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Writer's pictureFola Shade

Developing Personal Resilience

Updated: Mar 18, 2022


Personal resilience is a human trait that enables people to bounce back when confronted with various forms of stress, trauma or tragedy. It can be developed and nurtured to serve us when needed. Resilience helps us deal with challenges to our physical, social or mental health and wellbeing. Being resilient means you are able to manage yourself, others and your environment, enabling you to achieve balance, alignment, and success in life. Some strategies that can strengthen your thoughts, mood and behaviour for improved personal resilience are:

  • Accepting your situation

  • Hope for a better future.

  • Adopting a Yes, I can attitude.

  • Gain Knowledge of situation

  • Clarity of circumstances

  • Clarity of purpose and intention

  • Clear focus and direction

  • Capacity building (using internal and external resources)

  • Avail of support group or self-help groups

  • Volunteering

  • Goal setting and vision map

  • Setting and enforcing boundaries

  • Developing relaxation skills and good sleep habits

  • Showing compassion to self and others

  • No blame attitude - to self or others

  • Growth mindset

  • Adopting a corrective and preventive attitude to problems

  • Eat nutritious food

  • Exercise regularly

  • Talk therapy or coaching 🤔



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