Introducing Lindsey Singleton! Lindsey is the owner of Lighthouse Coaching & Consulting, where she runs a mental health private practice and does coaching and public speaking! She uses her business as a platform to work with adolescents, adults, athletes, etc. through transitions (whether that's going into college, leaving college, athletes struggling with identity transitions as they leave their sport, and more) Prior to starting her own business, she spent 14 years as a director of a college counseling center.
In this episode we talk about:
- The variety of reasons (such as COVID changing the college landscape) that caused her to pursue her own business
- The importance of intervention AND prevention when it comes to many mental health struggles
- How MY transition into college was a tough one (and why finding my "people" was key)
- Creating spaces in higher education where you can authentically have conversations about hard sh*t while allowing individuals to own their struggles
- The idea that anyone can be a leader and how she aimed to create more mentors and leaders while working in higher education
- How we over-pathologize our symptoms and feelings and how that can be harmful to our mental health journey
- How we can build resilience and strengthen mental health "muscles" by dealing with our emotions
- The symbolism behind the Lighthouse brand and the enormous impact a previous program by the same name had on her life personally and professionally
- The fact that things will always change around you that are outside of your control - but you have the power to write your own story and create positivity out of it
- How designers need to give their clients permission to trust themselves even though they aren't a graphic designer and say "no, I don't like this"
- How it's difficult to break into the public speaking industry and how politics and money often make it difficult to get in front of populations that need the most help
- Why it's so difficult lately to find a therapist with openings (!!)
- Oh, and our mutual beef with meditation.
Lindsey is SO passionate about what she does and I can speak from personal experience when I say she is an incredible speaker! Get in touch with her at lighthousecc.info and to learn more about her services (or to bring her on as a speaker!)
