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
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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)
Finding Meaning
The primary motivational force in man is his striving for meaning.” Victor Frankl I am by nature a night owl, not an early bird. For this reason, most mornings and I have to get acquainted slowly … [Read more...] about Finding Meaning