John Fawcett

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Don’t make ‘balance’ your goal - rather choose life

Bubbling life

I’ve been involved with the whole Stress and Trauma management field for nearly 30 years now, from the safe streets of New Zealand to the disturbing fields of Cambodia and…

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What can ecosystem studies teach us about resilience?

Lake ecosystem

The term ‘resilience’ is applied so widely across a multitudes of disciplines that it faces its own extinction.

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Front Line Pressure

AK47

Lance Burdett has 22 years of policing experience and 13 years as a crisis negotiator.

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The Town that Thrived

Flourishing flowers. CA

The common understanding of states of chaos is that contexts of fear, terror, corruption and political instability will lead to multiple failures across social groups, relationships and communities and result…

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Post Earthquake Thriving

ChCh earthquake

Does a major earthquake totally disrupt lives? At the Resilience Checkin we believe that “most people cope with most things most of the time”.

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Resilience in the front line of Humanitarian work

Bomb goes off

International humanitarian work is challenging, dangerous and incredibly rewarding.

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What is the connection between music and resilience?

Music

It is commonly believed that music significantly influences mood and psychological emotionality. Most of us would say that this is just common sense.

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Ten Ways to Weather and Bounce Back From Stress and Trauma

Maze Getty CA

I have just finished reading “Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenges”, (Southwick. S. , Charney. D.

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‘We-ness’ and the Power of Resilient Couples to Thrive

Contact 2

I stumbled across a new word the other day, and I really like it. ‘We-ness’ The moment I read it I thought, ‘Yes! This makes sense! ”.

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Does thriving = resilience + happiness?

Blog everday resilience 1

It seems to me that to be of any use to me thriving has to include happiness. Growth without joy is more a prison sentence than life.

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