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City Wellness ____ 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 ____ difficult times by cultivating our inner strength.

Whatever life ____ we choose, we all experience adversity.

This can take ____ form of illness, accidents, failure in exams, family and relationship issues, or other stresses.

To cope, we all need the ability to overcome difficulties, which ____ known as resilience.

Resilience ____ springing back, just like a bouncy ball after hitting the ground.

If you are resilient, you ____ bounce back and recover quickly from the hard times you experience.

____ you learn and grow from adversity.

So, resilience ____ the ability to handle, recover from, and benefit from difficult life events.

There are countless stories of successful people who not only survived adversity but used it as ____ stepping stone to growth.

Fairy tale writer Hans Andersen said that his childhood poverty, the early loss ____ his father, and his experience of being disrespected were the sources for his most popular stories.

“The hardship was a ____ blessing that inspired me to write stories like The Little Match Girl, The Snow Queen, and The Ugly Duckling.”

Athlete Aimee Mullins also saw her challenges as ____ opportunity.

She was born with a medical condition that resulted in losing ____ legs beneath the knee to surgery.

She competed against athletes without disabilities in a national competition and participated in the Paralympics in ____

Her career also ____ modeling, acting, and public speaking.

She says her physical condition is not a disability but the ____ thing that opened the door for her amazing potential.

Both people succeeded not “despite” adversity but thanks to ____

____ is the real bouncing back.

You might think “Hey, these are exceptional ____

However, we are all born with the ____ for resilience.

Just like these people, we ____ can develop the strength to quickly recover from a crisis that could otherwise cause lasting damage to our mental health.

The good news is that resilience is ____ a muscle.

You can build it up through practice, by developing thoughts, behaviors, and habits that allow you to recover ____ painful or stressful events.

Here are three basic strategies to build up this ____ muscle.”

Three Basic Strategies to ____ Up Your “Resilience Muscle”

First, accept and respect adversity ____ a natural part of life.

This doesn’t ____ being passive, but understanding that some changes in life can cause suffering or stress.

Then, instead of feeling singled out and thinking, “Why me?”, you can face whatever happens and focus on ____ you can change, not what you can’t.

Embracing challenges and unexpected obstacles in your life can help ____ confront them as a learning process.

Think of all the success ____ that could never have happened without adversity!

Second, have “me time,” that is, personal time ____ look after yourself.

Take a break and be in the present moment, ____ regretting the past nor worrying about the future.

Walk, meditate, write, draw, listen ____ music, or exercise.

____ you don’t know where to start, the STOP technique can be a great meditative technique.

It ____ like this.

Stop whatever ____ are doing. Take a few deep breaths.

____ your emotions and thoughts as they are, not judging them as good or bad.

Proceed with what you ____ doing.

Or start something different based on what ____ observed.

Now ____ forward with your life.

Allow yourself to ask ____ help from people whom you can trust, such as friends, family members, or counselors.

Talking about your issues with someone can help you ____ your situation with more clarity and respond to it with more strength.

Good communication ____ resilience.

This is the reason why resilient people tend ____ create good support networks.

I am not saying that these strategies are easy or remove all stress ____ suffering.

Still, I urge you to practice ____ whenever you can, particularly when you are under stress.

Remember that there is no better time to build your “resilience muscle” than the moment ____ you are in the middle of adversity and uncertainty.

Practicing resilience during ____ times helps you endure and grow stronger.

However, you can also ____ these strategies to everyday small stresses or minor challenges.

Then you will gradually become more able to deal ____ big ones.

Resilient people tend to be happier and more fulfilled ____ they are less afraid of failing or challenges.

So, ____ resilience is the key not only to overcoming adversity but also to living a happy life.