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Watch Me Bounce to Cease Publication
Watch Me Bounce will be closing our virtual doors and cease publication as of after April 8th, 2016. The website will remain live, but no new content will be published. Please see below for relevant information for both readers and writers. Copyright: In order to give our authors as much value as they can gain from their contributions, we want to make sure they can use their content however they please, and will therefore remove it from the website if requested to. Open Positions for Editors in the Future: At this point, it is unclear whether Watch Me Bounce will re-open in the future. However, we welcome any aspiring editors, writers or ...
April 6, 2016Who We Are: Take the Watch Me Bounce Tour
Why Resilience: You can't always control what happens to you. But you usually can control how you respond. Stress. Trauma. Adversity. These are normal challenges in life. They can strike anyone, anytime and anywhere. How do we respond? Usually, we bounce back. But some times, our resilience is shattered, and stress overwhelms us. Resilience helps people deal with stress or major set backs, and helps them stay in control. Resilience is what determines whether someone will remain a victim or bounce back to survive and thrive. Resilience is what allows us to keep going through life, no matter what happens. This is why resilience is so important. And powerful. Everyone can use resilience. And everybody ...
March 18, 2016Results for 2015 MicroStory Contests
Watch Me Bounce and its editorial team extends its sincere appreciation to all of the authors who submitted entries to the 2015 MicroStory Contest. In total, the First, Second, and Third place winners each receive featured publication of their works on Watch Me Bounce as well as $100 in total cash prizes. For our first-ever "MicroStory" contest, our editorial team selected the following entries as winners: First Place: "Spoken Word Virgin" by Claire Wilson Second Place: "Just Breathe" by Brandon-Marie Bigard Third Place: "The Lights Turned Green" by Shilpita Mathews Congratulations to the winners of First Place, Second Place, and Third Place. Click the links below to read the winning entrees. ...
September 17, 2015First Place: “Spoken Word”
By Claire Wilson [Fiction, Based on a True Story] My palms were damp as approached the podium. I couldn’t stop my knees from knocking together. My sweaty hands made the ink run on the paper I clutched so hard it was at risk of tearing. I looked out at the audience and tried to ignore the snide looks I got. With my dyed hair and tattoos, I didn’t fit in with these people. I opened my mouth to speak but only a squeak emerged. I cleared my throat and tried again, raising my voice slightly to be heard at the back of the room. The more words I uttered, the more my confidence ...
September 6, 2015Results for the Watch Me Bounce “Meme” Contest
The Watch Me Bounce editorial staff thanks and appreciates the work of every author who submitted an entry to our first-ever "Resilience" Meme Contest. Unfortunately, we were only able to choose three winning memes, all of who will receive featured publication here on Watch Me Bounce. In addition, the cash award of $20.00 is given to the first place entrant. Entries were judged on multiple factors, included their relevance and ability to inspire resilience against adversity, correct or incorrect grammar, and their overall creativity. Below, please find the winning Memes. Congratulations to the winners! First Place: First Place Meme: "Life Waves" by Cathy Bryant Second Place: Second Place Meme: "The ...
December 24, 2014Third Place Meme: “Live in the Colors of Your Dreams” by Karin Filzen
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December 24, 2014First Place Meme: “Life Waves” by Cathy Bryant
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December 24, 2014Letter to the Editor
By Charles Brooks III A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist!” “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.” “A Man Said to the Universe” -Stephen Crane … Hear my problem, Old Man: I wear the world, anguished by its lacking. I write. I write so others might wail as well. They don’t. I do. That’s the problem.
December 11, 2014Resilience Spotlight: Ronald Cohen, MD, Family Psychotherapist, Part 2
WMB (Watch Me Bounce): How do you train people in resilience? RC (Ronald Cohen): Unlike traditional therapy and psychiatry, I work with the entire family so that it comes out whole in a manner that is less costly, more focused and results in greater efficacy, in a shorter period of time. A family-resilience approach is positive, competency and strength based, health oriented, and non-pathologizing. Bowen Systemic Family coaching promotes optimal resilience by supporting family strengths and resources, and promoting healthy adaptation to adversity. The goals of resilience-based training include: · Help individuals address the unmet psychosocial needs of chronic and fatal illnesses and disability within their family. · Help families pay attention to the biological, ...
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