Warming Up Your Change Muscles

Calming, Exercises

Before a physical workout, a warmup is helpful to get the muscles and joints prepared for activity and reduce the likelihood of injury. There are also warmups you can do before engaging your change muscles. When you are dealing with adversity, your brain and body play...

Embracing Different Lifestyles: Another View on Resilience

Creativity, Exercises

A friend and I were in a car the other day; my friend was driving. Another car suddenly tried to cut us off, honked at us, and raced ahead of us. The whole process took no longer than 10 seconds, but my friend spent the next half hour venting anger. The driver was...

Strength and Weakness: Balance and Resilience

Building Blocks

Strength and weakness: It has always been hard for us to find the balance point. We can become conceited if we overly value our strengths; however, we might lose confidence by overemphasizing weaknesses. Having lived in both China and the US, I have noticed some...

How to Get Over Work Overload

Career, Energy Management, Ourselves, Recovery, Resources

Most people dedicate a substantial part of their lives to a career. Jobs can be so important to us that they almost completely define who we are. Because we spend so much time and effort on our jobs, we can experience overload, stress, and burnout. Here are some...

Stuck in Traffic?

Calming, Exercises, Ourselves

Traffic can be the most frustrating thing in everyday life. We are stuck in a tiny space, we can’t move the car, and we have to pay close attention to other cars. Severe commuting stress can also harm our health both physically and psychologically. Although we...

Music and Resilience

Building Blocks, Calming, Energy Management

A while back, the obituaries page in my newspaper had two stories on it. One was about Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member of the family who was the basis for “The Sound of Music.” They escaped from Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938, and went on to...