by Evan Dwan | Aug 8, 2019 | News |
How can we respond to the suffering we see in the world? What can we do to help others who are facing adversity? After the attacks on America on September the 11th 2001, in which terrorists flew planes into the twin towers in New York, there was a great outpouring of...
by Evan Dwan | Aug 8, 2019 | News |
Here is a story about strengths and resilience in action: On January 15, 2009, US airways flight 1549 took off from New York heading to Charlotte, North Carolina. Shortly after take-off, Captain Chelsey Sullenberger (known as ‘Sully’) radioed air traffic control to...
by Evan Dwan | Aug 8, 2019 | News |
The world is not made up of separate parts that together make up a whole, but rather, a whole that is made up of different parts that are related to and interact with each other. Interdependence means that two or more people or things are dependent on each other to...
by Evan Dwan | Aug 8, 2019 | News |
A state refers to the particular condition that someone or something is in at a particular time. A self-state is the condition that the self is in in any given moment. An essential skill for living well is learning to regulate our internal states. What is a state made...
by Evan Dwan | Aug 7, 2019 | News |
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” ― Helen Keller Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with...
by Evan Dwan | Aug 7, 2019 | News |
There was once a man who was terrified of his own shadow and lived in fear of the sound of his own footsteps. Walking along one day he entered a panic and tried to flee at top speed. But as fast as he ran, his shadow and footsteps kept up with him and made him run all...
