by Manya Chylinski | Sep 12, 2018 | Mindfulness, Post-Traumatic Stress
Before my trauma, if you’d asked I would’ve told you that I was pretty aware of my own sense of self and how I interacted with the world. After my trauma, I look back on my naïve self and smile. I was doing the best I could with the information I had at the time and I...
by Manya Chylinski | Sep 4, 2018 | Corporate Resiliency, Mindfulness
The concept of mindfulness seems to be everywhere these days, even if you aren’t looking for it. Jon Kabat-Zinn, the man who coined the concept of mindful-based stress reduction, defines mindfulness as: “awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in...
by Manya Chylinski | Aug 27, 2018 | Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency
The first time I heard the term post-traumatic growth, I groaned. Definitely inside my head and probably audibly, too. Having post-traumatic stress is exhausting. There are so many moments (and minutes and whole days and entire weeks, if not more) when it takes over...
