In this section I post ideas, articles, books, movies or music that I have found and relate in some aspect to resilience. There is a loose categorisation process, but rather than create an infinite number of categories there will be overlap. If you have suggestions of resources for this section please email me, including enough information for me to locate original sources.
Don’t make ‘balance’ your goal - rather choose 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?
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
Lance Burdett has 22 years of policing experience and 13 years as a crisis negotiator.
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The Town that Thrived
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
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
International humanitarian work is challenging, dangerous and incredibly rewarding.
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What is the connection between music and resilience?
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
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
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?
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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