Coping with tough times Archives

Coping with tough times

Stories and advice on surviving hard times, developing strength and resilience, getting through hard days, being honest about your struggles and accepting them (and yourself), coping when life feels unfair, going on when you feel hopeless, finding gratitude during difficult times, and taking good care of yourself during hard times.

Surviving hard times

5 Helpful Things to Do When You Think Life Sucks

A First Aid Kit for When Life Falls Apart

Getting Back Your Spark When Every Day Feels Hard

The Betrayal of Expectations: Coping When Life Doesn’t Go to Plan

5 Principles to Live by When Life Doesn’t Go Your Way

How to Feel Better When You’re Down (Without Forcing Yourself to Be Positive)

Why It’s Essential to Find Humor During Your Darkest Hours

How to Feel More in Control When Life Gets Overwhelming

5 Ways Journaling Can Help You Get Through the Hard Stuff

When Everything Falls Apart: How to Start Moving Forward

How to Find Peace in the Dark Corners of Your Life

Ask Why: How to Motivate Yourself to Keep Going When Things Get Hard

7 Lessons to Remember When Life Seems to Suck

When Life Gets Hard: Keep Moving Forward, One Step at a Time

Lost Everything? 8 Tips to Help You Get Back on Your Feet

How I Found the Good Within the Difficult

8 Things to Remember When You’re at Your Lowest

Choosing to Smile: When Life Is So Ridiculous You Can’t Help but Laugh

The 3 Ms That Help Me Cope with Seasonal Depression

4 Ways to Save Your Sanity When Life Gets Hard and Overwhelming

The Wind That Shakes Us: Why We Need Hard Times

Developing strengths and resilience

7 Habits That Keep You Strong (Even When Things Go Wrong)

Why Letting Ourselves Be Weak Is Actually the Key to Becoming Strong

Moving Through Grief: I’m Strong Because I Feel It All

Highs and Lows Are Part of Growth and It All Makes Us Stronger

How to Find Your Fighting Spirit When Life Gets Tough

How to Boost Your Resilience So Nothing Can Keep You Down

Why I Can’t Always Be the “Strong One” and What I Do Now Instead

Soften into Life and You Will be Strong

Strength in Times of Doubt: 11 Tips for Tough Times

Where Our Strength Comes from and What It Means to Be Strong

How to Navigate Loss and Fear and Emerge Resilient

Why Trauma Doesn’t Always Make Us Stronger (and What Does)

How To Make Yourself Stronger When Facing Health Challenges

Getting through hard days

30 Ways to Improve Your Mood When You’re Feeling Down

10 Ways to Lift Your Spirits When You’re Having a Tough Week

Dealing with Dark Days: Help for When You Don’t Feel Your Best

5 Simple Words That Can Turn A Bad Day Around

The Power of Finding Hidden Opportunities in Our Problems

How to Deal With Low Moods: A 4-Step Plan to Help You Feel Better

How Life’s Daily Challenges Can Actually Be Gifts in Disguise

Being honest about your struggles

When You’re Pretending to Be Fine: 9 Tips to Deal and Heal

Acknowledging That We’re Not Okay is the Only Way to Make Things Better

It’s Okay to Have Feelings, So Stop Saying “I’m Fine” When You’re Not

Why I’ve Stopped Hiding My Struggles

Honesty Is a Gift, So We Don’t Have to Hide Our True Feelings

Falling Apart at Inconvenient Times: Why There Is No Shame in Public Pain

What I Really Mean When I Say I’m Fine (Spoiler: I’m Not)

Why I’m in Therapy Again, and Not Ashamed to Share It

Accepting yourself & your struggles

Accept Yourself Unconditionally (Even When You’re Struggling)

The Relief and Power of Accepting Your Struggles (and Finding Hidden Gifts)

Everyone Has Struggles, So Don’t Stigmatize Yourself

Why I’ve Decided to Accept Myself Instead of Trying to ‘Fix’ Myself

4 Things I Needed to Accept to Let Go and Heal After Trauma

Coping when life feels unfair

Life Isn’t Always Fair: 5 Steps to Accept Tough Situations

How to Deal with Unfairness and Change the Things You Can

How to Release Disappointment and Thrive When Life Isn’t Fair

When Life Feels Hard and Unfair: 4 Lessons That Helped Me Cope

Going on when you feel hopeless

What If There’s Beauty on the Other Side of Your Pain?

When You Feel Tired of Hoping and Trying, Remember…

How to Keep Going When You Want To Give Up on Life

How to Deal When You Feel Frustrated and Hopeless

How I Stopped Feeling Hopeless and Healed from Depression

How to Cultivate Hope When the World Feels Dark and Scary

4 Things to Remember When Life Feels Hopeless

Surviving Life’s Storms: Have Hope That Life Will Carry On

Finding gratitude during hard times

A Reason to Be Grateful for Our Most Difficult, Painful Experiences

It Could Always Be Worse: The Power of Gratitude and Perspective

How to Be Grateful When It Seems Like Nothing Is Going Right

How Gratitude Shifts Your Perspective When Things Go Wrong

How to Find Happiness Through Gratitude When Life Gets Hard

Why I’m Grateful for Accidents, Pain, and Loss

How to Find Tiny Miracles, Even During Hard Times

Being Grateful for the Peaceful Coexistence of Joy and Pain

How I Changed My Perspective When I Was Too Angry to Be Grateful

How I Started Appreciating My Life Instead of Wanting to End It

Self-care for tough times

5 Things to Stop Doing When You’re Struggling and Feeling Drained

A Daily Self-Care Ritual for Anyone Who Feels Lost in Life

How to Take Care of Yourself When You Feel Like Shutting Down

How to Take Care of Yourself During Tough Times