Resilience

An example of how I was resilient in high school is having to face the challenge of having to take care of my single, disabled mother who is a veteran while maintaining being a full time International Baccalaureate student and participating in varsity athletics. Taking care of my mother involves taking her to numerous medical appointments, performing many household duties, and taking care of the pets. These tasks are not hard but are time consuming when trying to accomplish all the daily…

solidarity. The future is female, and no one will be able to erase that image away. January 21, 2017, became a historic day, in which the Women’s March bolstered bravery and spirits of defiance. This embedded hope into me as I remembered a time of my resilience. Badminton, a sport that’s special in my heart, became the the key to my courage. I was a 9th grader and my school had a badminton tournament but I had no partner. At this point, I thought to myself, most girls aren’t…

life. Have you learned to make it through a difficult situation and being able to recover quickly from that difficult situation? That means you've been RESILIENT. Now knowing that. Let's start this paper. Understanding what the true meaning of resilience is a huge process. An example of this is the Story of Flavio. Flavio is a little boy living in a poverty and having to help his family life. They hardly have enough money to get the little amount of food they need. Not having enough money to…

Sustainability and resilience is not a new topic. It is subject that has been around since humans started civilization. Not being able to properly sustain has caused some civilizations to decline in the past. Land is taught to be vast, but in reality, little to that thought is true. Instead land is very limited and must be used wisely. Food shortage have played a key role in the down of many empires. Currently more than one hundred million acres of land that otherwise could be used for…

The politicized nature of change is widely recognized (Dawson, 2003; Frost and Egri, 1991; Pettigrew, 1973), but the role of OP in change agency is controversial. Researcher interest in OP grew in the middle of the 20th century when Burns (1961, p.257) described it as a case when ‘others (individuals) are made use of as resources in competitive situations’. This reflects on the further perception of OP by various researchers as a rather ‘unfortunate fact of life’ (Ferris et al., 1989, p. 143),…

evidence show that stress have potent impact on the health and well-being on an individual. Furthermore, some studies have even found that stress can have a stronger impact on one’s health than major negative life events. Thus, recovery from and resilience to stress is vital for health and well-being. As such, a method to manage, cope or counteract stress is participation in leisure activities. Leisure can be broken down into two categories: casual leisure that involves…

Additional ways of strengthening resilience may be helpful. The key is to identify ways that are likely to work well for you as part of your own personal strategy for fostering resilience.” (The Road to Resilience, n.d.) With support from the counselor, family and friends anyone can overcome a crisis. References Kanel, K. (2015). A Guide to Crisis Intervention. In K. Kanel, A Guide to Crisis Intervention. Stamford, : Cengage Learning. The Road to Resilience. (n.d.). Retrieved…

children develop resilience toward their ACEs. Cultural traditions, better developed self regulation skills and a sense of having some control over personal circumstances have all been associated with moderating the negative impacts of childhood adversity and childhood adverse experience (Bellis, 2017). Murray at an early age developed self regulation skills as well as having a sense of control over her personal circumstances that happened in her life. She developed resilience at an early age,…

Have you ever wondered about courage and resilience? Resilience means capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. Courage means the ability to do something that frightens one. Three people that demonstrate courage and resilience are Beyoncé Knowles, Marilyn and Lexi Youngberg. First Beyoncé demonstrated resilience by continuing to perform alone after her group broke up. In addition in notablebiographies.com it says “in 2003, Knowles released her debut solo recording, Dangerously in…

educators and mental health experts put together a social and emotional learning program to help these individuals. The program’s aim is to teach the teachers skills of mindfulness and resilience, to then bring into their own lives, and to teach these educators how to balance their personal and professional lives. Inner Resilience has many core platforms, ranging from residential retreats, professional workshops, inner life series, parent workshops and a set K-8 curriculum for teachers. Though…