http://saynotostigma.com/2011/02/blending-grace-honor-and-resilience-through-healing-relationships/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blending-grace-honor-and-resilience-through-healing-relationships a blog of The Menninger Clinic Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:19:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://saynotostigma.com/2011/02/blending-grace-honor-and-resilience-through-healing-relationships/comment-page-1/#comment-615 Nona Fain, PhD, RN Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:41:21 +0000 http://saynotostigma.com/?p=1100#comment-615 Growth cannot occur without legitimate suffering, and George VI suffered onerously during his speech therapies. If we could de-stigmatize illness and its related therapies, perhaps we could also encourage people to more readily accept pain as a natural and inevitable precursor to personal growth and true freedom. After all, life is very short, and an unmentored hero can be in for a long journey. Growth cannot occur without legitimate suffering, and George VI suffered onerously during his speech therapies. If we could de-stigmatize illness and its related therapies, perhaps we could also encourage people to more readily accept pain as a natural and inevitable precursor to personal growth and true freedom. After all, life is very short, and an unmentored hero can be in for a long journey.

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