"Resilience is the ability of an individual or group to bounce back in the face of adversity to continue projecting into the future." (Pérez, P., Merino, M., 2008)

During the month of March we will be working on our ability to keep going through the challenges of everyday life.

In this Resilience Kit, we recommend books, articles, videos and more to find your inner strength. We hope you enjoy them!

TED Talks

Resilience: A Mindset for Everyday Life

Resilience: A Mindset for Everyday Life Joana Baquero is from Colombia, South America. She is a business strategist, author, and keynote speaker. With over 20 years of experience in Marketing, Joana has built a global career in the fast-moving consumer goods industry, with practice in Europe, Latin America, and North America.

Sweet Are the Fruits of Adversity

There are stereotypes and paradigms about certain careers and how one can achieve success. In her talk, actress Karla Souza opens up, using her life as an example to share how adversity can be used to your advantage. (This TED Talk is in spanish)

The three secrets of resilient people

Dr Lucy Hone is a resilience expert who thought she found her calling supporting people to recover following the Christchurch earthquake. She had no idea that her personal journey was about to take her to a far darker place. In this powerful and courageous talk, she shares the three strategies that got her through an unimaginable tragedy⁠—and offers a profound insight on human suffering.

Podcasts

Stepping Off the Path of Anxiety

Many of the most painful or troubling emotions we experience are reactions to events that have actually happened — but one powerful and sometimes paralyzing feeling can be provoked by things as yet to occur. Say hello to anxiety.

Psychotherapist and meditation teacher Andrea Wachter spent much of her life being stalked by the physical and mental manifestations of anxiety — the brain fog and the pit of the stomach dread of something bad looming on the horizon. She’s amassed a wealth of strategies to overcome the thoughts and sensations that make up anxiety and she explains them to Dr. Laurie Santos.

Brené with Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce D. Perry on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

This week I’m talking to Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry about their new book, What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing. We define trauma and talk about why big and small traumas activate our stress response systems and create emotional, physical, and social consequences, and how we can find the path to healing.

Books

Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength and Happiness

This practical guide is full of concrete suggestions, experiential practices, personal examples, and insights into the brain. It includes effective ways to interact with others and to repair and deepen important relationships. Warm, encouraging, and down-to-earth, Dr. Hanson’s step-by-step approach is grounded in the science of positive neuroplasticity. He explains how to overcome the brain’s negativity bias, release painful thoughts and feelings, and replace them with self-compassion, self-worth, joy, and inner peace.

The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

The book draws its inspiration from stoicism, the ancient Greek philosophy of enduring pain or adversity with perseverance and resilience. Stoics focus on the things they can control, let go of everything else, and turn every new obstacle into an opportunity to get better, stronger, tougher. As Marcus Aurelius put it nearly 2000 years ago: “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” Ryan Holiday.

Articles

They save skiers and hikers in the wilderness. Here’s how they think about resilience.

Search-and-rescue responders have powerful new ways of recovering from trauma.

Coaching Techniques for Anxiety: The E.A.S.E Method for Anxiety Coaching

The practice of life coaching has grown significantly over the past decade, broadening the scope of support available to individuals wanting to improve their quality of life.

Let’s look at some of the powerful coaching techniques for anxiety and how they’re used in the coaching session.

Course

Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills

Learn how to incorporate resilience interventions into your personal and professional life with Dr. Karen Reivich. In this course, you are exposed to the foundational research in resilience, including protective factors such as mental agility and optimism. Several types of resilience interventions are explored including cognitive strategies; strategies to manage anxiety and increase positive emotions such as gratitude; and a critical relationship enhancement skill. Throughout the course, you will hear examples of individuals using resilience skills in their personal and professional lives. Suggested prerequisites: Positive Psychology: Martin E. P. Seligman’s Visionary Science, Positive Psychology: Applications and Interventions and Positive Psychology: Character, Grit & Research Methods.