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VCP Tiny Home Tour

2020

Tour a tiny house in VCP Village—Kansas City and experience "housing with dignity."

03:07 min

Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenges

Most of us at some point in our lives will be struck by major traumas such as the sudden death of a loved one, a debilitating disease, assault, or a natural disaster. Resilience refers to the ability to ‘bounce back’ after encountering difficulty.

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Steven M. Southwick, Dennis S. Charney
2025
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On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life

In the bestselling tradition of Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly and Nick Vujicic’s Life Without Limits comes a rousing 7-step plan for living a life on fire, filled with hope and possibility—from an inspirational speaker who survived a near-fatal fire at the age of nine and now runs a successful...

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John O’Leary
2016
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Posttraumatic Growth Proves You Can Be Stronger After Trauma

As a society, we think about mental health in binary terms. Either someone is OK or they are not.

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Ken Falke, Josh Goldberg
2019
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How veterans’ struggles can lead to post-traumatic growth

In the wake of repeated deployments, visible and invisible injuries, and repeated disconnection, our service members and their families are struggling ― struggling to be well, to connect, to feel, to adjust and to stay together.

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Bret A. Moore, Ken Falke
2018
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The Many Layers of Post-Traumatic Growth

Psychologist Richard Tedeschi shares his research and insight into the concept of growth as a potential consequence of grappling with trauma.

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Victoria Tilney McDonough
2012
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What Is Post-Traumatic Growth?

Traumatic experiences don’t always have to result in long-term negative consequences. Research proves that exponential growth can actually result from traumatic events instead.

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David Smith
2017
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Digging for Victory: Horticultural Therapy with Veterans for Post-Traumatic Growth

Horticultural Therapy is ideally suited to engage veterans alienated from traditional civilian healthcare routes who present with a range of complex and challenging healthcare needs. It presents, on the surface, as a deceptively simple and accessible activity.

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Joanna Wise
2015
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Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

In 2015 Sheryl Sandberg’s husband, Dave Goldberg, died suddenly at the age of forty-eight. Sandberg and her two young children were devastated, and she was certain that their lives would never have real joy or meaning again.

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Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant
2019
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Resilience: How Your Inner Strength Can Set You Free from the Past

Renowned French neuropsychiatrist and psychoanalyst Boris Cyrulnik’s parents were deported to a concentration camp during the Second World War. They never returned.

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Boris Cyrulnik
2011
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In Katrina’s Aftermath, Psychologists Find Trauma as Well as Resilience

“Natural disasters and other traumatic events could be engines of growth.”

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Carolyn Gregoire
2015
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