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  What is Your Love Language? Have you heard of the five love languages before? In the 1990s, a marriage counsellor named Gary Chapman authored a book that postulated that every person has a primary way of communicating how and when they feel most loved. The book is titled  The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate.  Here is a snippet of his five love languages. 1.  Physical Touch This includes hugging and kissing but is not limited to romantic relationships. For Chapman, some people (including babies and children) “feel love with hand holding, putting your arms around one another,” or a pat. If you feel most loved, physical touch is your love language. 2.  Quality Time This one is about giving your focused and intentional attention to interact with your partner (or loved ones) to build and strengthen your relationships. For Chapman, this means mushy times like discussing ideas or contemplating and exploring the world together. If you regularly crave att

Did you know that resiliency is the glue that holds us together and keeps us from falling apart when we experience difficulties? Resilience is also the barometer for how well and how quickly people rebound from challenging situations such as oppression, trauma, stigma, catastrophe, adversity, setbacks or undue difficulties. Some people call it  bouncing back  from the harrowing experiences of life. We all have the capacity for resilience, whether we know it or not, and most of us experience it to a varying degree. Resilience is like the elasticity in a rubber band. We only know that we can bounce back when we have been stretched to the max. Similarly, like an elastic band, if not gently stretched, we become fragile and brittle; if excessively extended, we become weak and snap, often to our detriment. That said, the more stress or adversity a person experience, the more likely they are to withstand challenges—hence, they are said to be resilient or adaptable. That does not mean we shoul