by Manya Chylinski | Feb 11, 2019 | Mental health, Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency
Our attitudes toward mental health are interesting. It’s really just one aspect of our overall condition, along with physical health. In fact, some dictionaries even define the word health as: a person’s mental or physical condition. Yet on some levels, we...
by Manya Chylinski | Feb 4, 2019 | Mental health, Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency
Events like a storm or a flood ruin possessions and destroy homes, schools, and businesses. Events like terrorist attacks and other crimes destroy property and kill and maim individuals. Those are the stories we hear on the news. What we usually don’t hear is...
by Manya Chylinski | Jan 28, 2019 | Resiliency
Many people spend good money on changing their lives – to advance their careers or reach personal goals. They go to college or trade school, or take online courses or seminars. Some people even hire life and career coaches. But what good is spending all that...
by Manya Chylinski | Jan 14, 2019 | Resiliency
Very few of us get through life without something bad happening to us. Maybe it’s a “regular” bad thing, the kind of event we expect to experience at some point in our lives. Like the deaths of loved ones, getting our heart broken by someone we cared for, being fired...
by Manya Chylinski | Oct 31, 2018 | Resiliency, Self-efficacy
Recently I had occasion to reread Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955 book about the tiny, pajama-clad Harold. This young boy goes on an adventure one evening, leaving behind the comfort of his bed to walk in the moonlight. I remember this book from...
by Manya Chylinski | Oct 10, 2018 | Mental health, Resiliency
Four years ago, in honor of World Mental Health Day, I wrote a piece for Action on Armed Violence with Jane Hunter. She and I discussed my thoughts and feelings about the mental health response to the Boston Marathon bombing. As someone who thankfully walked away...
