After her husband died by suicide in 2010, Lynette Eddy fought through her agonizing grief with one goal: to reclaim her personal strength and joy. This healing journey taught her that, while her husband’s ego voice drove him to despair and self-destruction, there is another voice within every person, crying to be heard: the spirit voice. By tuning into this positive, life-affirming voice — and by minimizing her negative, destructive ego voice — Eddy improved her relationship with herself and released what was causing her suffering and holding her back. By overcoming her own personal struggles and through her experiences as a social worker, Eddy created the Open-Heart Mindfulness approach, which aims to help people discover the sense of freedom and inner peace that comes from silencing fear-based voices and instead listening to the voices of their true selves. “In addition to personal transformation, listening to ego or spirit results in consequences at a collective level,” Eddy said. “With so much going on in the world today, it’s more important than ever to tune into our spirit so we can connect with ourselves both individually and at the community level.” Drawing from her experiences as a social worker, volunteer, and…
