Coping

 NY Times: Finding Light in Darkness By Mary Pipher - Dr. Pipher is a clinical psychologist and the author, most recently, of “A Light in Life: Meditations on Impermanence.”

As we are pummeled with daily traumatic information, more and more of us shut down emotionally.

Only with heightened coping skills will we be able to rise above our shell shock and be who we want to be. All of us have the capacity to do this, and when we do, we will increase our own happiness and be of greater service to those around us.