Hi, Amy!
It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me. Actually, almost two years! I’m curious, what’s been going on in your life?
I hope you’re curious about me too!
After selling the Inn, I moved to Saratoga County, New York, where I am only a few miles from my daughter, Maya, and her family. She and her husband, Scott, have a two-year-old, Camilla, who is learning so much every day. Nina and her husband, Greg, and their family are now in the Norfolk, VA area and welcomed their second child, Luna, this past July. Hunter is now in first grade, enjoying school and being a big brother. (Photos below.) All their parents are doing well too!
I love my new home and am slowly getting to know my community. I am visited by wildlife daily including birds, groundhogs, foxes, coyotes, raccoons, and deer.
This past August my best friend of 44 years (graduate school) passed away. I had been trying to establish a business coaching and consulting with innkeepers to try to help them find more joy in their lives and extend their time as innkeepers. When Liz died I realized that there was more I was meant to do with my life.
As you may know (or may not), I have a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania. During Covid, when the inn was forced to close, I studied for and earned a life coach certification. Before coming to the Inn, I had worked in health care, geriatrics, oncology, hospice as well as women’s health and adoption as a social worker and health educator/trainer.
It hit me that with all the losses I had experienced in my life:
losing my grandfather at age 6,
my great-grandmother at 11,
my dad’s death less than a year after my wedding,
infertility and the loss of being able to be a biological parent,
moving to Lenox, MA, and leaving our home and friends in PA,
Steve’s death a mere 2.5 years later,
then my step-father’s death in 2017 followed three months later by my mother,
my dog, Migo’s passing this past May
and then my best friend this past August),
I have a lot of knowledge and experience with loss and grief.
I realize I am meant to help others navigate from grief to growth and loss to living. So, I have rebirthed INNtrospection and am focusing on providing coaching services to individuals who are experiencing loss from a myriad of stressful life circumstances.
Since you know, and hopefully like and trust me, and you are familiar with me, I am reaching out to ask that you share what I’m doing with those you feel might benefit from my services. That person may be you, a friend, a colleague, or a family member.
Follow me on Facebook (Amy Lindner-Lesser & INNtrospection | Navigating Grief to Growth) and on Instagram where I have been sharing my insights and resources on this journey.
You’re reading this letter because you’re special to me. Not all of my former guests are receiving this! Please reply to this and let me know how you are doing. I have missed our interactions through the Inn.
I hope it isn’t too late to wish you and those you hold dear, a very joyful, healthy, abundant, and peaceful 2023!
Hugs and quiches,
Amy