The clock is ticking, and soon the calendar year will be over. This time inspires me to pause and take inventory of the essential lessons from this year and how to convert them into opportunities for more growth. Why let crises go to waste when extracting the gifts...
One of the treasured books in my collection is Losses and Gains, by the celebrated Brazilian author Lya Luft. She reflects on the cyclical process of life from the passage of time, maturity, family relationships, love, self-esteem, motherhood, career, and aging. Which...
Midlife is that time in our lives that calls for pondering our first half and deciding what is next. Most of us find ourselves disappointed and wondering about the unlived or even unexplored. Since we identify so much with our professions, dissatisfaction in this area...
Resilience is the ability to face challenging life experiences constructively, and bounce back after overcoming traumatic and stressful events, situations, or conditions. We all know about people who had been able to endure terrible life experiences...
Adversity is a state of hardship, difficulty, or misfortune that can happen in many areas, such as physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, and financial hardship. Everyone faces difficult periods at points in their lives. Sometimes, however, adversity can...
Many factors impact our mood or our predominant emotion. Some of them are external, such as news, adversities, and calamities. Others are internal, such as negative self-talk, doubts, and worries. Not everyone reacts to the same situation in the same way. Our...
