Rebalancing in the Midst of Uncertainty 

Resilience is the foundation for managing our changing world.  We will explore the role of resilience in facing the challenge of living through the pandemic and ongoing national and international conflicts. Discussion of readings, interactive exercises, and personal writing will be used to reach that goal.

Reading: Karen Armstrong, The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness, ISBN 978-0385721271; Pauline Boss, The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change, ISBN 978-1324016816; Elizabeth Strout, Lucy by the Sea, ISBN 978-0593446065.

Susan Mikesell and Ann Kimmage, with expertise in psychology and literature, respectively, have taught regularly for MSC.