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 | 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...
by Manya Chylinski | Dec 11, 2019 | Health, Mental health, Post-Traumatic Stress, Resiliency, Self-efficacy, Trauma
Recovering from trauma is a lot of work. Early on, you probably don’t even realize you’re doing any work. But everything you see and hear and feel, even the stuff that infuriates you or causes you to feel invisible, is helping you heal. Looking back on my early years...
by Manya Chylinski | Oct 2, 2019 | Corporate Resiliency, Resiliency, Workplace
Company culture isn’t just written policies and the details about when, where, how, and by whom work gets done. It’s also the unwritten vibe about the organization, the traditions, the feelings, basically “how we do things here.” These all have an effect on employees,...
by Manya Chylinski | Sep 23, 2019 | Resiliency, Trauma
To put a pretty fine a point on it, I really hate the word resiliency*. I’m resilient. You are too. We all have some ability to adapt after stress (whether it feels that way or not); none of us would be here without it. I’ve used these words often in my speaking and...
