Resilience
Resilience is the ability to adapt and regain functioning after stress, crisis, loss or adversity.
Definition
Resilience does not mean insensitivity or the absence of suffering. Rather, it means being able to draw on internal, relational, and environmental resources to gradually get back into action. It can be enhanced by social support, emotion regulation, meaning, flexibility and learning from experience.
Key ideas
- Adaptation after difficulties
- Conservation resources
- Back to action
Practice and life
After a difficult week, write down three things: what weighed me down, what sustained me, and what small element is worth keeping as a resource for the future.
Common misconceptions
It is a mistake to confuse resilience with being tough at all costs. It is also a mistake to ignore the need for help and rest.
> Resilience does not mean the absence of a fall, just the ability to return to movement after a shock.
> — Guru Element
Questions for self-reflection
- What helps me come back from difficulties?
- What relationships are my protective resource?
- What did the last crisis teach me?