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MAY RESILIENCE WEEK TWO Focusing on Gratitude I am not a fan of people saying "Well it could be worse" or "Some people have it worse than you do". In my opinion, it is very insensitive considering each of us has our own struggles. Some struggle more than others based on different events. At the same time, it is our job to help ourselves heal and we are the only person that can help us through this process. Gratitude is part of the process to be thankful for things we are happy we have or grateful for what is still there. The purpose of gratitude isn't to compare our situation or make us feel guilty. It is to help us refocus on things that we can still be grateful for. So, for example, I went through a very hard grieving process when my cat Mr. Sully passed away. In fact, it has been over a year and I still feel the pain from his loss. At the same time to help me balance my pain to be sure I can get up and go I try to tell myself I am grateful I have my other...

MAY RESILIENCE WEEK THREE Emergency Mood Boosters This week we will focus on how we can help ourselves through our difficult times. Every day requires we have to get up, get dressed, work through our daily lives. Small things can help us through the most difficult times. Here are some mood booster ideas. • Wear clothing that makes you feel good. • Snuggle with your pet. • Call someone that will cheer you up • Google fun Memes • Watch a movie that makes you smile • Indulge in something that makes you feel special • You go-to pump up the jam song Share with us some of your ideas! Join our Online Community

MAY RESILIENCE WEEK TWO Peaks and Valleys This is an interesting project idea to outline your life terrain structure. This project could help you focus on areas that need more work with resilience in specific areas of your life. We are going to do draw some mountains, flat lands, and valleys. This will be designed in a timeline format. Draw out your life in the timeline format using mountains, flat land, and valleys to show your life struggles and perks. Mountain: Highlight of your life where you have succeeded, accomplished something great, overcame hardship. It can be a small mountain or big mountain for something you worked hard to achieve. Flat Land: These are generally between the mountains and valleys. They are times in your life where you are in the middle. Keep these parts brief and short. The Valley: Valleys will be the times in your life you struggled and felt some hardship. They can be very deep valleys or mild low valley depending on how deep the event impacted you. Ta...

MAY RESILIENCE Butterfly Effect The Transformation of Our Pain This month we are going to focus on the past, present, and future how our life challenges can be transformed. The Caterpillar Life: During the caterpillar life we are wandering through trying to prepare for the transformation becoming a butterfly. Sometimes we go through some really rough stuff before we get to the final stage. We will think of the caterpillar stage as challenging events that caused us stress or pain. The Cocoon Stage: During this stage, we are working through the process of pain, rejection, failure, and trauma. How we walk through this process is based on the actions and choices we make. This does not mean we always recover, forget, or never feel pain again from past events. The goal is to discover how we can transform the situation so we can move on to the next stage in life. The Butterfly (Final Transformation): When we work through our pain, rejection, failure, and trauma we go through a transform...

MAY LIFE JOURNEY WITH RESILIENCE Definition: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties Hardship in Life Job Loss Illness Disaster Death Trauma Financial Divorce Resilient Characteristics Sets Boundaries Keep Good Company Strong Self Awareness Acceptance of Life Understand Things Can Be Unknown Good Self Care Qualities Team Supporters Open to Options Look Outside the Box Problem Solving Life Situation May Focus We will focus on improving our resilience no matter what life throws us. Sometimes we do not always know how to bounce back. Improving your characteristics how you deal with life events and stress can help you grow strong and resilience. Join us this month on a journey to help you improve dealing with the hardship of life.