The reality that humans and animals are at risk daily is a primary lesson from the pandemic. Around every corner is a potential punch in the gut, whether health-related, societal, work-related, or emotional. Improving resilience helps us weather loss, setbacks, disappointment and a plethora of emotions.
Some days the supply of available curse words is insufficient to meet my demands.”
The most common response to grief is resilience. Society seems to predict that every bad thing results in permanent trauma but the truth is most people get better on their own with no professional help.
Resilience, writes author Eric Barker, is your brain’s default setting. He shares how to improve resilience when life hands us lemons.
Source: Barking up the wrong tree. Link. Barker’s 6 steps are:
- Resilience is the default
- Appreciate positive moments
- Get social
- Optimism
- Emotional flexibility
- Benefit finding