Steering Through It

Lynn McLaughlin is a best-selling and award-winning author, host of the podcast, "Taking the Helm", a professional speaker and consultant for aspiring authors. She has spent her life devoted to ensuring each of us meets our full potential. Mother of three grown children, she currently lives with her husband in southern Ontario. Lynn McLaughlin is a life-long educator and is driven, through her personal experiences, to help us become self-advocates and question our true purpose in this life when faced with crisis. Do you want to learn to make conscious decisions and alter potentially negative outcomes, putting yourself in the driver's seat? As an active Rotarian, Lynn is dedicated to community causes. She is a member of 100 Women Who Care Windsor/Essex and works tirelessly to support the goals of the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. Lynn has recently joined the National Advocacy Committee as a Community member. She strives to meet each new personal goal and has just completed her first Detroit International 1/2 Marathon in November 2019. Lynn was a Superintendent of Education for six years, retiring in September of 2018. She is well versed in all areas of special education, school and board operations. Skilled in conflict management, Lynn also served in three different school boards as a principal, vice-principal, teacher and educational consultant. In addition to her business, Lynn continues to be active in education, teaching future Educational Assistants at her local College. Although she would say it was a lifetime ago, Lynn retired as the Executive Officer of H.M.C.S. Prevost after thirteen years in the Canadian Forces Naval Reserve. She was one of a growing number of women moving into executive roles at that time. Lynn's book entitled, "Jackson" has been released in November 2020 and is a best-seller on Amazon in Canada.