The Schmidt Sisters: A Reading and Conversation of Resiliency and Writing

Join sisters LaUra Schmidt and Lynne Schmidt as they talk about their newly released titles.

LaUra Schmidt is the founder and program designer of the Good Grief Network. She is a lifelong student, curator, and practitioner of personal and collective resilience strategies. She holds a BS in Environmental Studies, Biology, and Religious Studies and an MS is in Environmental Humanities and has earned certificates in “Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy” and “Climate Psychology.”

Lynne Schmidt is the queer, neurodivergent grandchild of a Holocaust survivor, and a mental health professional with a focus in trauma and healing. They are the winner of the 2021 The Poetry Question Chapbook Contest, 2020 New Women's Voices Contest, a 2020 Pushcart nominee, and an eleven time Best of the Net nominee. Their first chapbook, Gravity, has been listed as one of the Best Breakup Books of All Time by Book Authority. When given the choice, Lynne prefers the company of her pack of dogs and one cat to humans.