With COVID-19, climate change, and global economic upheavals, we are living in tough times.

As such these tough times force us to look into and question our own ability to recover and bounce back from challenges – also called “resiliency.”

This premise invites the next logical question: What is your relationship with your personal resiliency?

I have been blessed in numerous ways with a great current job, happy family life and substantial educational credential to my credit. In many ways, I am living the American dream life. However, at many occasions, I have also come face to face with my "shadow self" that has its own view of who I am and what I am supposed to feel.

My shadow self is not satisfied over any significant extent of time. It appears when I am mentally and physically tired. It is grounded mostly in my past experiences. It resides mostly in my mind. It finds me undisciplined, lazy, and lacking creativity and flow to deal my life's challenges. It says you will never change from my past self. It talks to me and says: “Here you go again.” It clings to and feasts on the dark side of the future possibilities in my life.