by Linda Hoopes | Oct 3, 2013 | Personal Resilience, Prosilience
Your structure muscle is strong when you can stick to an approach or plan when facing adversity. This muscle is useful because it helps you plan and get things done, even when it’s tough to do so. Some simple daily exercises you can use to strengthen this muscle...
by Linda Hoopes | Oct 3, 2013 | Personal Resilience, Prosilience
Your connection muscle is strong when you find it easy to reach out to others for help when facing adversity. This muscle is useful because others can provide many different kinds of assistance including practical support, emotional support, knowledge, and skills....
by Linda Hoopes | Oct 3, 2013 | Personal Resilience, Prosilience
Your creativity muscle is strong when you can come up with a lot of new ideas about how to address challenges. This muscle is useful because it helps you find effective solutions to problems, break out of old patterns of thinking, and keep an open mind. Some simple...
by Linda Hoopes | Oct 3, 2013 | Personal Resilience, Prosilience
Your priorities muscle is strong when you are able to identify the most important things to focus your attention on when facing adversity. This muscle is useful because it helps you avoid two traps: trying to take care of too many things at once, and spending energy...
by Linda Hoopes | Oct 2, 2013 | Personal Resilience, Prosilience
Your confidence muscle is strong when you recognize your ability to deal with situations of adversity. This muscle is useful because it helps you engage in efforts to address a challenge, rather than giving up or wasting energy in emotions like anger and frustration....