Born and raised in New Orleans, Dominque Jones had a vision for change, back in May of 2018. As an adult child of an incarcerated parent, she faced the challenges of growing up without a biological ...

The word resilience derives from the Latin resilire, meaning "to jump back." Helping communities prepare for and respond to traumatic experiences including human-made and natural disasters, past and ...

Times of crisis are disorienting, and some crises lead to more extended periods of disorder than others. At the same time, widespread crises also have the potential to deliver a kind of clarity that ...

Emotional resilience is a wonderful skill to have and develop — even strengthen. But are we doing it right? Are we lacking in one aspect of it or another? Many of us might shed a tear at the moment or ...

An earlier version of this article was published on Psychology Today in 2013. It has been expanded and revised with the latest research on psychological resilience and post-traumatic growth. Are We ...

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