Center for Dynamic Healing, Lynn Barrette, LCSW

Center for Dynamic Healing, Lynn Barrette, LCSW You may have come here needing help, or perhaps feeling a little hopeless. The truth is, all of your answers are within you.
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Together, we can support you in accessing those answers. We are all here to evolve into more conscious, responsible individuals. Mental health issues arise when we are out of alignment with what is happening within and around us. As we embrace and adjust to our life situations--working through our disappointments and broken expectations--our equilibrium is restored. We feel stronger and more capable to accept what is in front of us to do, with new joy and understanding. Blending psychology with spirituality, I* offer tools for self-discovery, forgiveness, meditation, healthy transitions, healed relationships and positive parenting. You will learn how to uncover hidden strengths and be on track with your life purpose.

*Lynn Barrette is a Spiritual Counselor and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). She is also director of the Interfaith Counseling Center in Des Plaines, IL.

03/24/2026

Greetings, Friends ~

Breath is such an amazing tool for meditation. It is with us all the time, and an incredible tool for managing the mind, emotions, and stressors.

In this week's Monday Morning Meditation, I talk about the nervous system, it's fight/flight/freeze responses, and how our breath and meditation practice can override these evolutionary and historical responses. This allows for clearer mind, clearer heart, and clearer decision-making.

Use this meditation anytime to help you practice your breath and strengthen your innate tool of clarity.

Thank you for stopping by! I hope this is helpful for you today.

I’m so grateful to be on this journey with you. 💛

With love and gratitude,

~ Lynn

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For more information on Lynn Barrette, LCSW, and Center for Dynamic Healing, visit CenterForDynamicHealing.com.

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Center for Enlightenment (Jane Hart's spiritual education organization) is offering free classes weekly: CenterForEnlightenment.com . I encourage you to join the weekly Sunday courses for an even deeper dive into your spiritual practice this year.

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03/16/2026

Greetings, Friends ~

As we move into this week’s Monday Morning Meditation, we acknowledge all that is going on in our world, near and far. Maybe it is affecting you deeply, maybe you are able to hold your peace above the commotion, or maybe you vacillate somewhere in between.

However you find yourself at this time, meditation is more practical than ever. It helps us focus on grounded centeredness and being in touch with our bodies to support regulation (which means, a calm nervous system that helps both mind and body feel calm).

I share about an interview I watched this weekend with and . The whole interview was great, but I was especially moved by what Dr. Porges says at the end:

"[Over] the years, I've met many people who have survived severe adversity, and I hear their stories are about survival, dealing with [their trauma]. And the other one, they often are stories of forgiveness, and I have also found that remarkable. They're not stories of retribution, they're stories of forgiveness."

Forgiveness soothes and heals the mind, body, nervous system, emotional body, and clears that heart center that we all long to live from.

From there, we spent our meditation time using 's mantra, "Pure air in, everything else out." I love to use that in my own meditations. That breath calms the body, which helps calm the mind. The mantra focuses the mind, which helps calm the body.

We also bring in our whole world at the end, breathing pure air in through the planet, everything else out.

Thank you for stopping by! I hope this is helpful for you today.

I’m so grateful to be on this journey with you. 💛

With love and gratitude,

~ Lynn

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For more information on Lynn Barrette, LCSW, and Center for Dynamic Healing, visit https://www.CenterForDynamicHealing.com.

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Join our live Monday Morning Meditations each week by subscribing to this channel or by signing up for the link here:

https://mailchi.mp/6d381cb52f26/mmm-weekly-email-sign-up

And you can subscribe to my YouTube channel to receive notices when each meditation is uploaded weekly:

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Center for Enlightenment offers free classes weekly: https://cfenlightenment.org/blog/) .

I invite you to also try this beautiful meditation from my spiritual mentor, Jane Elizabeth Hart. Here's a link:

https://cfenlightenment.org/meditation-your-key-to-accessing-universal-consciousness/

(Find the "Guided Meditation" section for the meditation recording.)

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03/10/2026

Happy New Week!

In this week’s Monday Morning Meditation, I share an example of the importance of letting go of something in order to move forward, and perhaps receive an answer or goal we are desiring.

Meditation helps us let go because it gives us the opportunity to observe our attachments to beliefs, desires, states of mind that we are holding on to, to our own detriment.

Listen and practice simply watching, and see what shows up for you.

I’m so grateful to be on this journey with you. 💛

With love and gratitude,

~ Lynn

https://youtu.be/xPpwaXuFC6E

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For more information on Lynn Barrette, LCSW, and Center for Dynamic Healing, visit https://www.CenterForDynamicHealing.com.

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Join our live Monday Morning Meditations each week by subscribing to this channel or by signing up for the link here:

https://mailchi.mp/6d381cb52f26/mmm-weekly-email-sign-up

And you can subscribe to my YouTube channel to receive notices when each meditation is uploaded weekly:

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Happy New Week!There is a lot going on in our world right now. A lot.In this week’s Monday Morning Meditation, we hold t...
03/03/2026

Happy New Week!

