Resilience

4 Stress Types and Their Impact on Busy Women

Paula Davis-Laack | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: High-Achieving Women, Allostatic Load, Women and Stress, Dirk Hellhammer, Resilience, Chronic Stress, Dash and Crash, Cortisol, Collapse, Long-Term Stress, Stress, Life Observer, Stress Type, Paula Davis-Laack, Rejuvenate, Busy, Barbara Fredrickson, Dr. Beth Hamilton, Dr. Stephanie McClellan, Women News
Paula Davis-Laack

It wasn't until I burned out that I actually became aware of how few resources existed which identified, much less discussed, the impact that occurs when stress and high-achieving women collide.

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Roll With the Waves

Deborah Schoeberlein | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Meditation, Personal Growth, Mindfulness, Wellness, Resilience, Emotional Intelligence, Health, Mindful Living, Gps-Soul, Healthy Living News
Deborah Schoeberlein

Wherever you stand, near or far from the coast, it's good to dig in your toes with the push and pull of life. Notice the waves or whether the surface of the water is calm.

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A Mother's Silence Gave Her Daughter A Voice

Jane Shure | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Resilience, Motherhood, Self-Esteem, Mothers and Daughters, Radio Times, Terry Tempest Williams, Npr, Marty Moss-Coane, Audre Lord, Women News
Jane Shure

As women, we know what it's like to be tired and we keep doing what needs to be done. What if we applied the same attitude to fear, seeing it as something we live with rather than something to paralyze us?

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Have a Life FAIL? How To Bounce Back Fast!

Debra Ollivier | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Reinvention, Baby Boomers, Comebacks, Rebounders, Resilience, Rick Newman, Slidepollajax, Becoming-Fearless, Encore Careers, Second Acts, Changing Careers, Second Careers, Fifty News
Debra Ollivier

In the new book, Rebounders: How Winners Pivot from Setback to Success, author Rick Newman examines the core strengths of rebounders, including resilience -- the capacity not only to cope with adversity, but to overcome it, learn from it and be transformed by it.

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Bully My Child, Please

Rick Newman | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Bullying in Schools, Adversity, Raising Strong Children, Bullying, Resilience, Childhood Bullying, Bully Documentary, Raising-Resilient-Children, Building Character, Parenting Advice, Parents News
Rick Newman

Kids need to suffer. At least a little. That's how innocent and vulnerable children evolve into durable, resilient adults.

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Ready or Not: Is Your State Prepared for Climate Change?

Steve Fleischli | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Saltwater Intrusion, Floods, Drought, Aquatic Life, Water, Resilience, Climate Change, Water Scarcity, Water Supply, Extreme Weather, Sea Level Rise, Global Warming, Adaptation, Emergency Preparedness, Green News
Steve Fleischli

As the nation's water quality and supply are increasingly at risk from a range of climate change impacts -- more can and should be done at a state level. Planning is just a first step.

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Putting All Our Eggs in the Digital Basket: Health Service Resilience in the Digital Age

Dr Layla McCay | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Electronic Health Systems, Tech, Health, Resilience, Ehealth, Health Care, Health Care Technology, Healthcare Technology, Technology Health Care, Digital Health Care, Health Care Digital, Healthcare Tech, Electronic Health Care, Healthy Living News
Dr Layla McCay

Is our increasing reliance on technology and efficiency crowding out our capacity for resilience in health service delivery?

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And The Winner Is... A Moment Of Glory, A Lifetime Of Purpose

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 04.30.2012

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Dr. Cara Barker

The essential question is: What kind of investment do we make with the life we are given between the day we are born, and the day our "marching papers" come? Are we good stewards of life force flowing through our veins? Could we do better?

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It's Brutal Honesty Time

Rita Schiano | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Self-Acceptance, Bulimia Treatment, Resilience, Self-Worth, Anorexia, Eating Disorders Help, Eating Disorders Recovery, Eating Disorders, Eating Disorder Recovery, Eating Disorders Treatment, Bulimia, Eating Disorder, Healthy Living News
Rita Schiano

For years I've written, spoke, taught and trained about the importance of understanding one's self-worth. I even coined the phrase that self-worth is one element of the equation that makes for self-esteem: Self-confidence plus self-worth equals self-esteem.

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Five Tips for Helping Kids Handle Their Emotions

Lisa Firestone | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Daniel Siegel, Parenting, Tina Bryson, Child Development, Kids, Resilience, Parents News
Lisa Firestone

Parents are human. We mess up, we say the wrong thing, and sometimes we let our own emotions get in the way. When this happens, we can help our kids a great deal by talking to them about what happened and how we behaved.

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This Is Only The Beginning: Surprising Advice From A Centenarian

Ellie Knaus | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Elderly, Wisdom, Inspirational Women, Marriage Advice, Resilience, Centenarian, Aging Gracefully, Worry Be Happy, Tips in Life, Be Happy, Happiness, Life Tips, Wellness, Tips of Life, How Be Happy, Tips for Life, Tips on Life, Just Be Happy, Healthy Living News
Ellie Knaus

My great-aunt Ida loves to say, "This is only the beginning." Gearing up for her 101st birthday this May, Ida thrives on a daily Coca-Cola, full-bellied laughter, and an abundance of nourishing memories. Ida is remarkable not only for how long she's lived, but also for how she's lived.

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Mastering The Art Of Resilience

Lauren Mackler | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Stress Management, Stress, Lauren Mackler, Personal Growth, Health, Resilience, Personal Development, Stress Relief, What Is Stress, No Stress, Becoming-Fearless, Home News
Lauren Mackler

Change is part of the human condition and no one is exempt from emotional pain and adversity. Developing resilience is a critical key to not only accepting and meeting a life challenge head on, but being able to get to the other side of it with greater wisdom and strength.

