
142 brilliant positive psychology
Coping optimistically and building your resilience
1 Problem solving
Overcoming any adversity or situation requires that we can
assess the situation and find different routes through it. Being
better able to cope involves both the ability to problem solve
and the emotional capacity to stress-manage the situation. As
we saw in Chapter 4 on achieving goals, being able to problem
solve is an important coping strategy, so keeping in mind all
the factors that support your ability to problem solve is also
building your coping skills. Having an optimistic interpretation ...