Resilience: How to cope when everything around you keeps changing

An Introduction to Resilience

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Confucius

Have you ever felt sometimes as if you would like to stop the world and get off for a while, just to have a little rest, recover and make sense of it all? In the increasingly demanding and changing world that we live in, it is so easy sometimes to become overwhelmed and feel as if you are sinking.

At some point, everyone experiences varying degrees of setbacks. Some of these challenges might be relatively minor and others may have a major impact. How you deal with these problems can play a major part in the ultimate outcome and also your long-term psychological well-being.

Resilient people are able to utilize their skills and strengths ...