Aims

• Define what Resilience means to your group

• Explore when you practice resilience

• Strategies and tools to help you remain resilient

What is Resilience?

What is Resilience?

• Psychological resilience is defined as an individual's ability to properly adapt to stress and adversity.

• Stress and adversity can come in the shape of family or relationship problems, health problems, or workplace and financial worries, among others.

When Do You Need Resilience?

When are you resilient?

• College• Employment• Bereavement• Relationship breakdown• Ill health• Losing something• Learning• Making habits

• Graded unit • Paying debt• Saving money for

something• Waiting for something

to change• Being emotionally

challenged in some way

Famous Failures

Coping Strategies

• Ask yourself – What can I learn from this situation?

• Think positively – What is an useful attitude to have right now?

• Plan how you are going to deal with it – Step by Step

• Get physical –

• Exercise, breathe deeply, sleep and stay hydrated

• Talk it out, don’t block it out

• Find your Safe place• Seek help • Practice Curiosity –

What if I tried X, Y , Z?

Video

• Nick Vujicic https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=6kxSrPD__BA