In the Face of Adversity

The importance of resilience

Ron Breazeale Ph.D.

Fear and Rigidity

How can you get through the demands of the "new normal"? Flexible thinking is key.

Humor and Self-Care

Thinking about buying a treadmill for the basement party room? Now may be the right time.

Our Old Friend Fear

Can developing resilience guide us through these troubling times?

Wake Up and Pay Attention

It's time to speak up and have our voices heard, loud and clear.

Taking on Racism

Community and problem-solving policing is a different approach, one that steps away from the warrior mentality.

Isn't It Ironic?

Is the COVID-19 pandemic shifting how we look at the way we live our lives?

Weight Control

To lose weight, self-efficacy is key.

Weight Control

Weight control involves changing old habits. So how do we do that when we know old habits die hard?

How to Manage Your Weight

Can weight loss be controlled by using the skills and attitudes of resilience? The answer is a resounding "Yes"!

The Coronavirus: Part Two

This is a time to take care of others, both physically and emotionally. What can you do to ensure good physical and emotional health during a pandemic?

The Coronavirus

Now is a time when being flexible in our thinking is a great advantage.

Managing Chaos With Resilience Coaching

Resilience coaching allows recovery from stress disorders and traumatic events.

Pressures of Events and Position Magnify Desolation

Bolstering your resilience can help you maintain balance in life.

Fear

Why we need to look beyond the present situation, the COVID-19 pandemic, with some optimism.

First Responders' Well-Being Is Critically Important

COVID-19 is changing the way we think about first responders—their skills, commitment, and engagement.

Fear

This is a time when we need to be engaged and active, not disengaged and passive.

Active Shooter

Does your workplace have a plan to deal with disgruntled employees, especially ones who are being terminated?

Active Shooter: Normal Behavior?

When is normal adolescent behavior not really normal? Do you know how to judge the difference?

Active Shooter: Taking Action

What would you do if your child mentioned that an "odd, loner-type kid" says he has access to his father's guns?

Active Shooters

Can the skills and attitudes of resilience apply in the active shooter situation? Which resilience skills would you use?

Shelter in Place

Sometimes the "that's the way I always do it" may not serve you best. How the skills and attitudes of resilience can help you decide whether a new way is necessary.

Shelter in Place

Is sheltering in place your best option? There are actions you can take if you're not certain.

Alcohol and Pain

Your tolerance to pain medications and its effectiveness has diminished over time. You believe you know exactly how many drinks you can have to minimize the pain. Are you right?

Chronic Pain

Is chronic pain causing you to isolate? Here are some things you can do.

Addiction to Pain Medications

There are other ways of managing the pain. Are you have to be willing to try these out?

Chronic Pain

Is pain driving you to distraction? Learn how the skills and attitudes of resilience can help.

Corruption

How do you sort out fact from fantasy; what's real and what is fake?

Does Expressing Outrage Work?

Interested in changing other people's minds? Expressing outrage is not the answer,

Living in Pain

More people live with chronic pain than suffer from cancer, heart disease, and diabetes combined. What nonpharmaceutical interventions are available?

Cannabis for Chronic Pain?

How much do we really know about the effectiveness of cannabis in treating chronic pain?

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