It's called post-traumatic growth. Scientists explain the keys to achieving it. Before performing on stage members of La Cachada, a theater troupe that focuses on tackling unspoken taboos, do a ...
The experience of significant life events, especially difficult ones, can motivate reflection on things we want to change. Psychologists have been studying this idea—known as post-traumatic growth—for ...
NhuNgoc Pham was a high school student living in the New Orleans metro area when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Her parents, immigrants from Vietnam, had recently purchased ...