Key Components of Resilience

• Managing Strong Feelings and Impulses

• Rather than letting failure deplete our resolve, what would happen if we were able to bounce back stronger and more determined to achieve our goals?

• Seeing Failure as Feedback

• This film takes a closer look at 'seeing failure as feedback'.

• Utilising Optimism and Humor

• Allowing ourselves to laugh is a powerful aid to resiliency and can help break negative thought patterns.

• Making and Executing Attainable Plans

• Rather than being consumed by all the things that have gone wrong, focusing on small steps and achieving them can be a powerful tool.

Reflecting and Strategising

• Reflecting and Strategising Overview

• This video contains an exercise around resilience; you may want to have a pen and paper handy.

The Power of Choice

• Positivity Ratio

• Changing our thinking patterns can alter our emotional patterns. And when it comes to resilience, recognising our emotional patterns is key.

• Acts of Kindness

• Numerous studies suggest that people who engage in acts of kindness, whether it be giving, receiving or witnessing these acts, experience increased serotonin production.

• Relationships

• Knowing who to turn to as we move through challenging times can be one of the most important resources we have.

• Refining our Reactions

• Being able to successfully leverage challenges as opportunities to grow and learn, contributes greatly to one’s resilience.

• Mental and Physical Health

• Another component of a strong level of resiliency is the capacity to take care of ourselves, even when things go badly.

Actions

• Actions

• Phil Daniels a professor of psychology at Brigham Young University is credited with devising a process called Start-Stop-Keep that asks some valuable questions.