"I have two sisters, and we lived in a household with a lot of love in it, but my dad was so tough on me with my Sunday league football team that he very rarely turned around to me and said, 'Well done, boy. You did well today, you played well,'" Beckham said.
When my youngest foster daughter was in treatment for her severe eating disorder, one of her therapies involved writing a trauma narrative. In 11 single-spaced, both sides, she documented all the obstacles she had overcome in her young life: the death of her father, her mother's alcoholism. Then, in what her counselor called a destruction ceremony, she shredded her words, stuffed them into balloons, and set them sailing on her way outside of the residential treatment facility where she was living at the time.
Before the social media era, we super social humans were more than willing to dole out advice to anyone who asked. But with advice being thrown our way every time we pick up our phone, which young people do on average over a hundred times a day, it's easy to feel a bit overwhelmed and confused by the many voices telling us how we should live our lives.
It's far too early to talk about that. We've had a fantastic start, we're in really good form, but the season is long and anything can happen. It would be presumptuous to look that far ahead now. We've laid a great foundation, but now we're moving forward and taking it one game at a time. Anything can happen in any single match.
We've got a smooth lake at the moment, Gilbert Enoka says, relaxing in the bar of England's team hotel in Perth a few days before the battle for the Ashes gets under way. But the series is going to start and then there's going to be really, really choppy water in terms of what we actually have to sail. All I want is to help the guys develop structures that can help them be reliable when those waves come.
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Canadian-born Patrick Roberts Loewen has survived a 'criminal' childhood, cancer and drug addiction to become a vigilante of sorts for the city The community spirit in Galway city is definitely strong, but it is rare to see someone caring about its streets like Patrick Roberts Loewen does. Patrick is using his art not only to keep Galway clean but also to keep it safe. And after hearing his back story - which includes a difficult childhood, cancer, an abrupt change of career, and a vision - the reasons are clear.
It was hard work for sure. And heart, determination, resilience. Plus the talent and skill of Troy Parrott and others. But maybe it's also OK to be open to the fact that we got lucky. Bounces of the ball could have gone different ways. The ref could have had a different opinion on a billionaire's elbows. Sure, you make your own luck. But sometimes, the randomness of the universe also comes along to give you a little helping hand.
I know that feeling. I spent more than a year preparing for a San Diego-to-Las Cruces tour-over 6,000 miles of training rides. Thirty-four miles into day one, a rag blew off the road and straight into my rear derailleur. In seconds it snapped the mech, twisted the chain, and broke multiple spokes. The bike was done-unrideable. I stood on the shoulder staring at a dream that just evaporated because of a gust of wind.
"It's a blessing in disguise," people often say when we're confronted with loss or disappointment. And we generally understand the intention: It's a polite acknowledgment of hardship paired with the reassurance that a silver lining must be hidden somewhere within it-if not visible now, then surely waiting around the corner. But tragedy rarely feels like a blessing while we're living through it. More often, it shakes our sense of certainty, rattles our well-being, and challenges who we thought we were, forcing us to rethink what matters and who we can rely on.
Every now and then, if you're lucky, you'll encounter a book that changes your life. History's great novels have earned a reputation in this regard. While the stories of Homer, Virginia Woolf, Fyodor Dostoevsky, or Jane Austen may not be for everyone all the time, an education in the classics can change people in profound ways and give our minds a meeting place in the world of ideas.
During the pandemic, I provided counseling for several health care providers. These dedicated medical professionals faced overwhelming stress due to: Patients dying at an increasingly higher rate. Longer hours of work, changing work conditions, and schedule changes. Significant risk of getting sick, and/or dying themselves. Risk of spreading the disease to family members at risk. My clients desperately needed stress-reduction tools to help them through a challenging time.
GEORGE BONANNO: The big question, really, when I think about trauma is how do most people respond to the things that we think of as traumas? I tend to use the word potential trauma or potentially traumatic event. And that's because events are not traumatic, they're potentially traumatic, but how do most people respond? We know that some people get PTSD, but what do most people, how do most people react?
The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (CSRB) aims to ensure critical services, including healthcare, water, transport and energy, are protected against cyber attacks, which cost the UK economy almost £15bn a year.
Last June, I met a wonderful longtime member of our community, Tom LeNoble. I have been fascinated with his story of resilience ever since that first meeting. I instantly realized this is a special person! Well, it turns out all of us can now read about his amazing life's journey. His autobiography, My Life in Business Suits, Hospital Gowns, and High Heels: In Control, Being Controlled, Out of Control!, is available now.
A decade before emerging as a star for Monterrey (commonly known as Rayadas), Burkenroad was living in a car by a beach during her junior year of high school. She had bounced around between hotels and spare rooms across San Diego as housing became an obstacle for the teenager and her single father, who struggled with mental health issues and finding work. During this time, Christina searched for comfort in unhealthy behaviors like drinking and drugs.
"We've glorified resilience as this virtue," he told me. "Bounce back, return to normal, weather the storm. But the literal definition of resilience is the ability of a system to return to its original baseline after being disturbed."
Coaching isn't just for executives; it helps any business owner reflect, make smarter decisions, and unlock potential. The right coach shows you new perspectives, highlights strengths, and helps you tackle challenges with confidence. From start-ups to established businesses, more leaders are turning to coaching to adapt, communicate better, and get the best out of themselves and their teams in today's unpredictable world.
Years ago, I identified "personal control" as a key component of a resilient outlook and a resilient life. I defined personal control as the ability to focus our time and energy on factors over which we have some influence rather than on situations over which we have little, if any, control. Resilient people have learned to cope effectively with challenges and adversity and demonstrate personal control.
By the time Ohtani walked into the interview room at Dodger Stadium after his team's 6-2 defeat in Game 4 of the World Series, however, he was already devising his redemption. "Of course, I'd like to prepare to be available for every game in case I'm needed," Ohtani said in Japanese. Ohtani wants to pitch again in this World Series. He wants to pitch again, even after he was saddled with the loss on Tuesday night by the Toronto Blue Jays.
For most runners, the TCS NYC Marathon is a once-in-a-lifetime challenge. For one Bronx third-grade teacher, it's a triumph decades in the making. For her, it's a celebration of perseverance, family legacy and the power of determination. "I'm just so nervous, but I'm also so excited," said Casey, who teaches at P.S. 103 Hector Fontanez in Wakefield. "Not every person gets this opportunity and I'm just so beyond grateful."
The Heat were obviously without their top scorer in Tyler Herro, and yet they still made it a competitive game down to the wire in Orlando. Anytime a team goes on the road missing a crucial part of their equation and still stays in the game until the final minutes, that always says something about their resilience. Having that element to your group means your effort level isn't going to waiver based on what your personal is.
