Resilience has been described as the competence to overcome obstacles, the will to never give up, the ability to reach one’s goals despite setbacks, the power to learn from mistakes and adapt to change, as well as an important indicator for mental health. Resilience does not mean cold-heartedness, ignorance, absence of or dismissing of emotions. [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Resilience
Posted in Self, happiness, stress, success, tagged resilience on November 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Self Awareness
Posted in Self, tagged self-awareness on November 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Carl G. Jung says, “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
In today’s colloquial understanding, self-awareness is a term that ties in with self-confidence, self-acceptance and social awareness. Namely, it signifies the knowledge you possess about yourself, your place in the world and your relationships with the people around [...]
Congruence
Posted in Self, happiness, success, tagged be true to yourself, behaviour, congruence, feelings, honesty, self esteem on November 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’d like to take this entry and talk some more about something we touched on in this post a few weeks ago.Allow me to paint you a wee picture. It’s holiday season and we’re looking through the window into the house at the end of the street. The whole family is there and about to [...]
Holidays
Posted in General, tagged avoiding stress, holidays, little steps, opportunity on November 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Are you looking forward to the holidays or is it more a dreading of the pies and the family get-togethers? Well, if the latter, what can you do now to prepare and make this year’s festivities great and enjoyable ones?
I don’t know about you, but I roll my eyes at the Santas adorning the shop [...]

