Linda Graham, MFT and author of Resilience: Powerful Practices for Bouncing Back from Disappointment, Difficulty, and Even Disaster, shares one exercise from her book for improved resilience and well being. On my way...
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Linda Graham, MFT
Practice Response Flexibility to Improve Your Resilience
Linda Graham, MFT and author of Resilience and Bouncing Back, looks at the power of response flexibility, an important aspect of resilience. It’s the ability we all have to shift our attitude in any moment, no...
Resilience and the 6 C’s of Coping
Resilience is the ability to recover from adversity which can include illness, loss, financial instability, natural disasters and any other highly stressful events. With all we have been through globally in the last...
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
6 Ways to Stop Worrying About the Big and Small Stuff
As much as worry and fear can bring us to our knees sometimes, much of what people get challenged by are not really about life changing, catastrophic events but rather things we actually have no control over. Many...
Resilience: 5 Conditions That Accelerate Brain Change
Linda Graham, MFT and expert on the topic of resilience, describes five conditions that accelerate the process of brain change to cultivate improved perception and response habits. Safety, resonant relationships...
My Favorite Tools to Change Your Brain
Research has shown up that because of the neuroplasticity of your brain, you have the potential to change your life by promoting happiness, trauma relief, resilience and overall peace of mind. You no longer have to be...
Happiness and Life Meaning: Both Important to Well-Being
Linda Graham, MFT looks at the power of life meaning, perhaps even over happiness. She offers an exercise in which to invite both to foster resilience and well-being. Research was recently published in the Journal of...
Resilience Through Creating a Circle of Support
Linda Graham, MFT examines how creating a circle of support as a refuge can build resilience, whether in life or visualized. Refuge simply means a safe, supportive place to be when we are fragile or confused, a safe...
Tools for Resilience: Cultivating Self Compassion
Linda Graham, MFT explores the power of self compassion to increase resilience. There are tools and techniques of “self-directed neuroplasticity” that will help you harness the capacities of your brain to...
5 Ways to Rewire Your Brain for Happiness and Peace of Mind
We all seek happiness. We all want to feel calm, grounded and avoid being hijacked by our own emotional reactivity. Thankfully, the recent studies in neuroscience are demonstrating how to do this. If you find...
