The Comeback Is Not a Straight Line
Setbacks inside the recovery are part of the recovery.
Category: Moments
Short real-time updates and posts from Chris — the “Magic Moments” live feed.
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Q&A: Can You Be Too Resilient?
Some of the most apparently resilient people get into the deepest trouble, because the ability to keep going lets them ignore what needs attention. Straight answers to a question that comes up often. Read more
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Walking as a Thinking Tool
Some problems refuse to budge at a desk and loosen only in motion. Why walking helps the mind, which kind of walk suits which problem, and how to make it a daily practice this spring. Read more
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An Information Diet for a Clearer Head
The mind is shaped by what it consumes just as the body is. During a hard season, when attention is scarce, choosing your inputs deliberately protects the calm and focus you need to rebuild. Read more
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Commencement Means Beginning: What Graduates and Comeback-Makers Share
Graduation ceremonies mark an ending with a word that means a beginning. New graduates and people starting over after a setback stand at the same threshold, and the graduates get better advice. Read more
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What Forests Teach About Recovery: Ecological Resilience Explained
Ecologists have found that the systems that last are not the ones that avoid damage but the ones built to absorb it and grow back. Around Earth Day, five lessons from how forests recover. Read more
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Self-Deception After a Setback
April opens with a day for fooling others; the rest of the year we mostly fool ourselves. The common fictions people build after a setback, and how to test whether your story is true. Read more
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Spring Fever and Focus: Staying on Task When the Weather Turns
The first warm afternoon makes every desk unbearable. How to direct spring’s restless energy instead of fighting it, and protect the routines that carried you through winter. Read more
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Keeping Perspective in Tax Season
Mid-April deadlines add weight to a hard year, especially when the return tells a story you would rather not revisit. How to start before you feel ready, separate the task from the year and get help. Read more
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Opening Day Mindset: Why Every Season Starts at Zero
On baseball’s Opening Day, last year’s champion and last year’s worst team walk out as equals. That blank scoreboard is a feeling anyone can borrow, especially after a hard year. Read more
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April Showers: Why Hard Seasons Are Often Growing Seasons
The old rhyme survives because it is true about how growth works. The wet, gray weeks that nobody enjoys are the ones that make everything after them possible. Read more