Understanding we are Worthy, Capable, Connected, and Called to Adventure for a more Joyful and Resilient Life
One of the best tools I’ve found for increasing personal resilience is the garden metaphor. Resilience is a skill that everyone can strengthen, which helps us cope with adversity and difficult circumstances. You can read more about resilience here: Resilience: What It Is—Why It Matters for Everyone. The more we strengthen our resilience skills, the… Continue reading Using the Garden Metaphor to Strengthen Resilience
I want to tell you about an ocean metaphor that can help increase our personal resilience. Metaphors can create space for us to see the world in a different way, and the ocean metaphor has the potential to do that. But before I tell you about this metaphor, I invite you to imagine four scenarios… Continue reading Using the Ocean Metaphor to Increase Personal Resilience
I have discovered that changing our metaphors can greatly increase our confidence, joy, and resilience. That may seem like a strange claim to make. So let me explain. Metaphors are framing images we use to understand a concept better. They are common in literature. For instance, a poet might compare the moon to a silver… Continue reading Computer vs. Tree: New Metaphors, More Resilience
I wanted to tell you about four basic truths I use in my own life to help cultivate resilience.* First, here is my definition of resilience: Resilience is the skill that allows people to pursue their potential, to engage confidently in the growth process, to welcome challenge and adversity, and to flourish in all areas… Continue reading Four Basic Truths that Help to Cultivate Resilience
Resilience is important, and it matters for everyone. You are probably somewhat familiar with this term already. Resilience is a capacity (or a virtue) that helps us to handle challenges and bounce back from adversity. What is especially interesting about resilience is that it is documented by research. And research suggests that resilience is a… Continue reading Resilience: What it Is, Why It Matters for Everyone
I have an important blog update! I have renamed my blog Resilient and More. A Quick Story about My Blog I have been blogging for close to ten years now, and it has been such a meaningful process full of growth and discovery. Thank you to all of you who have read my posts and… Continue reading An Important Blog Update–I have a New Blog Name
This is a message from Resilience Mouse for when we feel too small: Small things are powerful. Don't underestimate the power of small actions, thoughts, words, and steps done with love. Keep reading for Shelly's commentary. All of us feel too small sometimes--like we don't have what it takes to succeed. Maybe we feel like… Continue reading Resilience Mouse: When We Feel Too Small
Positive thinking is a relatively familiar concept. Some people love positive thinking, and some people hate it. But I think there is something better than positive thinking; it’s resilient thinking. Before I explain what resilient thinking is, let’s look at positive thinking and some of its advantages and disadvantages. What is Positive thinking? Positive thinking… Continue reading Better Than Positive Thinking: Resilient Thinking
My mom was in a serious car accident with my dad when she was twenty years old. They were driving on a mountainous road in Oregon. They missed a hairpin curve as they were driving in the dark in the rain, and their car went off the road backwards. They slid down into a ravine… Continue reading About My Mom: Paraplegia, Swimming, and Resilience