Manya ChylinskiPTSD: The RideNo one tells you you’re anywhere near the ride, even when it looms ahead, cloaked in invisibility; or is just around a corner, hidden…Jun 30, 2020Jun 30, 2020
Manya ChylinskiSome thoughts about disasterSaturday morning I was walking to Target. If I have to self-isolate, I need bubble bath! The streets were empty, like a summer Sunday…Mar 16, 2020Mar 16, 2020
Manya ChylinskiCourage and TraumaDo you know the true definition of it or understand how you find it? Courage is strength in the face of pain or grief. It is close, but…Jan 30, 2020Jan 30, 2020
Manya ChylinskiWe Are More Than the Worst Thing that Ever Happened to UsAfter surviving a traumatic event or experience, it can be incredibly difficult to change how you see yourself. It can become all…Jan 28, 2020Jan 28, 2020
Manya ChylinskiKindness Counts: Little Ways to Improve Mental Health (Yours and Others’) with Kindness“Kind words, kind looks, kind acts, and warm handshakes-these are means of grace when men in trouble are fighting unseen battles.” -John…Jan 24, 2020Jan 24, 2020
Manya ChylinskiTrauma and me: A letter to my younger selfBeing exposed to terrorism firsthand (my first significant episode of community violence, to boot) taught me many lessons. Looking back, I…Jan 15, 2020Jan 15, 2020
Manya ChylinskiMy Resiliency ManifestoAfter healing from a traumatic event, one would think a written resiliency manifesto wouldn’t be necessary. You have learned so much, come…Jan 10, 2020Jan 10, 2020
Manya ChylinskiThe Role of Compassion in Public ConversationCompassion — the sensitivity to others’ distress with a desire to alleviate it. Seems pretty simple. We’re all different, so we have…Jan 7, 2020Jan 7, 2020
Manya ChylinskiYour brain hears what you sayThis sounded so silly the first time I heard it: Your brain hears what you say. Of course your brain hears what you say, and it hardly…Dec 26, 2019Dec 26, 2019
Manya ChylinskiBelonging: “The price is high. The reward is great.”Poet and icon Maya Angelou said those words in response to the question: What price have you paid for that freedom ? A few days ago I had…Dec 17, 2019Dec 17, 2019
