![]() ![]() And some people have multiple filters, so you have to recognize which one they are using when they are picking out details. Through her social work, she learned how to relate the facts of the story being told through the person telling it. ![]() She was put into positions that showed her that the contexts in which people live their lives matter, and you can’t strip that away when discussing something. That last one, “encounter,” is what happened to Lyn regularly. You’re confronted with a reality you cannot deny. Encounters, however, are when something overthrows your previous understanding. We get a taste of it but it may be more circumstantial than sought out. Of those, it’s the first (reading) that most often stays under our control. The first is reading, the second is experience, and the third is encounter. In my book, “Raising Critical Thinkers,” I talk about three categories that lead to our intellectual development in critical thinking. Being a social worker allowed Lyn to see glimpses into a world that people who come from privileged backgrounds, like her, never get to see. This led to her shifting into social work and taking a more clinical approach to the work she did. These women weren’t criminals they were victims. ![]() While working with young women from a criminal justice perspective, Lyn realized that, so often, their issues were not about crime, but trauma and abuse. How Social Work Shaped Lyn’s Thinking and the Importance of Context Women who – like her – aren’t celebrities, but are smart, creative, fashion-forward, thoughtful, engaged, and comfortable with who they are. Lyn started Accidental Icon when she had trouble finding a fashion blog that offered an urban, modern, and intellectual aesthetic for women who live what she calls “interesting but ordinary” lives in cities. She’s also a person of integrity and depth. She’s a fashion icon, true, but what really got me even more interested in her was her career in the field of social work and academics-a true critical thinker! Throughout her teaching career, she balances creativity with thoughtfulness for learning and education. Please welcome my new friend Lyn Slater, the Accidental Icon She has multiple degrees and lives in New York where she taught social work at Fordham University for 20 years. She’s got nearly a million Instagram followers, and has even been featured in television commercials for GoDaddy. Suffice to say: I’m a huge fan! I see today’s guest as a role model for my future. And my guest has that talent of using her personal fashion sense to express attitude, passion, and all sorts of personalities. As someone heading into my senior years, she instantly gave me hope that I could find the next right thing to do with my life-and to do it looking fabulous! Clothes have always been self-expression for me (at least when I leave the house!). I was taken in immediately by her sense of style and yes, her age. A couple of years ago, I was introduced to my next guest on the Brave Writer podcast through Instagram. ![]()
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