fortitude
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(Building Mental Fortitude: Part 6- Emotional Regulation) “Emotions pile up like a debt,” commented Dr. Marc Brackett, founder and Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. “If we don’t know how to express them in ways that are healthy, what happens? The debt comes due.” What is emotional regulation? Psychology Today defines emotional regulation… Read more
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(Building Mental Fortitude: Part 5, Learning to Adapt) Life can suck. It can be unfair. There can be many times that life does not go as planned; your best laid plans go off the rails. You may have been caught off guard, or then, no matter what you do, it is not going to work.… Read more
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9/23/2026 (Building Mental Fortitude: Part 3 Kindness) Are you looking to build mental strength and courage? Practicing small acts of kindness helps, according to WellfleetCircle.com writer Melanie Vetter, who added that small acts of kindness help us practice love, generosity, and compassion, and they also function as a positive feedback loop helping us grow caring… Read more
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September 8, 2026 Mental strength helps us navigate adversities, stress, and emotional turmoil, wrote Dr. Sacha Cohen. According to LCSW writer Amy Morin, mental strength is the ability to cope with negative emotions in a healthy way. It is understanding your emotions, and it is knowing when to engage with your emotions and when to… Read more
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9/1/2026 Why do hardship and pain drive some people to bitterness, and another person to unshakeable strength? Mental health professionals call this resilience. Although fortitude and resilience are not the same thing, they are closely related and often used together. Dictionary.com defines “fortitude” as a mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or… Read more