There is a lot going on in our world right now. A lot.

In this week’s Monday Morning Meditation, we hold the world in light and love, without judgment, without fear, only love.

https://youtu.be/nCPxWOBvKhI

I invite you to hold our world in light and love each day, and throughout each day. It may not change what happens, but it will strengthen our own internal space and capacity to shine no matter what.

I’m so grateful to be in this world with you. 💛

With love and gratitude,

~ Lynn

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For more information on Lynn Barrette, LCSW, and Center for Dynamic Healing, visit https://www.CenterForDynamicHealing.com.

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Join our live Monday Morning Meditations each week by subscribing to this channel or by signing up for the link here:
https://mailchi.mp/6d381cb52f26/mmm-weekly-email-sign-up

And you can subscribe to my YouTube channel to receive notices when each meditation is uploaded weekly:

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Center for Enlightenment (Jane Hart's spiritual education organization) is offering free classes weekly: https://cfenlightenment.org/blog/) . I encourage you to join the weekly Sunday courses for an even deeper dive into your spiritual practice this year.

I invite you to also try this beautiful meditation from my spiritual mentor, Jane Elizabeth Hart. Here's a link:

https://cfenlightenment.org/meditation-your-key-to-accessing-universal-consciousness/

(Find the "Guided Meditation" section for the meditation recording.)

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Happy New Week!There is a lot going on in our world right now. A lot.In this week’s Monday Morning Meditation, we hold the world in light and love, without j...

02/24/2026

Happy New Week!

In this week’s Monday Morning Meditation, we check in with our Lent commitment (if you made one), and pivot to the more specific topic of judgment (which includes condemnation) versus discernment (which is clarity between two or more options). Here's the video I reference:

https://youtu.be/WUGdVmLhR50

Our meditation time is an exercise in discerning as we watch our thoughts. When we witness a judgment thought, we can simply dismiss it as "not necessary", and refocus on our breathing (inhale to the count of four, exhale to the count of four). In that inner stillness, judgment is moot.

We can take that practice throughout each day, when discernment is often needed, but judgment is simply unnecessary. Ask yourself, "How is this judgment helping me or this situation?" Discernment is neutral. Judgment takes sides. Discernment says, "This is what I choose for myself." Judgment says, "My opinion is better than yours." Judgment is a heavier, negative energy that drains you. Discernment carries you forward.

Using your discernment, what do you choose?

If you feel inspired, choose a simple commitment and track it over the remaining days of Lent. Even if it is not your tradition, simply use it as a calendar marker for practicing a new behavior.

I’d love to hear what you’re cultivating. I’m so grateful to be on this inward journey with you. 💛

With love and gratitude,

~ Lynn

Happy Mardi Gras & Carnival Week!In this week’s Monday Morning Meditation, I reflected on my recent cruise and the appro...
02/17/2026

Happy Mardi Gras & Carnival Week!

In this week’s Monday Morning Meditation, I reflected on my recent cruise and the approaching season of Lent. As Mardi Gras and Carnival give way to 40 days of reflection, I invited us to take Lent in a fresh direction this year—less about giving something up, and more about intentionally growing something within.

https://youtu.be/MAOnsMcGZuE

I suggested a 40-day challenge of reducing judgment and deepening our meditation practice. What if we noticed our thoughts—especially around news and social media—without feeding them? What if we strengthened our inner clarity and emotional steadiness instead?

During our meditation, we focused on releasing tension, breathing into the heart space, and remembering that in stillness, there is nothing to fix or solve.

If you feel inspired, choose a simple commitment and track it over these 40 days. I’d love to hear what you’re cultivating. I’m so grateful to be on this inward journey with you. 💛

With love and gratitude,

~ Lynn

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For more information on Lynn Barrette, LCSW, and Center for Dynamic Healing, visit https://www.CenterForDynamicHealing.com.

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Join our live Monday Morning Meditations each week by subscribing to this channel or by signing up for the link here:
https://mailchi.mp/6d381cb52f26/mmm-weekly-email-sign-up

And you can subscribe to my YouTube channel to receive notices when each meditation is uploaded weekly:

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Center for Enlightenment (Jane Hart's spiritual education organization) is offering free classes weekly: https://cfenlightenment.org/blog/) . I encourage you to join the weekly Sunday courses for an even deeper dive into your spiritual practice this year.

I invite you to also try this beautiful meditation from my spiritual mentor, Jane Elizabeth Hart. Here's a link: https://cfenlightenment.org/meditatio... (Find the "Guided Meditation" section for the meditation recording.)

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Happy Mardi Gras & Carnival Week!In this week’s Monday Morning Meditation, I reflected on my recent cruise and the approaching season of Lent. As Mardi Gras ...

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