Mentally Strong People Do These 13 Things

As a trained therapist, Amy Morin’s focus has always been on helping others become mentally healthy people. Still, when she was hit with one devastating tragedy after another, she learned about mental strength first hand.

With the sudden deaths of her mother and husband, Morin became acutely aware of how she needed to practice what she taught. She knew she had to experience the pain while also working to heal. Rather than becoming stuck in negative emotions, she looked for ways to create and rebuild her life.

When Morin’s father-in-law was terminally-diagnosed with cancer, she felt the pangs of staggering loss all over again. It was at this point she sat down and wrote her list of “13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do.” The list, now an international bestseller, was made up of habits she had struggled to avoid while working through her grief and pain. They were the things she had come to recognize as stumbling blocks to her healing, something she had learned would keep her from being mentally strong.

Mentally Strong Truths

According to Morin, being mentally strong isn’t about avoiding emotions, but understanding the way your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are all woven together. It’s about intentionally choosing how we want to respond based on a balance of emotions and…