Dealing with Trauma • Healing Trauma – Mindfulness Quiets the Mind • In This Article • Illusions of Permanence Have Been Shattered • With COVID-19 – Everything Changed. All at Once. • Traumatic Experiences are Unique to Each Individual • Symptoms of Psychological Trauma • Mindfulness is Trauma First Aid • Basic Mindfulness Exercise • […]
Be Like Water – Bruce Lee’s Famous Metaphor for Resilience
The Art and Skill of Effortless Being · Be Like Water – Bruce Lee’s Philosophy · Critical psychological survival priorities are learning to be less hurried, less driven – and more flexible. The Chinese philosophical concept of wu wei – strategic non-action – has actionable insights for the 21st century. The Tao Te Ching, written in […]
The Single Most Important Thinking Skill Nobody Taught You
• The Importance of Flexibility • Cognitive Flexibility and Resilience are Survival Skills “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw said that. And Einstein said, “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” Life is neither static nor unchanging, it’s fluid. Nothing stays the same. Elastic thinking (experts call it cognitive […]