Your Uplift - January 2026

Patricia's Resiliency eNewsletter ❤️🐞

January 22, 2026

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ONE: On a Personal Note

Hard Stuff

Witnessing Discomfort

ONE: As a counselling therapist, I often witness the emotional pain that follows divorce, job loss, death, relationship conflict or cut-off, and childhood abuse or neglect. Compassion, empathy, and an alert, steady presence is required.

As a wife, walking alongside Les through these weeks and months of chemotherapy, I have come to understand that self-care along with compassion, empathy, and alert presence, is also required.

TWO: The increased world strife. ❤️🐞

Uplifting Stuff

ONE: What a joy in moments when we feel seen, heard and deeply known. When my close friend, Linda, arrived for a walking-visit she placed this beautiful necklace in my hand. It belonged to her beloved mother, Dorothy, whom I fondly remember. I just know, dear reader, that you will know why this gifting touched me. Yes, I shed a tender tear in the receiving. If you don’t know, reply to this e-newsletter. Okay?

When was the last time you felt deeply seen, heard and known?

TWO: When I receive messages like this, I feel affirmed for the years it took to write the book. "Recently, I began reading Return to Centre, by Patricia Morgan, which offers accessible guidance for navigating "distress, depression, and disconnection". Taking time to carry out an activity from the book, such as identifying emotional triggers and sources of emotional safety (especially when I am calm), is a form of self-care that supports me during periods of high stress."

My hope is that your contributions are acknowledged by those who benefit from them.

In the meantime, I wish you continued resilience,
Patricia ❤️🐞

TWO: A 2025 Review Exercise

I invite you to email me your answers to these two questions. I share mine below.

What are three insights you gained from 2025?

I can go fast, slow, or in-between; whatever my mind and body collaboratively decide is for me.
Citizens that courageously demonstrate for the rights of human dignity inspire me.
GPT can help answer just about any question.
BONUS: I love Les, more and more.

What are three wins you gained from 2025?

Two standing ovations. I can still engagingly deliver from the platform.
Appreciating our son, Benjamin for increasingly support our family members who live with disabilities.
Feeling more and more competent in the leadership role of Regional Director of Alberta-Northwest Territories, Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association.

THREE: Patricia’s TOP FIVE READ BLOGS

#5. Five Steps to an Authentic and Research Based Apology (62,132 views)

Have you ever said or done anything you regret? I am not talking about a fumble mumble or tripping over the front hall rug. Rather, I am referring to disrespecting someone, emotionally wounding another, or crossing over a personal boundary. I’ve done my fair share. For example, I have:

Acted disrespectfully. Years ago, I invited a friend, from a distance, to come and. . . CLICK HERE.

#4. The Top 7 Habits of Light-Hearted People (63,120 views)

“I am more and more convinced that to take life over seriously is a frivolous thing.” Indeed, being light-hearted and having a sense of humor are basic resilience strengthening strategies.

Perhaps, as Kay Redfield Jamison indicates . . . CLICK HERE.

#3. Dozens of Famous and Powerful Resilience Quotes (73,581 views)

Resilience quotes are here for you! But why do we love quotations? Because they are like nuggets of gold; pure thoughts that can improve our thinking, self-perception, and worldview. You will see I favor my mentor and researcher Dr. Al Siebert (1934-2009). He wrote The Survivor Personality and The Resiliency Advantage. Please let me know which of these famous and powerful resilience quotes you enjoy, or resonate with, or . . . CLICK HERE.

#2. 10 Big Questions to Improve Your Communication Skills (76,355 views)

Nancy Loraas, a Calgary-based executive, leadership, and communication coach, sent me a request to fill in a communications questionnaire. As I was filling it in I began to think, “My answers might be helpful to my readers; those interested in effective communication skills. Answering these questions to improve communication might make a difference to others.

Consequently I share Nancy’s questions and my answers here for your consideration. . . CLICK HERE.

#1. Repair a Relationship with an Effective Letter (77,695 views)

Relationship cut-offs are painful. They can trigger feelings of hurt, helplessness, hopelessness, and rejection. We might also feel angry, defensive, and mistreated. Years ago, I felt all those emotions. But I also discovered how to repair a relationship with a letter, dozens of them.

Each month for eleven years I wrote a letter to our estranged daughter as she spent time in and out of jail with drug-related charges. As our book, Love Her As She Is: Lessons from a Daughter Stolen by Addictions, describes, a letter or letters can often provide the first steps toward relationship repair. They did for . . . CLICK HERE.