We could talk resilience all day, but really, the people who use the meQuilibrium program are our biggest inspiration. They examine and change the thoughts patterns that cause stress.

According to Caregiving in the U.S.

Happiness isn’t all fun and games. Research shows that it can improve your life substantially, and that unhappiness sets you up for less success and poorer health.

The ghosts and goblins inside your head are far scarier than anything The Walking Dead could ever think up. That’s because your thoughts are what keep you from exercising.

First appeared on Forbes.com. According to the World Health Organization, stress is “the health epidemic of the 21st century,” and the driver of many chronic diseases.

Poor sleep leaves you with zero capacity to manage stress.

Stress can spout from everywhere—work obligations, family tension, a severe lack of self-care…and also, stuff.

You know the feeling. It’s Monday morning at work and you feel like you’re trudging through mud. You’re drowsy, forgetful, and mentally stumbling on tasks that should be easy.

When a negative emotion hits you, you can feel it in your body, right? A heaviness on your chest, a hollow feeling in your stomach, a flushed face, tears welling up.

Resilience is not just the ability to survive challenging times; it’s the ability to thrive in them.

3 Ways to Make Resilience a Practice Resilience is not just the ability to survive challenging times; it’s the ability to thrive in them.

“The universe isn’t made of atoms, it’s made of stories.” A poet named Muriel Rukeyser wrote that.