by Melanie Vetter | Jul 22, 2020 | Resilience
There’s a saying: What you practice grows stronger. That’s fantastic if what you’re practicing is the violin or tennis or gratitude. The human brain has a strong negativity bias, which was helpful when we were always on the lookout for danger from wild animals. Fear...
by Melanie Vetter | Jul 15, 2020 | Resilience
Self-compassion is an antidote to self-judgement — that tough inner critic in your head. Self-compassion includes the idea of being kind toward yourself as an imperfect human and also recognizing that you are worthy of care and concern. It’s important to note...
by Melanie Vetter | Jul 8, 2020 | Resilience
Compassion is a key component of resilience. But often we’re only compassionate to others. When you’re compassionate to others you help them be their better self. But so often we’re kinder to others than we are to ourselves. Instead of compassion, we beat...
by Melanie Vetter | Jun 24, 2020 | Resilience
These past few weeks have been tough on all of us. Last week in my free journaling session the participants mentioned how helpful and calming spending time journaling about their lived experience has been. I agree. So I want to share with you some of the tools we use...
by Melanie Vetter | Jun 17, 2020 | Resilience
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow. — Mary Anne Radmacher Last week I wrote about how small acts of kindness can help us grow our courage. By caring for another...
by Melanie Vetter | Jun 10, 2020 | Resilience
Right now it’s hard to know how to move forward. The problems facing our nation feel overwhelming. To move forward we’re going to need resources like caring, compassion and especially courage. How do we find our inner strength right now? Nelson Mandela said, “I...
