Building Personal Resilience

We all face challenges, disappointments and setbacks in our private and professional lives: that’s not going to change. But it’s not the nature of the challenges themselves that determine the outcomes - it’s how we respond to them that makes the difference. Responding with resilience – physically, mentally, emotionally and socially enables us not just to survive – but to thrive. Building resilience increases our capacity to cope with adversity and setbacks – it is a reservoir of psychological strength that we can call upon when we need it. Instead of hiding from their challenges or using unhelpful coping mechanisms, resilient people face them head-on and with an optimistic outlook. Working with resilience doesn’t eliminate problems or difficulties, but it does enable us put them into perspective and to bounce back positively.