Resilient Mindset
Resiliency is the capacity of a substance “to spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed.” Though devastating circumstances or upsetting world events might leave us feeling flattened…
Emotional Challenge Zones
We’ve all had the experience of losing our composure in the face of intense stress. Maybe you got defensive and lashed out at your partner during an argument. Or maybe…
The 90-Second Rule of Emotion
Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor concluded that the physiological activation of emotion only lasts about 90 seconds. But what we do during that minute and a half determines if the feelings…
Your Happiness Playlist
Experience embodied delight through music. Sounds are vibrations hitting your eardrums, but the rest of your body is resonating too. Imagine yourself as a guitar or piano – music vibrates…
Authentic Connection
This Valentine’s Day, enhance your connection with your loved ones by sharing more genuinely with each other. Take a risk by asking deeper questions and reciprocate by sharing about yourself…
Hope: the Ultimate Superfood
You already know that it’s important to eat your leafy veggies and blueberries, rich in antioxidants. But did you know that hope is the ultimate superfood? A superfood is defined…
Resolve to Refresh
Have you ever returned from a vacation feeling depleted rather than replenished? Maybe you were jetlagged after an international adventure or drained from overextending yourself to host family or friends. As you…
Inside Out movie – don’t miss it!
Don’t let this animated film trick you into thinking that this movie is just for kids. Inside Out, Pixar Studio’s new movie, offers a delightful and thought-provoking vision of the inner workings…
Willpower
Often we know what needs to be done to improve our lives, but we just aren’t doing it. Whether it is exercising more, drinking less, working less or harder, getting…
Know Your Stress Style
An important resiliency resource is awareness of your usual patterns of behavior, thought and emotion. Awareness is cultivated by intentional self-observation. Develop it by pausing regularly throughout the day to…