The Power of Character Strengths Character strengths such as creativity, courage, kindness, persistence, optimism, gratitude, humor and spirituality are exactly the personal resources
needed in times of adversity to solve problems or just to stay afloat.
What a securely attached child - OR ADULT - looks like: competent, self - confident, resilient, cheerful much
of the
time, anticipating people's
needs (not from a co-dependent place), empathic, humorous, playful, tries harder
in the face
of adversity; not vulnerable to approach by strangers because won't go to strangers (as adult, out - going without being foolhardy), good self - esteem, achieving, able to use all mental, physical, emotional resources fully, responsive, affectionate, able to make deep commitments as appropriate, able to be self - disclosing as appropriate, able to be available emotionally as appropriate, able to interact well with others at school and
in jobs / careers, likely to be more physically healthy throughout life, self - responsible, giving from a «good heart» place
of compassion, has true autonomy, no co-dependent self, because
of well developed internal modulation system, less likely to turn to external «devices» (addictions) to modulate affect
The court ruled, for the first
time in the nation, that the federal government must meet the educational
needs of Native American students attending schools run by the federal Bureau
of Indian Education (BIE) by affirmatively addressing the mental health and wellness
needs of students impacted by trauma and childhood
adversity» Click Here to link to the full summary.