Resilience #2: The Bounce-back Virtue

In Stoicism, from which Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is derived, there are four virtues.  The first is moderation or self-control.  In Eric Barker’s blogged example of the usefulness of resilience, he described an elite U.S. Marine, part of the BUD/S (Seals) in a predicament deep underwater, entangled in chains, with an explosive device in his […]

Resilience #1 – The Bounce-back Virtue

Last month, via blogs and LinkedIn posts, two lists of attributes concerning resilience, came my way.  The first was from Dr. Judith Rodin and the second from Eric Barker.  I am grateful for both lists and for the good will behind sharing these during the pandemic.  As one of hundreds of facilitators of SMART Recovery […]

Scheduling as Survival

Since the lockdown, many of you have raised boredom, scheduling, and interrupted routines as factors messing with your recovery.  In my own quest to know the basics of the Western canon, I recently began reading Montaigne, a French aristocrat who retired to his estates, four-hundred-years ago, where he ended his life writing.  And guess what?  […]