resilience
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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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9/1/2026 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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January 31, 2025 (image from Freepik) At the end of 2024, I signed up for a craft fair to display my artwork and gain exposure as an artist. I felt anxious as the date of the event approached. I feared I would sit at my table and not sell anything. I knew these fears of… Read more
