The Power of Resiliency, Part 2

How to Teach Resiliency

1. Self-manage negative self-talk through dialogue and confrontation. This requires a reality check on the interior conversation coming to you from a less secure place. These messages are no longer appropriate or reflect who you are today.
   
2. Listen to your positive inner voice, your true vocation. You can access your unconscious through meditation, journaling, private time for contemplation, and dream work. And, if you lack a positive inner voice, practice and rehearse what it feels like to have constructive feedback…then you will create a new habit of resiliency.
3. Restoration and sleep. Take time to allow your body to restore itself and heal. This is a wonderful way to reduce stress and revive a sense of balance and well-being.
4. Don’t take missteps personally; instead, see mistakes as teaching opportunities…. from which to learn and grow.
5. Self-choice. Meditation and breathing exercises give you the time to step back and be objective so that you can make rational choices rather than be compelled by reactive behavior. And be flexible so that you are not locked into untenable situations, always allowing yourself the option to change your mind and see things from a new perspective.
6. Stay on target; know yourself so that you can establish realistic goals. This allows you to think creatively, opening up and unlocking new and collateral avenues of opportunity.
7. Competence creates confidence, and good self-esteem is based on experience. Starting in small ways, by eating a banquet feast one bite at a time, allows you to connect and build an inner core for yourself and your children. In that way, you can approach problems with a sense of empowerment.
8. Finally, be authentic. My favorite line in a movie came from “Out of Africa,” when Robert Redford tells Meryl Streep that when he comes to the end of his life, he has to know that he came to the end of his life and not somebody else’s idea of how he should live it. Only in this way can you establish a real relationship with friends, partners, family, children, and so forth.

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Reflection:

What are some other ways that help us achieve resilience?

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For part 1 on 'The characteristics of Resilience', click here!