Mindfulness is one of the 6 pillars of Resiliency for my 7 Week Resiliency Workshop. I chose this because practicing mindfulness everyday helped me very much when I was fighting with my son’s cancer, especially dealing with the negatives feelings such as regret, anger, anxiety, and worry. Over the years, it became my habit to do at least 10 minutes of meditation everyday, but it can be anything from simply taking one deep breath to listening to a guided meditation program on an app.
Read MoreDuring the four years we fought our first son’s cancer, I started asking them what three things they’re grateful for that day before we went to bed. Later, I thought it was easier for my boys to relate if I rephrase it to “What three good things happened today?” So I started that habit.
Read MoreAlthough we cannot do many things due to social distancing, exercising is one thing I’ve been doing every day. I have always run or walked. I did 15 Day Push-up Challenge, and I now challenging myself to do plank every day for 15 days. On top of that, I’m also working out with my husband. Since he’s been working from home, we have time to do exercise together.
Read MoreI’ve launched my 7 Week Resiliency Workshop online, and we had two zoom meetings so far: a kick-off meeting the day before the workshop started, and one-week debriefing meeting yesterday. The participants have told me that they love the connection with other members, and they enjoy being authentic and sharing their knowledge and experience in the virtual community. I found out that it is called “swift trust.”
Read MoreToday was the end of the first week for my 7 week Resiliency Workshop. The first week, our group has worked on Gratitude every day. To close the first week, we had a non-mandatory casual Discovery Session on Zoom. I was happy to see 8 participants connecting from Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Austria who are originally from Japan, Korea, France, US, Austria, and Slovakia.
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