How resilient are you?
Resilience is a word we hear often but what does it really mean? According to the American Psychological Association resilience is “[…] the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress—such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems or workplace and financial stressors. It means […]
Parenting and Clearing Life’s Hurdles
Clearing life’s hurdles while parenting is not easy. Graduations are not hurdles, they are a time for celebration, and they usually make me emotional. Have you ever experienced this? It comes from that sense that a part of my parenting “job” has been completed. Another life stage is emerging for this being I brought into […]
Secrets to Longevity & the Start of 2022
I will start by wishing everyone a “Happy New Year”. Ok, I am outside of January and I am just in time for Chinese New Year …. and it is 2-2-22! January just flew by for me. I spent my month catching up and contemplating what I would like my 2022 and beyond to look […]
Breaking the Stress Cycle
Stress is something we cannot avoid in life. Breaking the stress cycle while it is occurring is our best defense against the long-term impacts of stress and keeping our internal batteries charged for overall happiness and success in our life’s endeavors. I have been working with the International Baccalaureate (IB) students of Ecolint’s Nations Campus […]