Is Your Child Resilient?

Every parent wants to raise their child to be strong. To be able to pick her or himself up after falling, shake off a poor grade at school or a mean comment from a "friend." The ability to do this and stay focused on your inner strength is an important lesson in childhood...and actually in life. With ...

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Mindfulness: The Art of Cultivating Resilience

Undeniably, sooner or later, we all have to deal with life's realities—those hard surprises and "unknowns" that can literally change everything in less than a nanosecond. Imagine you've just been fired. Many of us would react to this situation in at least some of the following ...

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Make Your New Year's Resolutions A Reality

2012 is quickly approaching and many of us will start thinking of resolutions for the New Year. It can actually feel uplifting to begin a new plan such as joining a gym to get fit, writing one page a day for the ...

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3 Ways To Avoid Unwanted Stress

One method of dealing with stress is learning how to recognize and talk back to that internal critic you have in your head. Write down all the self-critical thoughts going through your mind. Write down why these thoughts are incorrect. Then, practice talking back to them, explaining why they are ...

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How To Use Resilience To Face Challenges

Do you ever have that sinking feeling that "It is happening to me again?" The following can support you in noticing how and when resilience reveals itself in you and your children's lives. When challenges and obstacles occur, we often admire those that seem to act with ease and do or say the ...

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