Posts by Lynn Zakeri

Back to school… This time of year is a relief for some and a dread for others. I never put a feeling to it before I dropped my oldest at college, and now it comes with all sorts of emotions. As I think about school, I am thinking about all that our kids, however old…

Another month/season is flying past us! Each one brings everyone new challenges. Lately, we’ve seen adult men-both single and in family relationships- facing the challenges of post-Covid life. According to a May article in the New York Times “traditional” male characteristics of stoicism, competitiveness, and aggressiveness, for example, may be what’s creating the phenomena of…

Are you one of “those” people who say sorry and move on? In my work, I have noticed the different styles and when it comes to saying the words “I’m Sorry”, there are certainly types. There’s even a love language version of apologies. Apologies are complicated because it’s not just about you. Many of us…

Insights and Connections and Strategies and Hope… What brings you to Love? Joy? …Peace? Some important messages have resonated in 2023 so far and perhaps they resonate with you too. Who are you and can you change? Should you change? Do you want to change? Are you capable of change? Try not to answer this…

It’s 2023 I think I was projecting when I gave my quotes to Today.com for New Year’s Resolutions. There are a lot of suggestions I made for this article that I had been saying to myself lately (among them, I suggest the three key strategies to mental health, reframing friendships, and a reminder to all…

My husband sent me an article recently, a short read by Brena© Brown. He knows I co-led Rising Strong and Daring Bravely groups of hers, and she often talks about the same topics I talk about with clients in therapy. I read itimmediately, then sent it to a few clients I hoped it would resonate…

When I was a new mom, I was also a school social worker. I found myself saying here and there as I witnessed child interactions that there is a fine line between confidence and arrogance. One of my sons as an elementary age boy teetered on this line himself. We all do at times. How…

PRESS RELEASE: Skokie Social Worker (Lynn Zakeri) Recognized as Social Worker of the Year The appreciation I had to even be considered for this award had me… astonished, and then to be selected as the recipient has me… GOBSMACKED A big THANK YOU to all my clients for providing me the opportunity to work with…

In the early 2000s I worked as a school social worker and there was a problem in the school that my principal and I spent hours talking about. The kids were changing, the families were changing, and our staff was not. We went from 10-15% of students who were considered to be in the low…