We expected this pandemic would take a year or so, then it would be back to normal. We expected most people to rally to the cause of protecting their neighbors and not their own self-interests. We expected a safer world would return, yet it is getting decidedly less safe. We expected a rest from political … Continue reading (Not So) Great Expectations
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Tools for Tough Times: Encouraging Others
Many people endure setback, disease, and disaster with calm and focus. They divorce amicably. They relocate and change careers with little disruption. Some go through major disaster and significant duress with strength and calm. It is not that they are somehow better than the rest of us. It is most often due to their paradigm, … Continue reading Tools for Tough Times: Encouraging Others
Tools for Tough Times: Guard Your Heart
To thrive is to grow vigorously and flourish, to make progress and prosper. Yes, it is possible to grow vigorously and flourish, make progress and prosper in our toughest times. We can come out of difficulties with more than we brought into them. It will come down to how we care for the heart - … Continue reading Tools for Tough Times: Guard Your Heart
Gotta Minute?
In 1914, Ernest Shackleton and his team of 26 scientists, sailors, and explorers - and a stowaway - embarked on a dangerous mission to dogsled across Antarctica. In the days before radio, even if everything went as planned this would be risky, stretching the limits of human endurance. Everything did not go as planned. Their … Continue reading Gotta Minute?
Tools for Tough Times: Gratitude
Gratitude is like a health food for us, including in the tough times. The research is rich with the positive benefits of thinking and and acting on gratitude on a daily basis. For example.... We know that grateful people, those who find ways to express heartfelt gratitude daily, will sleep better and longer, are more … Continue reading Tools for Tough Times: Gratitude
Tools for Tough (Interesting) Times
“May you live in interesting times,” states the ancient and well-worn Chinese curse. As the world around us all continues to be more and more “interesting,” we have continued to face each day with strength and courage. For many of us this is done in the presence of what some call a “low-level battle fatigue,” … Continue reading Tools for Tough (Interesting) Times
Tools for Tough Times: Avoiding Burnout
What is “burnout?” Burnout is described as “a break between what people are and what they have to do, and it is typically experienced as emotional exhaustion or depersonalization (Olson et al., 2019; Kolomitro, Kenny, & Sheffield, 2019)” Writing about burnout in Psychology Today, Paula Davis said this: “Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “Too … Continue reading Tools for Tough Times: Avoiding Burnout
Tools for Tough Times: P.T.G.
Today’s post comes from a digital event May 11, 2021, entitled, “Understanding the Post-Traumatic Growth Model,” with Jonathan Bundt. This event was hosted by a healthcare emergency management coalition in Minnesota, of which I am a partner. The transformative power of human suffering has been a common understanding from antiquity to the present. Judaism, Christianity, … Continue reading Tools for Tough Times: P.T.G.
Tools for Tough Times: Coping With Loss
Today's TTT information come from a digital event with Dr. Jill Morris on the topic of "Coping with Loss." The event was hosted by a healthcare emergency management network on April 27, 2021, and focused coping with the vicarious trauma and ambiguous loss experienced by healthcare workers and others during the ongoing pandemic. Dr. Morris … Continue reading Tools for Tough Times: Coping With Loss
Tools for Tough Times: Spiritual Fitness
Spiritual well-being, or spiritual wellness, is built upon important life decisions that we all need to address. Sadly, a great many people do not think much about these decisions or the spiritual aspects of their living. When we invest ourselves in making healthy, informed decisions regarding our spiritual selves, there is much growth that can … Continue reading Tools for Tough Times: Spiritual Fitness
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