 Welcome Lynn B. Robinson to the High Road this week with her New Book; Loving TO The End... and On. No doubt many would think it  strange that a professor emerita-after a distinguished career in  marketing and international business at the University of South Alabama,  including running her own successful management consulting firm-would  now devote her life to, among many other interests, death. She certainly  wasn't ready for it herself, but the time had come to overcome her  surprise and trepidation at "receiving" messages from family, friends,  and strangers who were no longer alive in physical bodies. Embracing the  probability that she really does connect in some way to those who no  longer inhabit physical bodies, she wrote her first book: Coming Out of  Your Psychic Closet: How to Unlock Your Naturally Intuitive Self. Lynn  was overjoyed by the response. Many readers shared the ways intuition  had guided their careers, while others remarked on how it had helped  them find their life partners. Lynn's book confirmed what she already  knew had to be a compelling case for the value of intuition in our  lives. Even more, the responses expanded her awareness of the power of,  and the hunger for, continuing love with those who "die," who leave  their physical bodies. When Lynn became involved with the IANDS  organization (International Association for Near Death Studies, near the  Duke University campus), she recognized her relationship to those  seeking understanding and validation, although not an experiencer  herself. The stories of love in and out of body can challenge or  validate, depending on one's point of view or experience. She soon  established a local group of IANDS in her own community and continues to  facilitate monthly meetings to encourage others to find or establish  ways to learn from and interact with people who are curious and willing  to examine possibilities. As Lynn matured and experienced the deaths of  family and friends, quite naturally she had more and more personal  experiences of existence beyond death. She became a hospice volunteer.  She observed ways that the dying process was made joyful for families  and ways it was not. She shared these observations with others who had a  similar interest, one being a dean of nursing at a nearby university.  Their friendship ultimately led to Lynn's wish to help others have  positive end-of-life experiences. And especially, it led to Lynn's  emphasis on love: never-ending, available, and enriching. Lynn is able  to inspire and to entertain with a combination of affectionate, personal  stories and selected research about death and dying. In this, her  second book, she encourages you to remember your own stories and coaches  you in ways to improve those yet to come. Mostly, as she has always  done, she wants you to recognize and seize your chances to love  audaciously now and let what is to come play itself out. Sometimes, she  says, you'll need to extend, to do differently, or, for a moment, put  aside your disbelief. Lynn also encourages everyone to share personal  examples of what may seem "impossibly possibe.
Welcome Lynn B. Robinson to the High Road this week with her New Book; Loving TO The End... and On. No doubt many would think it  strange that a professor emerita-after a distinguished career in  marketing and international business at the University of South Alabama,  including running her own successful management consulting firm-would  now devote her life to, among many other interests, death. She certainly  wasn't ready for it herself, but the time had come to overcome her  surprise and trepidation at "receiving" messages from family, friends,  and strangers who were no longer alive in physical bodies. Embracing the  probability that she really does connect in some way to those who no  longer inhabit physical bodies, she wrote her first book: Coming Out of  Your Psychic Closet: How to Unlock Your Naturally Intuitive Self. Lynn  was overjoyed by the response. Many readers shared the ways intuition  had guided their careers, while others remarked on how it had helped  them find their life partners. Lynn's book confirmed what she already  knew had to be a compelling case for the value of intuition in our  lives. Even more, the responses expanded her awareness of the power of,  and the hunger for, continuing love with those who "die," who leave  their physical bodies. When Lynn became involved with the IANDS  organization (International Association for Near Death Studies, near the  Duke University campus), she recognized her relationship to those  seeking understanding and validation, although not an experiencer  herself. The stories of love in and out of body can challenge or  validate, depending on one's point of view or experience. She soon  established a local group of IANDS in her own community and continues to  facilitate monthly meetings to encourage others to find or establish  ways to learn from and interact with people who are curious and willing  to examine possibilities. As Lynn matured and experienced the deaths of  family and friends, quite naturally she had more and more personal  experiences of existence beyond death. She became a hospice volunteer.  She observed ways that the dying process was made joyful for families  and ways it was not. She shared these observations with others who had a  similar interest, one being a dean of nursing at a nearby university.  Their friendship ultimately led to Lynn's wish to help others have  positive end-of-life experiences. And especially, it led to Lynn's  emphasis on love: never-ending, available, and enriching. Lynn is able  to inspire and to entertain with a combination of affectionate, personal  stories and selected research about death and dying. In this, her  second book, she encourages you to remember your own stories and coaches  you in ways to improve those yet to come. Mostly, as she has always  done, she wants you to recognize and seize your chances to love  audaciously now and let what is to come play itself out. Sometimes, she  says, you'll need to extend, to do differently, or, for a moment, put  aside your disbelief. Lynn also encourages everyone to share personal  examples of what may seem "impossibly possibe.
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