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Totally Committed/Completely Unattached: Reinventing A Future

Robert Levithan | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Philosophy, Relationship Advice, Life Lesson, Relationships Advice, Conscious Relationships, Love Relationship Advice, Resilience, Survival, Widows, Becoming-Fearless, Home News
Robert Levithan

Reinventing a future after widowhood, illness, forced retirement or divorce is both challenging and potentially invigorating. It helps to have techniques and principles to guide.

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Quiet in the Midst of Trauma

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Integrative Medicine, Holistic, Military Families, Holistic Practices, Trauma, Fitness for Duty, Mindfulness, Veteran Mental Health, Resilience, Combat Veterans, Tbi, Meditation, Ptsd, Veterans, Impact News
Joseph Bobrow

The purpose of meditation is not to stop our thinking but to create conditions for rest and peace and understanding by cultivating our attention.

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Healing and Optimal Performance

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Military Families, The Zone, Mental Health, Trauma, Fitness for Duty, Healing Trauma, Resilience, Reintegration, Optimal Performance, Combat Veterans, Tbi, Transition Assistance, Flow, Ptsd, Veterans, Impact News
Joseph Bobrow

At the outset of World War II, the British Ministry of Information came up with the slogan "Keep Calm and Carry On" for a poster designed to allay the fear that Germany would invade Great Britain. My friend, a commander serving in Afghanistan, uses it for his signature line.

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Beware Those Stinkin' Thinkin' Traps

Rita Schiano | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Thinking Patterns, Stress Management, Resilience, 2012 Resolutions, New Year's Resolution, New Year Resolutions, Mindfulness, New Year Resolution, Healthy Living News
Rita Schiano

We all have patterns of thinking that have reached the automatic level. Unfortunately, many of these thinking patterns are traps. Traps that hold us prisoner to habits that do not serve us.

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Bounce

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Veterans Mental Health, Resilience, Trauma, Army Suicides, Yga, Qigong, Spiritual Practice, Plaasticity, Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, Tbi, Unit Cohesion, Attachment, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans, Emotional Resilience, Peeer Support, Neuroscience, Social Supports, Meditation, Ptsd, Suicide Prevention, Trauma Research, Impact News
Joseph Bobrow

Human beings seem infinitely adaptable. But there is no silver bullet, no quick fix potion that will make a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine invulnerable to five, six or more tours of duty in today's war zone and the separations from loved ones.

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How Laughter Helps Veterans Deal With Traumatic Brain Injuries

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Resilience, Trauma, Afghanistan Veterans, Tbi, Mental Health, Evidence Based Medicine, Ptsd, Iraq Veterans, Veterans, Traumatic Brain Injury, Impact News
Joseph Bobrow

Mauricio provided comic relief at one retreat. In the large group, he challenged his fellow Marine Kenny by claiming that, of the two Master Sergeants...

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No, Really! Whatever Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Risk Taking, Failure, Regret, Current Directions in Psychological Science, Mark D. Seery, Trauma, Becoming-Fearless, Resilience, Home News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

Which is worse: coming up against one of life's Epically Awful Moments only to find all of your friends spewing some tired old cliche, or attempting to comfort someone who's just endured an Epically Awful Moment of her own using the only thing you can come up with -- the same cliche?

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A Lesson In Resilience

Rita Schiano | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Thanksgiving Resilience, Resilience Psychology, Mindfulness, Thanksgiving, Resilience, Pilgrims, Thanksgiving Pilgrims, Redroom, Becoming-Fearless, Home News
Rita Schiano

The resilient pilgrims recognized that life is a series of good times and not so good times, and that one needs the bad to appreciate the good.

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#OccupyYourNeighborhood

Morgan Fitzgibbons | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Occupy Oakland, Occupy San Francisco, Community Organizing, Occupy Everywhere, Resilience, Occupy Wall Street, Overpopulation, Climate Change, Occupy Movement, Community Organizations, San Francisco News
Morgan Fitzgibbons

The Occupy movement has been incredibly inspiring. But it is time to move beyond mere inspiration. We must parlay this unprecedented (in most of our lifetimes) uprising into an effective and lasting transformation.

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Can Extreme Resilience Be Taught?

| Posted 11.17.2011

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By Sandra Upson (Click here for the original article) You"re struggling up a hill halfway through a ten-mile race. Your breathing is ragged, and y...

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Forging a Soul of Iron

Jeff Wise | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Endurance Sports, Resilience, Overcoming Obstacles, Inspiration, Running, Endurance Athlete Story, Health and Fitness, Weight Loss, Motivation, Fitness and Exercise, Triathlon, Motivational Success, Success and Motivation, Personal Health Stories, Healthy Living News
Jeff Wise

Duffy's story offers a perfect example of a profound, but often overlooked truth about human toughness: Even the most physically punishing feats of endurance are less about the body than about the mind.

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How to Bully-Proof Your Children by Building Their Resilience

Lisa Firestone | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Bully-Proofing, Bullies, Parenting, Trauma, Cyberbullying, Bullying, Resilience, Children Resilience, Kids Resilience, Parents News
Lisa Firestone

With new data revealing that both bullies and victims are at higher risk for suicide, our eyes are opening to the fact that we're faced with a potentially life-threatening situation. So what can we do to protect our children against the painful effects of bullying?

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The Nobel Peace Prize: A Laughing Matter?

Lisa Witter | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Nobel Peace Prize, Laughter, Resilience, War, Gbowee, Benefits of Laughter, Maathi, Impact News
Lisa Witter

Fun is often thought of as superfluous, extra, something to get to when you have time and a tool not to be used in serious situations. But fun can be, and has been, a powerful tool for transformation when tapped appropriately.

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