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Coping Mechanisms: Dealing with Life’s Disappointments in a Healthy Way

By Courtney E. Ackerman — 2021

No matter how great your life may be, you will eventually deal with disappointments, setbacks, failures, and even loss and trauma.

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5 Qualities to Get You Through the Hardest Times

It’s possible to turn even the most upsetting situations into opportunities for growth if you can muster enough willingness, trust, faith, patience and surrender.

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Iyanla Vanzant
2015
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The Failure Factor: Joe Cross on How to Cultivate Luck

To anyone out there who feels like they’re failing, it’s OK—that’s what we call ‘Life.’ —Joe Cross

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Megan Bruneau
2016
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Building Resilience

Seligman has spent three decades researching failure, helplessness, and optimism. He created a program to help young adults and children overcome anxiety and depression, and has worked with colleagues from around the world to develop a program for teaching resilience.

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Martin E.P. Seligman
2011
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Meditation: The Key to Resilience in Caregiving

Meditation broadens our perspective and deepens our courage. The spaciousness of mind and greater ease of heart that arise through balanced awareness and compassion are fundamental components of a resilient spirit.

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Sharon Salzberg
2010
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Inspiration and Joy Amidst Suffering and Loss

As Buddhist teaching says, suffering has the potential to deepen our compassion and understanding of the human condition. And in so doing, it can lead us to even greater faith, joy and well-being.

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James Baraz
2014
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To Recover from Failure, Try Some Self-Compassion

When things go wrong in our lives, we tend to become our own worst enemy.

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Christopher Germer
2017
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‘I Realized I Don’t Have to Believe My Thoughts’

Our mindfulness practice is not about vanquishing our thoughts. It’s about becoming aware of the process of thinking so that we are not in a trance—lost inside our thoughts.

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Tara Brach
2014
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Tara Brach on How Meditation Brings Healing to Workplace Fears During Turbulent Times

During the global pandemic and racialized unrest, we all need pathways to calm, clarity and openheartedness. While it’s natural to feel fear during times of great collective crises, our challenge is that fear easily takes over our lives.

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Bryan Robinson
2020
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