A couple weeks ago, I gave a weekend seminar at my home church in California. It was a busy weekend for me -- four talks over two days -- and not least because I had a hard time deciding which topics … [Read more...] about Leaving the Shadowland
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A Message to the Suffering World
I am interrupting my regularly scheduled programming (on my year-long theme of resilience and my monthly theme on optimism) to share some exciting news. I was invited to speak on an international … [Read more...] about A Message to the Suffering World
How We Explain Stuff to Ourselves
We’ve all been exposed to enough pop psychology that we know optimism when we see it. Optimism makes us feel warm and happy inside, whereas its nemesis – pessimism – can feel a real drag. Last … [Read more...] about How We Explain Stuff to Ourselves
The Meaning Behind Suffering
If you follow my blog, you know that I am devoting 2019 to RESILIENCE -- our ability to recover from the stress of life. This is the last post on my topic for February: Finding Meaning. the theme … [Read more...] about The Meaning Behind Suffering
Five Ways to Find Meaning in Suffering (Part 2)
A Re-cap of Post-Traumatic Growth In last week’s post, we talked about Post-traumatic Growth (PTG), the mental and emotional growth that results from a survivor's struggle to cope with … [Read more...] about Five Ways to Find Meaning in Suffering (Part 2)
Five Ways to Find Meaning in Suffering (Part 1)
I just started reading the New York Times best-seller Resilience: Hard-won Wisdom for Living a Better Life by humanitarian (and former Navy SEAL) Eric Greitens. The book is a series of letters from … [Read more...] about Five Ways to Find Meaning in Suffering (Part 1)