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.
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...
8 Strategies For Coping With Life Changes And Transitions
Change is certain to happen. According to the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, “The only thing that is constant is change.” If this is true, and I believe it is, coping with life changes and transitions should come more easily to everyone, don’t you think? Yet, many...
Learning Who You Are Meant to Be: A Conversation with Rosemary Hurwitz
Depression often goes undiagnosed. It can be easy to miss, until someone has a breakdown that can’t be ignored. That’s the way it happened for Rosemary Hurwitz. She is one of the fortunate ones whose family recognized the symptoms and helped her to...
Why Are Major Life Changes So Stressful?
Major life events are not everyday occurrences, and they can bring up all kinds of emotions that can stop you in your tracks. These are times in life that can knock you off your foundation and you get turned you upside down. Pivotal moments like these can make you...
When to Move on from a Job—8 Obvious Signs
The time you spend at your job often exceeds the time you are with the most precious people in your life. You may feel a responsibility, an allegiance, to the company who pays your salary. But, what happens when things change at work and you lose that sense of...
7 Significant Benefits of Self-care When You’re Facing a Major Life Change
The benefits of self-care are many yet, especially when your world turns upside down from a major life event, you forget that taking care of you is the first thing you should do. You hear a lot about self-care these days. It feels like a trending thing. The truth is...
Will I Ever Move on From My Ex? Here’s How to Know & Move Forward
Relationships end. And it hurts. Feeling shattered, betrayed, empty and stuck in that place can last a long time. I often hear this question: Will I ever move on from my ex? My answer always is: If you want to. It’s always a choice you get to make, but there are some...
How to Bounce Back from Failure Without Skipping a Beat
Many people have advice about how to bounce back from failure. Just google it. As I look back over 30 years in the corporate world, I had my share of failures—failed hiring decisions, failed projects, failed promotion attempts. In life, too, I’ve seen failures—two...