resilience

Cultivating a Resilient Spirit: Letting Go of Numbing and Powerlessness Guidepost # 3.

Cultivating a Resilient Spirit: Letting Go of Numbing and Powerlessness Guidepost # 3.

According to Brené Brown's research, a resilient spirit requires good problem solving skills, good emotional regulation skills, willingness to reach out for help, faith that life will go on, solid support connections and being resourceful and having an infinite sense of humor helps a lot!

American Sniper - It wasn't just about war.

On Sunday, I reluctantly went to see American Sniper with my husband.  I say reluctantly because I was afraid the movie would depress me and I really didn’t want to spend the energy cheering myself up. All the hoopla made me believe that there would be some major injustices or glorification of war depicted in the film, so I was surprised by what my psychotherapist mind did see in the movie…resilience.