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Resilience can be defined as the ability to bounce back.
In their book, The Power of Resilience, Dr. Robert Brooks
and Dr. Sam Goldstein describe resilience as the answer to the following
questions: What are the factors that help some adults to bounce
back while others languish in feelings of helplessness and hopelessness?
... What is the inner strenhgth that propels some people to overcome
mighty obstacles in their path?
They make a very important point: resiliency is not the absence
of stress:
Possessing a resilient mindset does not imply that one is free
from stress, pressure and conflict, but rather than one can successfully
cope with problems as they arise.
While they talk of "possessing a mindset", they are emphatic
that mindsets can be changed:
The more we understand the beliefs that guide our behaviors, the more
successfully we engage in the process of replacing counterproductive,
self-defeating assumptions with those that will lead to a more resilient,
fulfilling life.
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