Sentences with phrase «of lived adversity»

As young adults work to break the cycle of poverty or strive toward being the first in their family to go to college, they experience a disproportionate burden of stress — and were not resilient in terms of their future health due to the combined burden of lived adversity and striving to change it.

In addition to her other work, Dr. Peterson's passion in her research has led her to develop a focus and expertise in assisting parents and their families who struggle with a variety of life adversities, throughout the lifespan.

Not exact matches

Science (and real - life poor people) have long known that facing daily adversity demands a lot of energy and attention.

In his autobiography, he praises his mother as «a remarkable woman» who thrived on adversity, and credits her with instilling in him values that would last the rest of his life.

This is the same type of mindset that we need to apply to our own lives and businesses when failure and adversity strikes.

All too often, the first thing we do when adversity appears is focus on the negatives and all of the problems in our lives.

When we take action in the face of adversity, when we move toward something that scares the living daylights out of us, when we move out of our comfort zone and past our terror's edge, we can grow and develop in ways we never imagined.

One of the qualities employers most value now is called grit — the fortitude, insight, and ability to adapt on the fly that often comes from overcoming adversity or disadvantage in life, as Ellen McGirt explains in the feature «How Your Life Experience Could Help You Land a Great Job.&ralife, as Ellen McGirt explains in the feature «How Your Life Experience Could Help You Land a Great Job.&raLife Experience Could Help You Land a Great Job.»

From riding an elephant into a sales meeting, hiring a marching band to pump up his team and going from the brink of bankruptcy to building a billion - dollar business, Moses shares his business and life lessons on how to think big, build amazing teams, create company culture and overcome adversity.

During my own times of adversity, believe me I have had a few tough ones and will have some for the rest of my life, I do not think about character building....

It's been an experience that improved your attitude, your outlook on life, your ability to deal with adversity, probably fostered good friendships with like - minded people and encouraged you to be a better member of society.

Here, for example, is what she said in her 1999 Christmas address: «I hope that, like me, you will be comforted by the example of Jesus of Nazareth who, often in circumstances of great adversity, managed to live an outgoing, unselfish and sacrificial life.

No longer having a life which is muted and limited by anger, resentment, and sorrow, they are able to move ahead having learned that oftentimes life's greatest triumphs are born on the heels of adversity and are opened to receive God's abundant grace.

A more ancient view, still apparent at many points in the Old Testament, had been that righteousness was rewarded by prosperity and long life in this world, and misfortune was a punishment for sin; but as Israel suffered more and more adversity, and the most faithful individuals and groups were the most oppressed and afflicted, it came to be felt that the humble, the meek, the devout, the poor were the righteous people of God, and the mighty and prosperous were the proud, wicked oppressors.

It's fine to give testimony concerning God in your own life ~ and this couple has triumphed in the face of various adversities, especially Brenda.

God doesn't see adversity as a malevolent alien to our life, but a part of our life.

God doesnâ $ ™ t see adversity as a malevolent alien to our life, but a part of our life.

To enter the kingdom as a follower of Christ is to find through the Holy Spirit wisdom, strength, and guidance for living; comfort in sorrow; hope in adversity; outreach in service to others; and an abiding sense of the forgiving and sustaining presence of God.

The life of the Christian is distinguished by an inner peace, joy, serenity, sense of direction, and triumph over adversity that transforms the individual's personality.

There are women who are physically bound to The Male, but ideologically, any woman with the strength to stand on her own, make her own living, face the adversity of life alone — any woman can shake off the chains of submission.

Indeed, the major function of religion, in the experience of its great exemplars, has been not so much the explanation of life, as life's conquest — the winning of spiritual triumph in the midst of mysterious adversity.

We are adults, and we can handle tragedy and adversity without creating myths and fantasies to help us cope with the realities of daily life and our own mortality.

Following Exodus 31, in which God makes the Sabbath the sign of an irrevocable covenant with the people of Israel, Jewish leaders have emphasized its special place in Jewish life and heard in its rhythm the structure that has kept Jewish identity alive amid terrible adversity.

Most of the time, I go through life hoping adversity won't notice me or hoping I won't get picked in the adversity lotto.

