5 Practical Suggestions for Getting Out of a Funk

Life's challenges got you down? Here are five ideas that can help.

Life's challenges got you down? Here are five ideas that can help.

Choose Psychological Growth, for Everyone’s Sake

When we delay psychological growth, waiting until we feel totally secure, we let down ourselves, others, and the world. Psychological growth is not selfish.

When we delay psychological growth, waiting until we feel totally secure, we let down ourselves, others, and the world. Psychological growth is not selfish.

Embracing Rejection

By staying committed to growth, you can be secure in the knowledge that every step, no matter how small, is bringing you closer to the person you’re meant to become.

By staying committed to growth, you can be secure in the knowledge that every step, no matter how small, is bringing you closer to the person you’re meant to become.

Motherhood Reimagined

Personal Perspective: After years of infertility, motherhood wasn’t what I expected. It’s a mix of joy, trauma, and growth that reshaped me entirely.

Personal Perspective: After years of infertility, motherhood wasn’t what I expected. It’s a mix of joy, trauma, and growth that reshaped me entirely.

10 Often Overlooked Signs You Are Healing From Trauma

Healing from trauma can be a slow process, but these 10 often overlooked signs may be indications that you are doing better than you think.

Healing from trauma can be a slow process, but these 10 often overlooked signs may be indications that you are doing better than you think.

When Anniversaries Bring Up Sadness in You or Your Kids

Anniversaries of a loved one's death, or holidays where they are absent, can be difficult for adults and children alike. Here's how to care for your child and yourself.

Anniversaries of a loved one's death, or holidays where they are absent, can be difficult for adults and children alike. Here's how to care for your child and yourself.

6 Reasons Why It’s Difficult to Be Single After Divorce

Difficulty and confusion reign in getting divorced. Discover six reasons for the strife and suggestions for what you can do to reduce it.

Difficulty and confusion reign in getting divorced. Discover six reasons for the strife and suggestions for what you can do to reduce it.

Under and Above the Waves: Post-Traumatic Growth

What we can learn from tsunami survivor Chris Xaver about resilience

What we can learn from tsunami survivor Chris Xaver about resilience

How Trust Impacts Our Relationships With Ourselves, Others, and Life

Whether it’s our relationships, our passions, or our entire perspective on life, trust makes it happen. Our ability to trust doesn’t depend on others—it starts with us.

Whether it’s our relationships, our passions, or our entire perspective on life, trust makes it happen. Our ability to trust doesn’t depend on others—it starts with us.

Embracing Growth After Trauma

When life doesn’t go as planned, growth is still possible. Facing adversity can help us discover strength, purpose, and resilience.

When life doesn’t go as planned, growth is still possible. Facing adversity can help us discover strength, purpose, and resilience.

Voting as Self-Healing

Voting after trauma is powerful self-healing. Reclaim your voice, find hope, and connect with community by casting a ballot and shaping a better future.

Voting after trauma is powerful self-healing. Reclaim your voice, find hope, and connect with community by casting a ballot and shaping a better future.

Racing From Trauma to Triumph

In a journey from trauma to triumph, racing partners Kerry Gruson and Caryn Lubetsky embody the power of forgiveness, determination, and teamwork.

In a journey from trauma to triumph, racing partners Kerry Gruson and Caryn Lubetsky embody the power of forgiveness, determination, and teamwork.

Healing From Adverse Childhood Experiences

A pioneering trauma expert has uncovered principles that help adults heal from the aftermath of adverse childhood experiences.

A pioneering trauma expert has uncovered principles that help adults heal from the aftermath of adverse childhood experiences.

Forgiving Yourself for Ways You Coped After Trauma

Survivors of child abuse often grapple with complex emotions, including guilt and shame, especially over the things they had to do in order to cope with traumatic environments.

Survivors of child abuse often grapple with complex emotions, including guilt and shame, especially over the things they had to do in order to cope with traumatic environments.

Unique Methods of Caring for Human Trafficking Victims

No two trafficking victims are alike. Research reveals how that reality can inform supportive survivor care.

