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Resilience & Coping

Resilience is often described as the ability of the individual to bounce back after having experienced hardship. Resilience is mostly based on personal strengths, resources, and psychological capital.

Teaching resilience

Resilience in Education & How to Foster Resilient Students

Teachers who teach resilience might change the trajectory of their student’s lives. It is not easy to teach resilience in the classroom, but it is crucial. [...]

Resilience Strategies

Resilience Examples: What Key Skills Make You Resilient?

Mental health encompasses far more than the mere absence of disorders. There are a number of dimensions when it comes to positive mental health, one [...]

Best Resilience Books

20 Best Resilience Books For Creating Mental Toughness

Resilience is defined as the process and outcome of adapting to challenging life experiences, by adjusting mentally, emotionally or behaviorally (APA Dictionary of Psychology, n.d.) [...]

Resilience Training

Resilience Training: How to Master Mental Toughness & Thrive

Do you know someone who keeps on keeping on, no matter what life throws at them? How do they continue to thrive, flourish, and grow [...]

what-is-resilience

What is Resilience and Why is It Important to Bounce Back?

One of the most popular topics in positive psychology—both in the field itself and in mainstream discussion of positive psychological concepts—is resilience. To some, resilience [...]

Master Resilience Training

Master Resilience Training (MRT) in the US Army: PowerPoint & Interview

Master Resilience Training (MRT) is a resilience-training program that is offered by the United States Army. The goal of the program is to teach officers [...]

coping skills

Healthy Coping: 24 Mechanisms & Skills For Positive Coping

Are you someone who laughs at the most inopportune times? Perhaps you are a nail-biter, or maybe you even become energized during challenging moments. Whether [...]

coping skills

10+ Coping Skills Worksheets for Adults and Youth (+ PDFs)

No matter how mentally healthy, resilient, or happy we are, every one of us goes through times when we need to cope with something difficult. [...]

resilience scales

How to Measure Resilience With These 8 Scales (+PDF)

When we experience disaster, trauma, or distressing psychological issues, we usually react with grief and a range of negative emotions. This is, of course, a [...]

Shame resilience theory

Shame Resilience Theory: Advice From Brené Brown

Shame is something we all experience, not just those unfortunate enough to have experienced trauma in their lives. It is part of what it means [...]

3 Resilience Exercises Pack