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Merry Resilience: My holiday wish for Boomer women, Part 4

Posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2009

In this final blog entry in the series, I take my scholar's hat off and go deeply personal to share with you my most carefully - guarded secret: how it is possible to be out of control and simply joyful, all at the same time.

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Merry Resilience: My holiday wish for Boomer women, Part 3

Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2009

Social scientists who have studied resilient people have pretty much come to consensus about what we can do when aspects of our life — or perhaps the whole darn thing — is spinning out of our control. Here are six of their findings — and the most important things to keep in mind as you transit through the challenges of this holiday season.

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Merry Resilience: My holiday wish for Boomer women, Part 2

Posted on Tuesday, December 01, 2009

One of the key attitudinal issues that gets in the way of our experiencing all that the holiday season has to offer is that we tend to think of "the holidays" as celebration rather than ritual. Celebrations affirm the status quo. Ritual transforms us.

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