No two trafficking victims are alike. Research reveals how that reality can inform supportive survivor care.

When Horror Is a Hobby

Horror may act as a "fear vaccine," helping some individuals develop coping mechanisms for stress and fear in both fictional and real-world scenarios.

Horror may act as a "fear vaccine," helping some individuals develop coping mechanisms for stress and fear in both fictional and real-world scenarios.

Beyond Bouncing Back: A New Perspective on Resilience

Standard definitions of resilience lack clarity and create unrealistic expectations for recovery. Genuine resilience includes attitudes and skills that anyone can learn.

Standard definitions of resilience lack clarity and create unrealistic expectations for recovery. Genuine resilience includes attitudes and skills that anyone can learn.

Five Ways to Cultivate Bravery

Want to become more brave? Step outside your comfort zone and lean into change.

Want to become more brave? Step outside your comfort zone and lean into change.

Love Is Stronger Than Death

While war includes profound emotional trauma, the ability to lean on supportive relationships and employ adaptive coping strategies can mitigate the long-term negative effects.

While war includes profound emotional trauma, the ability to lean on supportive relationships and employ adaptive coping strategies can mitigate the long-term negative effects.

Hurricane Helene: Psychological Impacts and Resilience

When catastrophe hits, recovery is a long, multifaceted process. Individuals can build resiliency in the immediate aftermath and long after the event is over.

When catastrophe hits, recovery is a long, multifaceted process. Individuals can build resiliency in the immediate aftermath and long after the event is over.

Why “Good” or “Bad” Outcomes Aren’t Always What They Seem

Discover how a simple mindset shift can turn life’s toughest moments into opportunities for growth.

Discover how a simple mindset shift can turn life’s toughest moments into opportunities for growth.

How Resilient Are Older Adults?

Are older people too "set in their ways" to respond creatively to crises? Research on how older people adapted to the pandemic provides some surprising and satisfying answers.

Are older people too "set in their ways" to respond creatively to crises? Research on how older people adapted to the pandemic provides some surprising and satisfying answers.

The R’s of Recovery

Recovery from mental health difficulties often requires a balance of decreasing repression and repetition while increasing release, repair, respect, resiliency, and revisiting.

Recovery from mental health difficulties often requires a balance of decreasing repression and repetition while increasing release, repair, respect, resiliency, and revisiting.

How Marriage Continues After Death

"Our marriage evolves, if only in my mind."

"Our marriage evolves, if only in my mind."

Childhood Patterns With Siblings

If parents are not emotionally available, sibling bonds are based on trying to get basic needs met or are the result of needs not being met.

If parents are not emotionally available, sibling bonds are based on trying to get basic needs met or are the result of needs not being met.

Productive and Unproductive Suffering

There are three critical differences between productive suffering and unproductive suffering.

There are three critical differences between productive suffering and unproductive suffering.

Relational Trauma: Is This You?

A more expansive definition helps create a broader understanding of childhood trauma.

A more expansive definition helps create a broader understanding of childhood trauma.

Trauma's Enduring Hold on the Brain

Personal Perspective: Trauma, no matter if it's "big T" or "little t," leaves its imprint on the life and brain of the sufferer.

Personal Perspective: Trauma, no matter if it's "big T" or "little t," leaves its imprint on the life and brain of the sufferer.

Stop Ruminating and Start Processing Your Painful Past

Replaying past events does not bring us any closer to letting go of painful memories. Learn how to assemble the puzzle of your past and give your mind peace through writing.

Replaying past events does not bring us any closer to letting go of painful memories. Learn how to assemble the puzzle of your past and give your mind peace through writing.

How a Non-Disclosure Agreement Can Cause Emotional Harm

When individuals cannot discuss their painful experiences with others, it hinders their ability to psychologically process the event, impeding healing and post-traumatic growth.

When individuals cannot discuss their painful experiences with others, it hinders their ability to psychologically process the event, impeding healing and post-traumatic growth.