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City ____ Center Newsletter

This week’s topic in the City Wellness ____ Newsletter is resilience, or “the power to overcome.”

Julia Hone, a famous doctor, tells us how we can deal with ____ times by cultivating our inner strength.

Whatever life path we choose, we all ____ adversity.

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

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

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

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

____, you learn and grow from adversity.

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

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

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

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

____ Aimee Mullins also saw her challenges as an opportunity.

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

She competed against athletes without disabilities in a ____ competition and participated in the Paralympics in 1996.

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

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

Both people succeeded ____ “despite” adversity but thanks to it.

This is the real ____ back.

You might think “Hey, ____ are exceptional people.”

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

____ like these people, we all 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 like a ____.

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

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

Three Basic ____ to Build Up Your “Resilience Muscle”

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

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

Then, instead of feeling singled out and ____, “Why me?”, you can face whatever happens and focus on what 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 ____ stories that could never have happened without adversity!

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

Take a break and be in the present moment, neither ____ the past nor worrying about the future.

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

If you ____ know where to start, the STOP technique can be a great meditative technique.

It works ____ this.

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

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

Proceed with what you were ____.

Or start something ____ based on what you observed.

Now go ____ with your life.

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

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

Good communication ____ resilience.

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

I am not saying that these strategies are ____ or remove all stress and 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 ____ when you are in the middle of adversity and uncertainty.

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

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

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

Resilient people tend to be ____ and more fulfilled because 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.