Learn How To Be More Resilient and Confident
as You Move Through Transition
These articles and video conversations share insights and ideas about how to be more resilient and confident.
When the world turns upside down, these are qualities that will serve you well as you move through and beyond a life transition.
Have you watched someone go through a traumatic experience, a terrible life event that happened without warning. And, did you notice that they came through it stronger than ever? That’s resilience.
Have you listened to the news or read a story about someone who faced tragedy and turned it into an opportunity to become a better person? Another example of resilience, with some confidence thrown in. There are more of these stories within this category.
Overcoming Rejection & Finding Hope When Life Feels Like A Roller Coaster Of Challenges
UGH! Rejection! Nobody escapes it. And, overcoming rejection isn’t always easy. For most people, it’s a part of life, including mine. Let me count the ways rejection has shown up for me (and these are just a few): never getting the lead role in my high school...
If You Compromise Values to Keep the Peace, You Play a Risky Game
Compromise is not a bad thing. We do it all the time with family and friends, at work, and in other relationships. It can be a good thing. Here’s where it can get risky: when you compromise values to keep the peace, you are giving up a core piece of yourself. For...
What To Do When Your Confidence Is Shaken—4 Ways to Build It Up Again
Life events can knock you off your foundation, which is bad enough. But, when your confidence is shaken in the process, matters get even worse. Whether it is a work-related situation or a personal one, you may be wondering What’s wrong with me? Career Minefields...
Getting Over A Breakup? Here’s Why Breakups Are So Hard On Your Mind & Heart
Getting over a breakup is painful and needs your special attention. There are things going on in your head, like blame, that can make it even harder. Plus, there are things going on in your heart, like hurt, that can make it last longer. Being mindful that there...
How You Can Choose Your Own Transformation In The Face Of Major Life Change
One of the questions I hear often after women have gone through the grieving process after loss, is Who am I now that this major life event has happened to me? The question that soon follows is And, what comes next? Life events, whether sudden or expected, can have a...
Why Confidence is Key To Being Resilient
Being resilient is one of the most important personal characteristics for getting through life’s inevitable changes and transitions with ease. It is not how often you are taken to your knees that counts because we all know that some people are faced with more than...
Choose to be Visible and SHINE! A Conversation with Rebecca Hall Gruyter
Rebecca Hall Gruyter shares her story of survival, overcoming and discovering her own voice so she could help others learn to be visible and shine.
Why You Need a Self-care Program When Life Happens
The best way I know to cope with life’s ever-changing patterns is to create a personal survival guide. A.K.A. a Self-care Program. Life happens, sometimes unexpectedly. It makes sense to be prepared, as best you can, when it does. Because, when you’re not prepared,...
When To Move On From A Friendship — Even When it Hurts
Friendships, especially for women, are woven into our fabric and are vital to our sense of well-being. The threads of friendship come from sharing experiences, growing together, and divulging our innermost thoughts and deepest secrets. We create a sisterhood. When...
Your Inner Wisdom: Harness its Power to Build Confidence and Resilience
Loving yourself enough to trust your internal GPS to guide you is a super-power. The more you exercise it, the more confidence you have that your decisions are good. As you continue to choose wisely, your foundation becomes firmer. This is your inner wisdom guiding...
8 Reasons Why You Can’t Move On From Job Loss–And What To Do About It
Losing your job is one of the most devastating life-changing events you can go through, behind the loss of a loved one, divorce, and serious illness. The job loss may be due to corporate downsizing, layoff or being fired. Regardless of the method, there is so much...
How Do You Know When to Move on from a Relationship?
You create many relationships in your life. Some work out well, while others not so much. Relationships are complicated and require a commitment of time and energy to be fulfilling. When they are not working in your favor, it’s helpful to know when to move on from a...