Resilience

In 1824 a new word was added to the dictionary - Resilience, 'the ability to deal readily with misfortune and change', it comes from the Latin resilare - which means to bounce back.

Emotional resilience is about being able to bounce back after times of stress and difficulty, rather than staying trapped in negative emotions after the stressful events that caused them have passed. It develops our growth through struggles.

The Chinese term for “crisis” is made up of two symbols; one is for danger and the other is for opportunity.  Many American presidents and politicians have quoted this, and there is truth in it!

What makes the difference? Two women are made unemployed, they have similar educational backgrounds and career histories - a year later, one of them is still unemployed, angry and broke, the other has branched out in a whole new direction - she is not earning as much as before, but she is excited, optimistic and feels grateful for the opportunity for change.  She has found the ability to bounce back.  You can emerge from an unwanted circumstance exhausted and bitter, or strengthened and better. 

We are born with the God-given capacity to be made better by life’s difficulties, to experience personal growth through struggles.  Wisdom and strength do not come from the adversity itself, but from the struggle to heal and make sense of what you have been through.  Sometimes the struggle is the point!

Nature offers us a picture of growth through struggles – if you look at a chrysalis, and that process when its’ being transformed into a butterfly.  During that transition it looks mysterious – you can’t see what’s happening and don’t know the end result.  However in time and through the process the butterfly emerges, a beautiful, amazing creation.  It has also naturually found the capacity to bounce back and become something more beautiful than before.  There is something about being in a struggle - or a process that completes us, that equips us with what we need. 

Have you ever wanted to be able to find more strength for something, to be able to bounce back from a knock? Maybe a task, maybe a constant challenge, maybe fighting against the tide of others opinions. We all need more resilience, to be able to not just carry on running but to finish the race stronger than we started. This coaching package is about you finding the resilience you need to keep going, to bounce back and find growth through struggles, be better equipped, highly motivated and seeing the results you long for.

• Values clarification (understanding and valuing who you are)
• Saboteur exploration (what gets in your way)
• Decision making (more powerful choice)
• Presence and impact