Category Archives: Resiliency
Traits of Stress-Hardy, Resilient People
The Stress To Power blog has a list of the traits of resilient people who are stress hardy. It’s a wonderful little list and worth reading. Take a look for yourself.
2 resilient cities 1 year later
USA Today has a great article about the resiliency of Tuscaloosa, AL and Joplin, MO and their recovery and resilience after the tornadoes that ripped through these towns last year. My favorite part of the article is the beginning “Here is what you do after a massive tornado slashes the heart of your city, killing [...]
Nurses Week and no Weak Nurses!!
Just returned from York, PA and the funeral of my almost 96-year old Mother. In the course of the past four years, I’ve watched nurses in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and hospice settings. Without a doubt, these women and men represent a resiliency in the face of systems and situations that could wear anyone down. [...]
Bouncing Back—Or rather, As I believe—GROWING THROUGH
Bouncing Back is a Success.com article by Melissa Balmain. The author starts with the heart breaking story about Howie Truong. Howie is a Vietnamese who leaves postwar Vietnam in a boat, only to have his wife murdered and his son kidnapped. Despite all this, Howie makes it to the U.S. and builds a wonderful life. [...]
Resiliency Quote
“Resiliency is growing through adversity, as well as opportunity, so that you end up better on the other side.” – Eileen McDargh
Hope Becomes Cornerstone for Resiliency
This past week, I had the wonderful opportunity to address about 600 members of the Women’s Food Service Forum. In one of the interactive exercises, we all learned that a young women was a survivor of Stage 4 lung cancer. The audience spontaneously jumped to their feet and applauded. Later that night, I found Christy [...]
High Sierra Pause: Insights for Resilient Living
I just rediscovered this blog post I did for Unbound Ideas and I realized it is just as relevant today as it was when I wrote it! Discover what I learned about spending seven days completely out of touch with my normal life. You can read it at Unbound Ideas.
Project: Forgive
A colleague of mine, Shawne Duperon, has created documentary project called “Project: Forgive” and is attempting to raise funding using KickStarter. The hope of the documentary is to tell the stories of people who have been harmed yet have forgiven who has harmed them. You can watch an introductory video at KickStarter that tells the [...]
Understanding Stress
Stress is simply a fact of life. Everyone knows that but not everyone knows the true cost of untreated stress and how it impacts your physical and emotional wellbeing. If you want to know more about stress take a look at this article at HelpGuide and MedicineNet. You’ll find a plethora of information and advice.
Don’t Give Up
From the U.S. Army Twitter Stream: “When bad things happen through hardships, we make a conscious decision to either be resilient or give up.” What can you do to be more resilient?