Lucinda Kirk is self-employed and works professionally as a psychotherapist in private practice. She also conducts retreats called Turning Point that include yoga and self-reflection. She’s taught in The Writing Workshop at The Ohio State University for fifteen years and just last year, Lucinda published a memoir called “To Be Imperfectly Honest, a Memoir of an Honestly Imperfect Life.” She says that the book is intended to help other people remember and tell their own stories.
For the past few years, Lucinda has taken on the leadership of 100 Women Who Care. “This is a dynamic and powerful group of women who meet four times a year. We provide funding to local non-profits. Our members have all learned so much about our community by listening to representatives from non-profits who come to our meetings to request funding. Since 2013, we’ve heard from over 30 local groups who are doing such important work. A steering committee helps keep our group moving forward.” Lucinda is also on the Board of the Drexel Theatre, Friends of The Drexel, and with the help of many community members and grants, has helped to make amazing strides towards bringing the Drexel back to its glory.
Finding balance can be difficult at times but Lucinda says that sometimes she is in a groove of balance and other times she is way off-kilter. “I try to think about the most important thing and the best use of the day. This means trying to keep clear about when I need to focus, reflect, do, and rest.”
The best advice that Lucinda would like to give to others is, “don’t look at hard challenges or difficult people as bad. Look at these as lessons and teachers. Ask yourself, ‘what is the lesson in this for me? What am I supposed to learn here?” Lucinda has learned from the many obstacles that she has dealt with in her life. “What I’ve learned is that the obstacles keep on coming. What I try to do is figure out how to approach and get through them in ways that don’t create chaos for me and the people in my life. In one form or another, there are obstacles every day. I can either approach them with dread or recognize that’s this day’s work.”
Lucinda’s plan to forward her cause is to hopefully not get complacent. She will stay connected to both 100 Women Who Care and The Drexel Theater and try to contribute where there is a need.
To find out more about 100 Women Who Care, please visit www.columbus100wwc.weebly.com.