonomy in which she serves her clients. Author of three books No More: When being a victim of sexual abuse is no longer an option, an Interactive Journal to the book’s title, and a workbook titled No More Excuses, Let’s Heal for Real, proud wife to Philip Meyer and mother of five children.

She is a mentor, an emotional healing coach and Founder/President of a non-profit organization I Choose H.E.R. She received her Master of Arts in Professional Counseling and has continued her personal and professional development in the field of mental health.

Lynn enjoys volunteering, community service, serene places with water, hosting parties, eating tacos, listening to music, watching movies with family, but her most favorite thing to do is being wrapped up in a blanket and reading a book or just being quiet and doing nothing.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

I was molested by my biological father for several years and this had me confused my entire childhood. When I began to function in the world, I was told I was a victim. it made sense to me especially since I didn’t know what to call myself.

I had to unlearn the victim label was placed on me. Not only did others do this, but I did it to myself. I operated as a victim for so long because that was all I knew. I went through some terrible things, and it seemed befitting to wear the label. Wearing “victim” justified my actions, emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. I proudly wore the label, until I realized it was no longer serving me and if I am to be honest; it never did.

I wanted to live and not exist. I wanted to thrive instead of survive. Something had to change, and I knew just what I needed to do. I had to become the person that I desired to be. By making that decision to change, made the difference. Was it easy no, but it was necessary.

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?

I have been in the mental health field since 2001, and as a licensed counselor I have seen a lot and experienced more. The story begins when I was hired to work at a well-known hospital in Dallas, TX. I was hired to serve clients that were assigned to see psychiatrists for medication, and they would come to me for therapy. I was in this position for a year, until the organization decided to fire (close) our department. I wasn’t prepared to lose my job; this was my career. I then remembered that I asked God to help me become the entrepreneur I knew I was supposed to be. God definitely answered me and also has a sense of humor. I didn’t know I was going to be (kicked, pushed). LOL

I began thinking who and how wanted to serve. This is when I got the idea of serving women who had experienced sexual and physical abuse. I knew that these women were out there, and I also knew I was the solution.

Though I thought I would retire with a company, it has been my biggest pleasure helping these women heal, restore, and transform by feeling safe and sexy in their bodies and emotions

Contact Info:

• Website: www.lynnmeyer.com
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