Resilience is the capacity to overcome obstacles, adversity, and stress. It is a skill that may be acquired and enhanced by various activities, including engaging in self-care, creating social networks, or learning coping mechanisms. When you are resilient, you can draw on your inner strength to overcome obstacles or setbacks like losing your job, being […]
Month: March 2023
Ultimate Coping Playlist
I’m betting that everyone reading this likes music! Even since ancient times people have used music to influence or express how they feel. When I was younger I would listen to sad songs when I was sad. It really fed that feeling for me. I don’t do that anymore and, looking back, I wonder why […]
Managing thoughts and feelings
Our thoughts and feelings can affect our experience of the world, how we relate to other people, and even how our bodies function. I can say from experience that stewing in negative thoughts affected my physical health. When I made the decision to actively look for and focus on good thoughts I started healing. Gratitude […]
A Little About Boundaries
We establish our limits, or boundaries, to safeguard our bodies and our emotional and mental well-being. These are the parameters we define for how we want to be treated by others and how we will react if those parameters are not honored by the other party. There are three types of boundaries: physical, emotional, and […]
Taking a Mental Health Day
We all get stressed from time to time. We know that the COVID crisis has been shining a light on mental health. So many of us were literally stuck inside isolated and alienated from our fellow wo/man. It seems, I actually hope, that people are realizing that they need to take care of their mental […]