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Grief, adversity, and trauma are common, formative human experiences that people move through and grow from. Yet, we often avoid talking about this process, making it harder to understand how people make meaning from grief.
Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) offers us a paradigm for how to make sense of hard experiences and move forward in ways that deepen our connections with ourselves and each other.
Grief, adversity, and trauma are common, formative human experiences that people move through and grow from. Yet, we often avoid talking about this process, making it harder to understand how people make meaning from grief.
Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) offers us a paradigm for how to make sense of hard experiences and move forward in ways that deepen our connections with ourselves and each other.
In this episode, teens share their stories and we hear from Dr. Taryn Greene, a research psychologist who works with the Boulder Crest Foundation to study PTG. Check out Boulder Crest's PTG story challenge, with opportunities to win funding to share your story.
To learn more about posttraumatic growth, check out the resources below. And as always, if you want to reach out, email us at team@thisteenagelife.org.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/struggle-well/202303/how-to-use-grief-to-grow
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/struggle-well/202305/navigating-trauma-is-not-easy-expert-companions-can-help
https://bouldercrest.org/research-resources/what-is-posttraumatic-growth-ptg/
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This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.
Listen to episode one hereGrief, adversity, and trauma are common, formative human experiences that people move through and grow from. Yet, we often avoid talking about this process, making it harder to understand how people make meaning from grief.
Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) offers us a paradigm for how to make sense of hard experiences and move forward in ways that deepen our connections with ourselves and each other.
In this episode, teens share their stories and we hear from Dr. Taryn Greene, a research psychologist who works with the Boulder Crest Foundation to study PTG. Check out Boulder Crest's PTG story challenge, with opportunities to win funding to share your story.
To learn more about posttraumatic growth, check out the resources below. And as always, if you want to reach out, email us at team@thisteenagelife.org.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/struggle-well/202303/how-to-use-grief-to-grow
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/struggle-well/202305/navigating-trauma-is-not-easy-expert-companions-can-help
https://bouldercrest.org/research-resources/what-is-posttraumatic-growth-ptg/
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