by Manya Chylinski | Jan 30, 2020 | Courage, Resiliency, Trauma
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela Do you know the true definition of it or understand how you find it? Courage is strength in the face of pain or grief. It is close, but not the same as bravery. Courage...
by Manya Chylinski | Jan 18, 2020 | Community, Community Resiliency, Resiliency
Community resilience is crucial to being prepared for, and avoiding, adversities, including a myriad of tragedies and trauma. Because life happens. To all of us. Trees fall. Weather rages. Fire burns. People do horrible things to one another. And when those things...
by Manya Chylinski | Jan 15, 2020 | Gratefulness, Resiliency, Trauma
Being exposed to terrorism firsthand (my first significant episode of community violence, to boot) taught me many lessons. Looking back, I wonder what the set-point of my life would’ve been, if you had measured it just moments before the bombs went off. Life wasn’t...
by Manya Chylinski | Jan 10, 2020 | Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency, Trauma
After healing from a traumatic event, one would think a written resiliency manifesto wouldn’t be necessary. You have learned so much, come so far, and may not even recognize the person you were before. You could never forget how you got here. Or could you? A...
by Manya Chylinski | Dec 26, 2019 | Mental health, Mindfulness, Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency, Trauma
This sounded so silly the first time I heard it: Your brain hears what you say. Of course your brain hears what you say, and it hardly needs to hear anyway since whatever I say came from that very same brain. Right? But once I learned this concept in a mindfulness...
by Manya Chylinski | Dec 17, 2019 | Belonging, Resiliency, Self-efficacy, Trauma
Poet and icon Maya Angelou said those words in response to the question: What price have you paid for that freedom? A few days ago I had the honor of hearing leadership speaker and bestselling author Brene Brown speak. She talked about this quote, one I also love, as...
