Resilience is a capacity. Now we know we can build that capacity in individuals, organizations and communities! The construct of resilience is multifaceted, and it has the ability to provide a link between stress and mental illness. By better understanding what makes...
A lot of people talk about resilience, but not a lot of people know how to build it. Resilience is the capacity to bounce back in the face of stress. The abilities inherent in resilience are skills that can be learned. Managing stress and harnessing emotion are...
Emotion is often frowned upon at work. When individuals are “emotional” at work they are frequently seen as irrational and out of place. We propose a new way to think about, and leverage, emotion at work. Emotion is energy. Emotion is tightly tied to motivation and...
There has been a tremendous focus on mental health literacy. Unfortunately, when we speak about mental health, we are most often really speaking about mental illness. This conversation results in confusion, and inadvertently further extends and promotes a culture of...
Emotion has its own language. Emotions are physiological responses to stimuli, and each emotion has its own physiological signature. Shame is recognized and experienced universally as a flushing, shrinking sensation associated with an increase in the heart rate and...
