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....
by Linda Hoopes | Oct 2, 2013 | Personal Resilience, Prosilience
Your positivity muscle is strong when you can find possibilities and hope in 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....
by Linda Hoopes | Sep 30, 2013 | Personal Resilience, Prosilience
Resilience is the ability to deal effectively with adversity. Everyone experiences challenges in life, ranging from small things like a flat tire to large things like the death of a loved one. Sometimes we bounce back relatively quickly, but sometimes it takes longer....
by Linda Hoopes | Sep 19, 2013 | Personal Resilience, Prosilience
We’ve found a really great way for you to keep track of your progress: Coach.me! It’s a web or iOS-based app that lets you set up habits you want to build, track how you’re doing, and give and receive positive reinforcement to/from others. Once you...
by Linda Hoopes | Aug 19, 2010 | Personal Resilience, Prosilience
One of my inspirations for thinking about resilience is the natural world. Think about the resilience of a willow tree, or a river, or a colony of ants. What strikes me about all of these things is that for them the process of “bouncing back” does not just...