Adversity is an inescapable fact of life.

He had never really faced adversity in his life before the NFL, coming from an extremely well - off family and having been the unquestioned «guy» at every prior level of play.

As the only Latino player of his time, Pancho Gonzalez experienced great adversity and obstacles in his life.

Gonzalez's story of adversity is an inspiration to live a more fulfilling life and to always pursue your dreams and aspirations.

But for many parents, especially those who are living in conditions of adversity or who didn't receive a lot of attachment - promoting parenting themselves as kids (or both), the main obstacle to that kind of parenting is not that they haven't memorized the list of approved behaviors.

What should we do to improve the lives of children growing up in adversity?

Early adversity, scientists have come to understand, not only affects the conditions of children's lives, it can also alter the physical development of their brains.

Ah, the good old days... seems every generation has an amazing story to tell about how their own personal ingenuity and perseverance helped make life a bit more pleasant, even in times of adversity.

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

Supporting parents and children from the early days and weeks of life will help not only children identified as growing up in adversity, but all children.

This presentation will give you an understanding of the importance of resilience as well as practical strategies to help kids cope with some of life's current adversities while building strengths for the future

Early adversity, scientists have come to understand, can not only affect the conditions of children's lives, it can alter the physical development of their brains as well.

One of the conclusions I've reached is that, in the first year or two of life, kids don't need adversity, they need comfort and support.

He argues that toxic stress and instability on one end of the spectrum vs. overprotectiveness and lack of opportunities to overcome adversity on the opposite can lead to a deficit in developing the character traits «especially likely to predict life satisfaction and high achievement.»

Each year, Wellspring Community Services helps thousands of children and families break the debilitating cycles of instability, homelessness, and adversity to achieve positive, permanent change in their lives.

Fourth, Aregbesola demonstrates the qualities of good leadership, including honesty; confidence; commitment; positive attitude, even in the face of adversity; and faith in his ability to transform the lives of his people.

On this important late winter New York Sunday, he promised, «I will remember where I came from, I will remember the struggles that I faced, I will remember the adversity, and when difficult decisions have to be made, I will do it remembering all of you of course, but also the folks who aren't here today, the single mom working two jobs, the public housing resident living in conditions that are not acceptable, the family whose landlord is harassing them, trying to deregulate where they live.

«People exposed to adversity early in life experience changes in the volume of the inferior frontal gyrus that probably can make children more vulnerable to behavioral issues and bad decision - making,» theorized Luby, director of Washington University's Early Emotional Development Program.

Meanwhile, the researchers also are beginning a multidisciplinary study to follow pregnant women and their infants to see whether psychosocial stressors and adversity experienced during pregnancy and the first three years of a child's life also affect brain development and overall health.

«Many people with fibromyalgia have experienced adversity in their lives, including victimization, family problems and internal conflicts, all of which create important emotions that are often suppressed or avoided.

Scientific evidence has consistently shown us that a high number of individuals are able to overcome stress and adversity and to continue on with productive lives.

Adversity early on — malnutrition or neglect of an infant's physical and emotional needs, for example — can leave cognitive deficits that persist for life.

It is possible that early life adversity and stress lead to persistent increase in levels of IL - 6 and other inflammatory markers in our body, which, in turn, increase the risk of a number of chronic physical and mental illness.»

Adversity is commonly defined as anything children perceive as a threat to their physical safety or that jeopardizes their family or social structure, including emotional, physical or sexual abuse, neglect, bullying by peers, violence at home, parental divorce, separation or death, parental substance abuse, living in a neighborhood with high crime rates, homelessness, discrimination, poverty and the loss of a relative or another loved one.

«To give young children a fair chance of life success, we need to strengthen basic safety net policies, including Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), expand Medicaid across all states so that parents will not be left in poor health without health coverage, and invest in programs that have proven effective in helping families overcome adversities so their children can thrive.»

One caveat of the study is that the researchers did not control for the early life history of the adult macaques, even though many studies have shown that early life adversity can have lifelong effects on health, says Michael Kobor, an epigeneticist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, who was not involved with the work.