The meaning of the word Resilience is to recoil or rebound. Resilience is your ability to come out of difficult times and overcome challenging times. Some people are born more resilient and some are not. However, Resilience can be taught and learned.

The virtue of Resilience will serve you well, once you have become an expert in it. You can always bring up experiences from your past, both emotional and physical to manage your difficult situations. One of the most important ingredients for becoming more resilient is to be more adaptable and flexible. You should be creative enough to imagine more possibilities so that you can expand and grow as a person.

Here are some of the ways you can build your resilience:

Accept Change

You have to accept that everything changes, and you will always be challenged by life by difficult times, obstacles both from outside and within yourself. It is important for you to know at such times that you have the capacity to meet all the challenges you face with confidence and determination.

Stop Your Negative thoughts

It is easier said than done. When you can keep a check on your negative thoughts, you can take positive actions. Negative thoughts will keep you anxious and worried. We generally fear that the worst of our fears will come true and if we think about all the things that can go wrong, we can get a solution. We are often just caught in the cycle of negative thinking and no action.  Break the cycle by shifting your thoughts to a positive or neutral one. Go for exercise, or walk, meditate, pray or engage in a creative activity. Break the loop of the record that plays negative repetitively and know that your thoughts are in your control.

Know your-self

Make a list of your strengths, accomplishments and accolades and do not take them for granted. Acknowledge that your are a sum of all these and you should believe that these qualities will stand with you through crisis and challenges. If you have faith that you will be able to face any challenge, you will!

Be a Solution- finder

Put your situations in perspective. You should learn to see any crisis and difficulty in context to the bigger portrait of Life . Understand and give thought as to  how this situation that you are preoccupied with currently, look in the bigger broader perspective of Life.

Have personal connections

This wil give you the support you need to get through life’s challenges. Have caring and reliable people, who can listen to you, advice you and do not make you feel lonely. These people will be your cheerleaders, supporters, and advocates who raise you when you are Low.

Take care of yourself

You often neglect yourself when worried, stressed and going through rough times. In contrast, it is essential to take more care of your mental and Physical health. Take time to meditate or just sit for 15 minutes when your mind is racing with thoughts and try to see the Reality.

Know Dr Prerna Kohli