6 Goal-Directed Strategies to Help Increase Your Resilience

Friedrich Nietzsche’s adage ‘That which does not kill us makes us stronger’ is the idea of rising above adversity in reaching personal development and growth. The challenging part is actually taking the necessary steps to face adversity and rise above it, when life throws a curveball. It is little surprise that resiliency has been linked to greater well-being for a variety of populations, including those of childhood trauma, those in life transitions, and those in team development and skills-building. Yet, developing and increasing our individual resiliency is often avoided or denied because by developing resilience we are required to face often painful challenges that may not want to be faced. Resiliency theory has posited resiliency as being a trait, a process, a set of outcome behaviors or an interconnected combination of all three which additionally include both internal and external constructs. Internal constructs may include things like having a sense of humor or adapting a positive attitude whereas external constructs may include social support from family, job, friends or group affiliation. Through these combined constructs and processes, a person is said to be resilient when they can bounce back after a traumatic or adverse event affects them.  Much research exists that discusses ways to increase resiliency when faced with adverse life conditions. For example, creating healthy boundaries in interpersonal relationships may help manage the effects o...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Self-Help Mindfulness Resilience Source Type: blogs