iCope2Hope: Resilience Blog

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Stress Can Be Healthy?

Stress is a normal part of our life. Short-term stress can be healthy and a great motivator to get things done.

Long-term stress unrelieved can negatively impact your...

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How Do You Stay Motivated To Reach Your Goals?

I am highly motivated on Mondays. In fact I call it Motivational Monday or Magical Monday because anything can happen. On Motivational Monday, I can...

Resilience 101: 6 Steps to Improve Your People-Picking Skills boundaries critical thinking positive resilience

How Are Your People-Picking Skills?

Are you able to read people when you first meet them?

Do you get taken advantage of often? Why?

Do you find yourself attracted to charming extroverts even...

Walk away from people who are not trustworthy.

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Why Trust Is Important?

Trust is central to all types of relationships. It enables one to believe another person's actions. In other words, they say what they mean and mean what they say.

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We always have two choices: accept circumstances or embrace change and seek opportunities.

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COVID-19: The Houseguest That Won't Leave

Life can throw us many curve balls. For instance, COVID has been that annoying houseguest that has taken over our lives and doesn't want to leave.

COVID...

Critical thinking is important for decision making.

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What is Critical Thinking?

Critical thinking is logical reasoning. It takes emotion out of a situation and analyzes and evaluates known facts. In problem solving, this is a vital skill used to...