Adversity and struggle are never easy, but it is important to recognize that it’s not a matter of if, rather when, it will show up. These 4 strategies are not an effortless solution, but they are guides that can help adversity become more manageable and productive when it arrives. The 4 strategies include: Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable, Evaluate and Revise, Notice Progress, and Decide the Direction. The key to effectively building resilience is learning how to become more psychologically flexible in our approach to anything and everything; if we can learn how to be flexible, we will BEND instead of break.

GeneralStephanie HaleMarch 20, 2020Resilience, Psychological Flexibiity, Adversity, Stress Management, Performance Excellence

Self-Compassion: Achilles Heel or the Key to Resilience?

The whole idea behind self-compassion is that if we can be more accepting -not complacent, more understanding-not dismissive, and more present-not ignorant of the past or future, we can be more resilient in our experience with hardship and failure because we are able to acknowledge the realities of our experience while still maintaining an ability to adjust and move forward.

GeneralStephanie HaleOctober 25, 2018Self-Compassion, Resilience, self-awareness

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