CONSIDER THE BIG PICTURE When you look out at the ocean or up at the stars in the sky, do you feel “small”? Sometimes that kind of experience gives us a different perspective. We are part of something much larger than ourselves. We may not understand it, but we feel it and see physical evidence […]

In Part 1, we explored why resilience is a valuable trait to learn and use. In Part 2, the focus was on one type of resiliency – shame resilience. The 3rd part was devoted to talking about how important it is to be hopeful when you are cultivating resilience. In this part – Part 4 […]

In this article on “Cultivating Resilience” – the third in the series – I focus on how hope is a major aspect of being resilient. In today’s society, it’s easy to feel hopeless. We know we can’t control what’s going on around us, nor what our loved ones choose to do or be, but we can cultivate […]

Last week I blogged about the importance of resilience in dealing with life’s inevitable difficulties. I said that resilience is a choice. We can choose resilience and train ourselves to be more and more resilient, or we can choose to be a victim of circumstances. In this blog — Part 2 in the Series — […]