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Resilience is like a muscle you can build. It’s just a matter of knowing how.
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We want Option B to be a place where you can share your story, openly and honestly, as well as find stories of other people’s experiences.
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Learn how to support others when they’ll need it the most.
When a family member or friend is going through any sort of challenge, small gestures of love and support can go a long way. Find the words and actions to support loved ones when they need you the most.
Writer and psychologist Andrew Solomon encourages us to forge meaning from our struggles and build a new identity that incorporates even the worst events in our lives.
Significant days like a birthday, holiday, or anniversary can be stressful for people dealing with grief, divorce, or illness. You can help them make plan for how to spend the day.
A leading trauma expert and clinical psychologist explains why talking about trauma helps the healing process.
Dan Gilbert, author of “Stumbling on Happiness” and social psychologist challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Gilbert describes how our “psychological immune system” can help us find happiness—synthetic or natural—when things don’t go as planned.
