The Beginning of my Journey so far

Hello friends,

I am Lindsay, and I am the creator and life coach behind A Lantern in the Darkness. I wanted to use this 1st post to introduce myself. I can't guarantee there will be a lot on content in this corner of A Lantern in the Darkness, but my hope with this blog is to be able to share in more depth about the things that interest me in regards to mental health, life coaching, life lessons and anything new I am learning on my journey into the mental health field.

I am a recent graduate from Rhodes Wellness College as a Professional Counsellor, and Life Coach. During my Rhodes journey, I discovered that this career as a counsellor and life coach was my life's calling. To be able to even be a little bit of help to someone on a tough day, through a tough situation, and a simple conversation to help gain new perspectives, was what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.

Since then, I have enrolled at Mohawk College to gain my bachelor's in Indigenous Studies so that I can also learn how to better help my Indigenous community with my counselling and coaching skills. Being part Indigenous myself, through my mother's side, I also am embarking on this journey through Indigenous Studies, next to my sister, to learn about our culture and heritage as our mother was a part of the 60s Scoop and we were unable to learn anything about our culture.

I am so so happy to be able to have the knowledge and skills to offer these services to anyone who needs a little light shone into their dark tunnels.

A lantern in the darkness came to me as I was explaining how I feel when counselling and coaching people. That I feel like I am the one holding the lantern on this journey for you as we walk along this dark path in your life and find your way towards your next lamp post.

A lamp post is the part of your path where you feel comfortable enough to see the light on your own, and hopefully on your way to your next lamp post, you're able to carry your own lantern. And if not, I am here to carry it for you over and under any obstacles that may come up to that lamp poat as well.

Currently, I am only offering life coaching services (all online) as I work on my journey through education to get my master's in counselling. It may not be as indepth, or past oriented as counselling is, however, I do see myself as a therapeutic life coach. I use this title because in all obstacles that can come up within sessions, or on our journey together, there is therapeutic need and value in the work we will be doing together. I enjoy the goal oriented aspect of coaching, and yet I do not mind at all in taking the time to work through anything that comes up for clients throughout their journey.

If you're interested in an opportunity to figure out if we're a match, you can email me for a free 30 min discovery call: alanterninthedarkness@gmail.com

I hope to add more later about me, and what I do and why I do it!

Thanks for reading!!!

Light and Love friends,

<3 Lindsay