Encore: Making Meaning and Writing Toward Posttraumatic Growth with Lennie Echterling

Send us Fan MailLennie Echterling joins the Writing Your Resilience podcast to talk about the lessons he learned from landmine survivors, the difference between empathy and toxic positivity, the importance of fostering your posttraumatic growth, and how to use writing to build your resilience. Lennie’s Bio: Lennie Echterling, Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus at James Madison University with more than 40 years of experience in promoting resilience, particularly during crises and disasters. He has served as crisis counselor, consultant, and trainer following many traumatic stress events, including tornadoes and floods throughout the United States, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the tsunami in India, the 9/11 attacks at the Pentagon, the shootings at Virginia Tech, and landmine explosions in the Middle East. His awards include JMU’s Distinguished Faculty Award, Virginia Counselors Association’s Humanitarian Award, Virginia’s Outstanding Faculty Award, Virginia Counselors Career Service Award among many others. Resources mentioned during this episode: The Paradox of Empathy: When Empathy HurtsThriving in a Time of CrisisThe Book of Forgiving: The Four-Fold Path Four Healing Ourselves and Our World by Desmond Tutu and Mpho TutuWriting to Heal with Laura DavisGood Night Jung by Lennie Echterling Episode HighlightsLessons from Landmine Survivors  Triggers for ResilienceDefining Posttraumatic GrowthThe Problem of Toxic PositivityThe Power of Being with Another Person’s StoryThe Struggle to TrustEmbracing and Exploring the Chaos StoryThe Role of Neuroplasticity in StorytellingLessons Learned from Final ConversationsMaking Every Day Valentine’s DayThe Power of Expressing Gratitude  Lennie’s Best Writing AdviceLennie’s Resilience PracticeConnect with Lennie: Email: [email protected] Better Memoir Scenes: https://janefriedman.com/building-better-memoir-scenes-with-lisa-cooper-ellison/Connect with your host, Lisa:Get Your Free Copy of Ditch Your Inner Critic: https://lisacooperellison.com/subscribe/Website | Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | LinkedInProduced by Espresso Podcast Production