Post-Traumatic Stress is unfortunately, a term that many of us have heard about, but have you heard of it’s cousin, Post Traumatic Growth?

 In this episode, Diane Lang observes how most of us have a story that has led us to the field of helping, just as I believe that next Chapters are often built on skinned knees. Diane has first-hand experience of overcoming emotionally challenging circumstances and thriving as a result and bringing her lessons into her work in the field of positive psychology. She has dedicated her career to helping people turn their lives around and is on a mission to help us develop a sustainable positive attitude that will have sweeping benefits to both your business and your life.

Show Notes

• You can positively change from a traumatic event in your life – the growth comes after the healing
• You may experience circumstances out of your control, but you can also become a role model for others
• Our business and life experiences deliver so many ups and downs – and that’s how you develop empathy and emotional intelligence
• You can’t be happy every day! It’s far better to be self-aware and feel ALL your emotions – that’s where your growth and resilience comes from
• To grow, you need a support system with one key ingredient – unconditional love
• How do you build a Positivity Practice? With simple steps…
• If you feel blocked and struggling, don’t do the same old, same old. Explore something that provides flow for you – when you participate in something that combines challenge and passion you can forget your problems and new ideas arrive
• Get involved in sport and creativity pursuits – they will de-stress you
• Cultivate gratitude – over time it retrains your brain to go from negative to positive, and if you do it at night, it will also positively impact on the quality of your sleep because…. What you focus on grows
• Within a month you will feel the benefits in your business and your life!