“THIS
WASN’T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO ME!”
10 Questions Video
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Dr Bev on MSNBC
Who
has not said those words? Maybe the catalyst was a crazed gunman, a raging
fire, a bad investment, a terrorist attack, the ravages of war, being laid
off from work, or unexpected illness or disability. It’s hard to know what
to do when such events overwhelm you, change the plans you had for your
future, wreak havoc with your emotions, and challenge your whole notion of
meaning and fairness.
Dr.
Bev Smallwood (psychologist, experienced national media resource, and author
of This Wasn’t Supposed to Happen to Me: 10 Make-or-Break Choices When
Life Steals Your Dreams and Rocks Your World, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
points your audience to the secrets of dealing effectively with trauma and
adversity. Bev points out that no matter how helpless people feel when they
are reeling from pain and confusion after being hit by the “unexpected
and unthinkable,” they retain one very
important kind of power: the power of choice. In fact, when tragedy
strikes, people find themselves with 10 major
choices, each supported over time by hundreds of tiny daily decisions. The
choices they make either move them along the destructive road toward more
emotional pain, spiritual unrest, and physical illness - or take them on the
journey to greater strength, resilience, health, and peace. Dr. Smallwood
provides the roadmap people need to implement the 10
choices, showing them how to take one step at a time on the pathways
to recovery. Through the power of choice, they’ll be able to move:
1. from Denial to
Reality;
2. from Victimhood to
Responsibility;
3. from Why to How;
4. from Doubt to Faith;
5. from Bitterness to
Forgiveness;
6. from Guilt to
Self-Forgiveness;
7. from Isolation to
Connection;
8. from Depression to
Grief;
9. from Avoidance to
Courage;
10.from Powerlessness to
Purpose.
Dr.
Smallwood is prepared to
explain the consequences of each of these choices and to examine the thought
processes that go into them. She also offers practical,
psychologically-sound action steps. At a time
when the world seems to be in perpetual chaos,
and especially when some tragic event is in the news, an interview with Dr.
Bev provides insight and hope that lead audience members beyond personal
trauma into a life worth living.
