Creating your Best Life

Resilience: A Pollyanna Ploy or Perseverance?

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue is what counts.” Resilience has, I think, a bit of a Pollyanna rap. For those of you who didn't grow up [...]

By Susan Mecca|2020-03-21T18:20:08+00:00April 22nd, 2015|COVID-19 Navigating and Thriving, Creating your Best Life, Getting through tough times|2 Comments

Resilience: Building The Ability to Bounce Back

Where did this come from? I pointed to a note someone had left in my husband Vito's ICU unit where he was lying paralyzed. A serious case of Guillain-Barré, a neurological disease that attacks the [...]

By Susan Mecca|2020-03-21T18:20:22+00:00April 14th, 2015|Cancer Community, COVID-19 Navigating and Thriving, Creating your Best Life, Getting through tough times|1 Comment

Going From Bad to Better: The Gratitude Strategy

Focus on the positive. It’s hard to believe that a serious life crisis and the word “blessing” would come in the same sentence. When my son and husband had cancer, idea of looking for something [...]

By Susan Mecca|2020-03-21T18:20:46+00:00April 7th, 2015|COVID-19 Navigating and Thriving, Creating your Best Life, Getting through tough times, Letting Go of Past Hurts|0 Comments

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