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A Resilience Toolkit: My Experience
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What's in Your Resilience Toolkit? by Dan Jolivet, M.A., Ph.D. (see Dan's LinkedIn) Resilience is a set of tools that anyone can learn We usually talk about resilience as if it’s an inherent characteristic of a person, an innate capacity to cope with stress. I don’t think that’s correct. Although some...
From Resistance to Resilience in Healthcare Leadership: More Than Just Growing a “Thick Skin”!
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By Kelli Oberndorf Management and Organizational Coach • Group Facilitator • Life Coach MY STORY As I started my first job in the healthcare field, I had high hopes for applying my ‘progressive’ style of leadership. I was young, ready, and eager to make a positive impact on the world....
Prioritizing Your Well-Being: Positivity
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Prioritizing Your Well-Being: Positivity By Estefania Lopez, M.S. As part of my own personal development I have recently taken several steps to prioritizing my own well-being. Perhaps the most impactful decision I made was to stop tolerating negative people in my life. This type...
Resilience of a First Generation Student: Five Lessons
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By Estefania Lopez, M.S. Candidate First generation college students are often hardworking and adapt well to stress, but their well-being can suffer during the journey of adaptation. Learn and share five lessons from a first gen. I could talk endlessly about being a first-generation college student. While being a 'first...
Common Humanity in the Workplace: Starting the Conversation
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By Faith Sanders, OWLS Staff. Regardless of where you work, your workplace can be a springboard for deepening the sense of common humanity in society-at-large. Are you practicing common humanity at work? Common Humanity is our understanding that many things connect us as a human race. Connection that transcends skin tone,...
Community: Heroes in Everyday Life
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Community: Heroes in Everyday Life This article co-authored by OWLS staff (Brittany Linde and Gale Lucas) Heroes stand up for others in their community. When a community member has an accident or gets into any other emergency situation, a hero rises to the occasion. Heroes have to overcome many...
Which is more important for commitment: Safety or growth?
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Which is more important for commitment: Safety or growth? By Gale Lucas Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans. ~ Peter F. Drucker Commitment is important to achieving success. We need to be committed to our career and our relationships if we want these...
Do you know the 5 Cs of Resilience?
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Are you resilient? Do you know the 5 Cs of resilience? Click the video below to hear Dr. Joel Bennett speak about resilience and the 5 Cs. The YouTube page gives special access to a resilience assessment! Enjoy!
Compassion: The Do’s and Dont’s of Donation
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Compassion: The Do's And Don'ts of Donation This article co-authored by OWLS staff (Gale Lucas and Michael Hudson) Compassion is a cornerstone of resilience because of how it deeply connects us to others. At the same time, as with other elements of resilience (like confidence), we must be wise in...
Confidence: The root of success... can it also lead to failure?
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By Dr. Gale Lucas, Director of Research Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable. ~ Coco Chanel Confidence is an essential part of how we succeed. In order to persevere in the face of challenges, we need confidence to overcome said challenges. Those...
Centering: Mindfulness 101 and Meditation – Not just for Hippies, I promise
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mindfulness = centering = self-acceptance = allowing goofy thought
Hand in Glove: Employee Engagement Meets Resilience
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Perhaps the best way to engage workers is by appealing to their strengths -- to the inner resources and external conditions that foster resilience. Many think that "engagement" is the new buzzword for employee productivity but it's really just old sheep in new clothing [1]. What is new -- and...
Resilience and July 4th
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The Declaration of Independence as a Template for Building Resilience. A Reflection. The United States Declaration of Independence teaches the ability to rise up--as a collective-- to address stress and duress. Sometimes, the only way to be resilient is by establishing our freedom; separating ourselves from that which no...
Neuroplasticity, Tribal Resilience, and the Substrata of Wellness
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Been doing more reading on resilience and neuroplasticity and its seems that resilience, specifically LEARNING how to BOTH overcome and thrive from stress, is an essential part of well-being. Two things seem to be at work. First, while it is difficult to maintain a healthy habit and a positive mood state...
Recent Articles
A Resilience Toolkit: My Experience
From Resistance to Resilience in Healthcare Leadership: More Than Just Growing a “Thick Skin”!
Prioritizing Your Well-Being: Positivity
Resilience of a First Generation Student: Five Lessons
Common Humanity in the Workplace: Starting the Conversation
Community: Heroes in Everyday Life
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