Most of us appreciate the importance of Joy – and of sharing it with others. It simply has become habit to overlook or ignore in the chaos, the stress, and the trauma of these times.

At this moment in time, our threat detection systems have been so activated for so long it is becoming difficult to distinguish between a Face-Eating Bear and a Cute Little Chipmunk.

The dance between the thoughtful and reflective parts of our brain and the parts wired for our very survival is an enduring one.

I’m tired. You’re tired. Everyone is tired. And not the kind we can mitigate with extra sleep or self-care. It requires something more.

We all have them, those well-intentioned co-workers, bosses, or others who radically cheer on our herculean efforts and outcomes while willfully ignoring the toll it exacts.

Strong advice in how to self-manage and how to avoid flinging your glitter (harm) onto everyone else.

What can we do to notice when we are heads down and busy DOING? Sometimes we have to turn to others in our lives who have a better vantage point than we do.

None of us were born knowing how to do these things, and few of us were taught these basic skills at any point in our lives.

Exhaustion settles into the bones, and left untended will weaken the matrix. If you think you’re alone, you aren’t.

What *is* of value is examining the truth of the stories I’m telling myself and asking if the lens I am choosing is one that increases or diminishes my desire and ability to respond with compassion.

Resilience is a resource. No resource is limitless. Do not allow others to weaponize your previously demonstrated resilience against you..

Every one of us has the terrible power – even if only by default – to amplify the pain. Or we can commit to becoming mitigators of the pain.

It is amazing what happens when we drop our fists, unclench our hands, allow ourselves to be curious about how others are making sense of the world.

Even our most adaptive competencies become maladaptive when taken to the extreme. Resilience is a critical skill, one that has been both overplayed and weaponized.