E150: Building Resilience

Resilience... what is it, and, more importantly, how can we build it?

Resilience is often thought of as the ability to bounce back, or return to a previous "normal" point after a challenging, stressful situation. Generally, the stressor takes the form of an external stressor related to work, relationships, family, health or finances. Resilience can also be how one adapts to life's stressors... and include a component of personal growth to thereby change from who they were before the stressor into a new person.

I share some strategies on how to build resilience and what you can do to move through a major life stressor in today's episode. These strategies and tips are from a variety of sources including personal experience, Department of State⁠, American Psychological Association, and Positive Psychology. The focus is more on growth than on returning to where one was pre-stressor, as I think we are always presented with chances to learn and grow.

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