Cultivating An Exceptional Life through strategies designed to cultivate
Mental Health
We call face obstacles and challenges in life. A key to overcoming them is to add some effective tools to your life toolbox.Tools designed to help you cope and diffuse the challenge so you can get back to what matters most.
In this section of our website we’ll share content designed to help you add more of these tools to your tool box.
ARTICLES RELATED TO STRESS & RESILIANCE
My PTSD Story #3 – I Was Stalked by a Rapist
TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL VIOLENCE/RAPE This is my third PTSD story, in a series about the trauma I have gone through which led to my diagnosis of Complete Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. During the summer of 1983, I was woken by the rattling of my bedroom window....
Stories of Hope in Hard Times
How do you get through hard times? I share some some of the struggles I've dealt with and tips for getting through them.on the podcast Stories of Hope in Hard Times by host Tamara K Anderson. You can watch it below, listen to it below, on Tamara's website or access...
Possible Causes of PTSD, Besides Combat
There are many possible causes of PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder). The term PTSD is one I had long associated with soldiers returning from war. Shell-shock. Battle Fatigue. Combat Fatigue. Those were terms I had seen in movies. For years, I was living with the...
My PTSD Story #2 – Trapped at Home with a Burglar
Trigger warning. This is my second of my PTSD stories – the trauma related events that led to me living with complex post traumatic disorder. My childhood home’s basement had just one exit. A long set of stairs on the south side of the house. At the top of the stairs,...
Living With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder From Someone With PTSD (with Infographic)
Living with post-traumatic stress disorder can be so tough. Many people associate post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with combat soldiers. But there are many sufferers of PTSD that were never in the military, and I am one of them. Any traumatic event can result in...
My PTSD Story #1 – I Was Terrorized by A Masked Man and Nearly Kidnapped
Trigger warning: mentions of violence towards a child. This is just one of my PTSD stories - the trauma related events that led to me living with complex post traumatic disorder. You may be wondering what place it has on a blog dedicated to happiness. I am including...
My Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Story
Have I told you my post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) story? Probably not. I haven't told many people. After all, I tried to hide it for years. Many, many years. In fact, this is the first time I have openly spoken (well written) about it. You see, i was afraid...
Resilience and the Law of Least Resistance
Exhausted – that is how I felt when we returned from the ER visit that Friday evening. My youngest daughter had broken her arm in a rollerskating accident. It was extremely late, everyone was hungry, and I just wanted to crawl into bed, but those motherly instincts...
Is Your Stress Level Killing You? Studies Say No!
Telling yourself you thrive under stress could be healthy. It's a much better story to tell yourself, than, "This stress is killing me." You see... A 1998 study found that 54% of American's are worried about their stress level. Here's the kicker: most people are...
Lower Stress Level With These Five Simple Strategies {With Infographic}
Do you want to lower your stress level? Has your stress levels escalated? The hustle, bustle, and challenges of everyday life alone often produce a lot of stress. But then, if you are anything like me, you perhaps say yes far too often to things you really don't have...
