by Shirley Davis | Feb 22, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing
Dealing with loss and change cannot be avoided, they are inevitable parts of life. Everyone experiences setbacks with some being minor and others being highly traumatic and life-altering. Resilience is what helps people through challenges through psychological...
by Shirley Davis | Feb 15, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing
Resiliency, to summarize, is the ability to bounce back from difficult circumstances. People living with mental health challenges often have high resilience to the opposition because they have grown resilient through trial by fire. This piece will focus on what is...
by Shirley Davis | Feb 8, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing, Post Traumatic Growth
As stated in article one of this series on resiliency, according to the American Psychological Association, resiliency is: “the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress—such as family and...
by Shirley Davis | Feb 1, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing
Much research has been done on the topic of this series of posts in February 2021. Scientists want to understand how people who go through sometimes horrific events often overcome adversity and seem to thrive afterward. In this first part of the series, we’ll...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 25, 2021 | Emotional Flashbacks
Emotional flashbacks take a horrendous toll on those who experience them. To feel like you are in danger with all the emotions that accompany it, fear, anxiety, startle, and a myriad of other feelings without understanding where they are coming from is both...