Title: How to Be More Resilient in Everyday Life
Headings: How to Be More Resilient in Everyday Life
How to Be More Resilient in Everyday Life
Trait #1: Acceptance of Reality
How to Practice
Trait #2: Sense of Purpose
How to Practice
Trait #3: Adaptability
How to Practice
Summary and Key Points

Content: If you do it enough, you’ll begin to change your default way of interpreting difficult situations to be more flexible and realistic. This is a huge step in becoming more resilient. Trait #2: Sense of Purpose
Purpose doesn’t have to be something grandiose or spiritual. Having a sense of purpose can simply mean that you have positive things in your life that you are excited about, curious about, look forward to, and that you consider valuable. The more of these intrinsic values we have, the stronger our sense of purpose and therefore the more motivation we have to push through difficulties. Here’s an example of how a modest sense of purpose can help us stay resilient in the face of adversity: I had a client once who lost her mother to cancer suddenly at a relatively young age. My client was devastated. For the first few weeks after her mother’s death she hardly left the house, barely ate, and was almost totally disconnected from her family and friends.