Title: Resilience 101: How to Be a More Resilient Person | Psychology Today
Headings: Resilience 101: How to Be a More Resilient Person
Tchiki Davis, Ph.D.
Resilience 101: How to Be a More Resilient Person
Stressed out? Barely coping? Learn science-based ways to build resilience.
THE BASICS

Content: Posted Mar 15, 2018
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Resilience is that amazing skill that helps you recover quickly from difficulties. If you are resilient, then when life knocks you down, you bounce back and you keep going. Sometimes life's challenges can even make you stronger. I think resilience is so important that I devote a whole section to it in my new book, Outsmart Your Smartphone: Conscious Tech Habits for Finding Happiness, Balance, and Connection IRL . So how do you become a more resilient person? Unlike positive thinking, self-compassion, or gratitude —which can all be developed when things are going good or going bad—you need challenges in your life to develop resilience. You have to get knocked down in order to learn how to pick yourself back up. Over time, you’ll start to see that being knocked down makes you stronger—plus it makes you less afraid to get knocked down again.