Everyday Resilience
Every day we face challenges that require a balanced outlook and stamina … from commitment overload and unrealistic deadlines, to demanding relationships and unresolved emotional baggage. Even joyous occasions such as marriage and pregnancy include a whole range of stressors and how we handle them either enhances or detracts from these life-changing events. The bottom line is you don’t need to be facing a crisis to decide you want to become stronger and more resilient.
Do you ever have days where you start to really wonder why you repeatedly find yourself in stressful situations? A little stress in your life is actually good for you. It fuels your creativity and keeps your immune system alert. The key word is little. When you find yourself constantly rushing from activity to activity […]
There is a tendency when discussing resilience to define it by a particular characteristic, adaptability for example or the ability to manage change and remain optimistic in the face of adversity. This is correct, as far as it goes. Emotional resilience is actually a combination of several traits and behaviors that work together to increase […]
Ask friends or family what resilience means to them and chances are most will say it has something to do with “bouncing back” from a crisis. This is a popular theme, and the image of a rubber band being pulled back before it goes forward is easy to visualize. Unfortunately, many take this analogy […]
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall don’t turn around and give up. Figure out a way to climb it, go through it, or work around it. ~Michael Jordan Obstacles are those pesky things that interrupt us at the most inconvenient times. They feed our fears and lead to stress […]
What makes you happy and keeps you smiling? How about a new car, more money (Winning the lottery is an all time favorite!), a great job, a vacation or the right man (or woman)? There’s absolutely nothing wrong with appreciating the value of the people and things that have the potential to contribute to […]
Let’s be honest, most of us view problems as annoying distractions, hurdles that disrupt our comfort, demand our attention and prevent us from moving forward, even if only for a little while. The fact is we spend our lives solving problems – in the workplace or at home – problems of all shapes and sizes […]
