Bravely Connected

Community is not just where our homes are. It is where our hearts are. For too long, community has been treated like a strategy: an engagement tactic, a layer added onto programming, or a box to check. But when we pay attention to burnout, loneliness, and quiet disengagement, we begin…

Overwhelm has become so normalized that many of us don’t even notice we’re living in it — until something cracks. The holidays, in particular, tend to amplify it. More events, more expectations, more comparison, more pressure. It’s a lot. But here’s a hard truth I’ve had to tell myself again…

In the last few years in my resilience work, people have been coming up to me and whispering something they feel ashamed to admit. “Connie, I’ve been feeling angry. Really angry.” They say it quietly, as if it’s something dark or forbidden. But I don’t see anger as a bad…

We hear the word resilient a lot these days. In schools. In workplaces. On social media. It’s a word that sounds strong and admirable — but what does it really mean to be resilient? After 25 years of working in the field of mental health and resilience, I’ve watched how…