by Manya Chylinski | Jun 30, 2020 | Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency, Self-efficacy, Trauma
No one tells you you’re anywhere near the ride, even when it looms ahead, cloaked in invisibility; or is just around a corner, hidden behind the fresh spring leaves on a giant oak that blocks your view of everything, even the soft blue sky. You may not know you...
by Manya Chylinski | Mar 2, 2020 | Mental health, Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency, Trauma
You don’t just recover after trauma. Although the traumatic event may have been a one-time event or last for years, the recovery is a journey, with stages—stepping stones, small victories—along the way. Understanding that this is a process can keep you from being too...
by Manya Chylinski | Feb 24, 2020 | Resiliency, Storytelling, Trauma
The decision to tell your trauma story is a huge one. If you are here now, you’ve already taken the long and arduous journey to get here, and overcome at least some of your fears or shame to choose sharing. Once you’ve reached this point, you may think: What’s...
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...
