Illustration from the book, “Be Here Now” by Ram Dass   I just finished up with a series of 6 blogs on Resilience. If you haven’t seen them yet, they are still available to read and download. Go to this link on the website: https://www.authenticlifecoach.net/blogs One of the very important keys to living a life […]

Would you describe yourself as resilient?  On a scale of 1 – 10, where do you rank? Is there a test like the well-known personality tests that can measure resilience?  According to Norman Garmezy, a Developmental Psychologist, we cannot determine if someone is resilient or not unless they experience adversity. It’s only when you’re faced […]

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 — […]

Life is not fair!  Yes, that’s the reality that keeps coming up but knowing that doesn’t really help when we are enmeshed in a difficult situation. What does help? Being resilient. Resilience is a learned trait. We aren’t born knowing how to be resilient, although some of us may find it easier than others. The […]

Such are the words of my mentor, Mary Morrissey, and they are true. Great ideas are stopped dead in their tracks unless someone has the courage and the persistence to pursue them.  There are all sorts of reasons that we don’t take action. The main one is fear. Maybe we don’t think we are capable […]

I recently posted 30 quotes (1 per day for 30 days) on two Facebook pages that I manage. All of them have the theme of gratitude. In case you didn’t see them or would like to have another look, I have created a slideshow for you: Slideshow: Quotes on Gratitude   Enjoy!