Lesson 3 Rise Above Challenges
Resilience: The Power to Overcome
City ____ Center Newsletter
This week’s topic in the City Wellness Center Newsletter is resilience, or “the ____ to overcome.”
Julia Hone, a famous doctor, tells us how we can deal with ____ times by cultivating our inner strength.
No life is free from problems.
Whatever life path we ____, we all experience adversity.
This can ____ the form of illness, accidents, failure in exams, family and relationship issues, or other stresses.
To cope, we all need the ability to overcome ____, which is known as resilience.
Resilience means springing back, ____ like a bouncy ball after hitting the ground.
If you are resilient, you can bounce back and recover quickly from the hard times ____ experience.
____, you learn and grow from adversity.
So, resilience is the ability to handle, ____ from, and benefit from difficult life events.
There are countless stories of successful people ____ not only survived adversity but used it as a stepping stone to growth.
Fairy tale writer
Fairy tale writer Hans Andersen said that his childhood poverty, the early ____ of his father, and his experience of being disrespected were the sources for his most popular stories.
“The hardship was a real ____ that inspired me to write stories like The Little Match Girl, The Snow Queen, and The Ugly Duckling.”
Athlete Aimee Mullins ____ saw her challenges as an opportunity.
She was born with a medical condition that ____ in losing both legs beneath the knee to surgery.
She competed against ____ without disabilities in a national competition and participated in the Paralympics in 1996.
Her ____ also includes modeling, acting, and public speaking.
She ____ her physical condition is not a disability but the very thing that opened the door for her amazing potential.
Both people succeeded not “____” adversity but thanks to it.
This is the ____ bouncing back.
You might ____ “Hey, these are exceptional people.”
However, we are all ____ with the potential for resilience.
Just like these people, we all can develop the strength to quickly recover from a crisis that ____ otherwise cause lasting damage to our mental health.
The ____ news is that resilience is like a muscle.
____ can build it up through practice, by developing thoughts, behaviors, and habits that allow you to recover from painful or stressful events.
Here are ____ basic strategies to build up this “resilience muscle.”
Three Basic Strategies
Three Basic Strategies to ____ Up Your “Resilience Muscle”
First, accept and respect adversity as a natural part of ____.
This doesn’t mean being passive, but understanding that some changes in life can cause suffering or ____.
Then, instead of feeling singled out and thinking, “Why me?”, you can face whatever happens and focus on what you can change, not what ____ can’t.
____ challenges and unexpected obstacles in your life can help you confront them as a learning process.
Think of all the ____ stories that could never have happened without adversity!
____, have “me time,” that is, personal time to look after yourself.
Take a break and be in the present moment, neither ____ the past nor worrying about the future.
Walk, meditate, ____, draw, listen to music, or exercise.
If you don’t know where to start, the ____ technique can be a great meditative technique.
It works ____ this.
Stop whatever ____ are doing. Take a few deep breaths.
Observe your emotions and thoughts as they are, not judging them as ____ or bad.
Proceed with what ____ were doing.
Or ____ something different based on what you observed.
Now go ____ with your life.
Third, be connected.
____ yourself to ask for help from people whom you can trust, such as friends, family members, or counselors.
Talking about your issues with someone can help ____ see your situation with more clarity and respond to it with more strength.
Good ____ helps resilience.
This is the reason ____ resilient people tend to create good support networks.
I am not saying that these strategies are easy or remove all stress and ____.
Still, I ____ you to practice them whenever you can, particularly when you are under stress.
Remember that ____ is no better time to build your “resilience muscle” than the moment when you are in the middle of adversity and uncertainty.
Practicing resilience during tough times helps you ____ and grow stronger.
However, you ____ also apply these strategies to everyday small stresses or minor challenges.
Then ____ will gradually become more able to deal with big ones.
Resilient people tend to be happier and more fulfilled ____ they are less afraid of failing or challenges.
So, building resilience is the key not only to overcoming adversity but also to living a happy ____.
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