mental-health
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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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(Building Mental Fortitude: Part 4 Building Resilience) 9/30/2026 Resilience has been often described as the ability to bounce back from stressful situations or failures. Others describe resilience as bouncing forward, as being able to quickly forward despite the strong emotions that they are feeling. I have often seen others as being more resilient than myself.… 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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Building Mental Fortitude: Self-compassion (Part 2) 9/16/2026 Do you replay past mistakes? Do you compare yourself to others? Do you treat your friends with more compassion than you do yourself? I know I do. I consider myself a compassionate person, but for some darn reason, I have difficulty being compassionate towards myself. I am my… 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
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August 14, 2026 “Be content with what you have. Rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” Lao Tzu. Are you content? Are you seeking contentment? Contentment is not the same as happiness. According to Psychology Today, there is new research that shows that… Read more
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August 2, 2026 We are imperfect beings. At some point in our lives, we might have felt broken as well, whether it is from heartache, broken trust, physical hurt, or spiritual bereavement. What is the “beauty in brokenness?” It is a concept that honors how our struggles and flaws are-rather than diminishing our worth-add depth… Read more
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July 14, 2026 Are you tempted to distract yourself from anxiety or other uncomfortable emotions? Many of us are. There is no running away from discomfort or pain forever, sooner or later after distractions or hiding from it, discomfort returns, perhaps even more intensely. Over the years, I have been an emotional eater. I would… Read more
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July 8, 2026 Have you noticed how you feel after you hear your self-talk? Last week, I touched upon how often during my life that I have been outright mean to myself. I have been working on changing the tone of my self-talk for years, but it takes a lot of practice to go from… Read more
