Descriptions and Factors of Resilience Resilience, a trait crucial to survival, is chiefly characterized as the phenomenon of “bouncing back”, yet this construct is considerably more complex than just “coping well”.
No one gets through life without encountering adversity. But many people survive terrible things without lasting trauma. George Bonanno, PhD, talks about how humans cope with extreme life events, the factors that lead to resilience in the face of adversity, and how cultivating cognitive flexibility can help us handle difficult times.
Publishers Weekly: The Resilience Factor: Seven Essential Skills for Overcoming Life's Inevitable Obstacles
Karen Reivich, Dr Karen Reivich, Dr Andrew Shatte'. Broadway Books, $24.95 (352pp) ISBN 978-0-7679-1190-0 Reivich and Shatte's book is reminiscent of the bestselling Seven Habits of Highly Effective ...
Resilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.
Mary Alvord, PhD, talks why building resilience is key to helping kids handle both everyday stresses and significant life setbacks.
Rethinking Employee Resilience is a practical, evidence-based guide to creating workplaces that invest in their workforce - the backbone of every organization. In an era of institutional collapse, workforce resilience isn’t a luxury; it’s non-negotiable. Burnout has quietly become the new normal. As trust in institutions crumbles and career stability feels like a relic of the past ...
The journey of resilience Developing resilience is a personal journey, and you should use your knowledge of your own children to guide them on their journey. An approach to building resilience that works for you or your child might not work for someone else.