Building Resilience Basic foundation of surviving the storms of life.

Life is a long but interesting journey of many twists and turns that we never expect. We may not be able to change the curveballs that life throws our way, but we can build up an inner resilience for when those sudden moments happen. Creating a rock-solid foundation of resilience enables us to not only weather life's storms with dignity, but rise even when faced by adversity.

• Understanding Inner Strength

Inner strength refers to our perceptual, cognitive & emotional resiliency or ability in the face of stress and change. It requires a unique combination of qualities — Grit, point fit and self-awareness. Who, by simply developing these qualities provide ourselves a missile defense system for the hard times. Just like physical strength comes from exercising and practicing discipline, inner strength is cultivated through experiences and purposeful practices.

• The Importance of Resilience

We know what resilience is; the mental toughness to recover quickly from failure. This teaches us to rat quickly learn how to manage stress and bounce back from the difficult relationship ship we just finished cruising on. As a general rule of thumb, resilient people can be more successful in their personal and professional lives because they see the glass half full. Resilience is key to delivering on your longer term goals and nuts to sustaining psychological health.

• Concrete Techniques to Strengthen Our Inner Core

Would we accept that changes are part of life and would it dare turn the unexpected into a blessing? Instead of fighting it, we must accept the fact that our circumstances are changing and look for growth opportunities within that change.

• Build a System of Support

It's essential to have friends and family around us who support our goals We share our journeys and look for direction in times of struggles.

This is yet to unconsciously bring in mindfulness which can help you maintain your presence and awareness. Staying in the present moment helps reduce anxiety and decision making clarity instead of overthinking about an uncertain future.

• Set Realistic Goals

Be sure to break down large goals in small steps. By celebrating small successes, gives us an energy boost in motivation and feelings of success increases our self-esteem.

• Practice Critical Thinking

You want to improve your problem-solving ability through analytical and creative thinking. It will help you see opportunities to fix things — not just problems.

• Recall Old Experiences:

This one is based on reflecting back the hardships that you have encountered in your past and how did you get over them. From this reflection, you can figure out what happened in the past and gain assurance that anything else coming your way won´t be able to break you.

 

Life throws us curveballs all the time and that can be intimidating, but if you build confidence within yourself steadily over the years then it will make changes more manageable because we know what lies ahead at times. And in developing resilience we provide ourselves the support to move through life with courage and poise. Recall within our challenges does not come the making of us, but how we react or show up in presence to what is present will dictate who we are and guide which way presents itself.