“It is far stronger to acknowledge an issue, accept it and attempt to restore it than it is to bear the pain, dismiss what it calls for and carry on. Moving on in this way is not being strong or positive; it is denial. Being positive is not plastering a smile over a hard experience; being positive is recognising this experience for its negative nature and acting upon it to make it transformative.” StrengthAcceptanceTransformationPositivityTraumaRecoveryDenial Book:Doorways: Women, Homelessness, Trauma and Resistance Source: Doorways: Women, Homelessness, Trauma and Resistance