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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
