The Prosilience Blog
Resilience is a Verb
As a long-time student of resilience, I began my exploration in a time when researchers were exploring what made some people better able to deal with adversity than others. This early work tended to frame resilience as a unitary quality or trait that people possess....
Designing Your Personal Emergency Drill
As I write this post, one of the hot news topics is the safe landing of a Southwest Airlines flight that had an engine explode in mid-air, putting a hole in the side of the plane and creating a serious emergency that involved the death of one passenger. The pilot,...
Holiday Energy-Zappers and How to Beat Them
Maintain your physical well-being at the holidays by protecting yourself against these three energy-zappers.
What If I’m Not Feeling Resilient?
Resilience is the ability to deal with high levels of disruption, difficulty, or challenge while maintaining or regaining a sense of well-being. Although there is a lot of emphasis on the topic these days, I believe that many people don't feel resilient a lot of the...
The Origins of Prosilience
Are you dealing with a personal challenge--maybe an aging parent, a new chapter in your personal life, a health issue, or a child who requires special attention? Are you also dealing with changes in your work life? If so, then you're the reason I wrote Prosilience:...
Helping Others After a Disaster
Several years from now, we will look back at people who lived through the hurricane season of 2017 (Harvey, Irma, Maria, etc.) and see that some of them are thriving while others have never recovered from the catastrophe. This was true for Hurricane Katrina in New...
Building Resilience: 4 Steps Inspired by Survivors
We all wish that life could be smooth and always full of joy. Unfortunately, adversities can hit unexpectedly, testing our resources and our ability to cope. Rather than letting these challenges drag our lives down, we can build resilience to help us recover more...
Six Resilience Insights from the 2017 Eclipse
If you live in the US, chances are that you spent at least part of Monday, August 21 viewing the eclipse that traveled across the country; you may even have traveled to a location where you could see the totality. No matter where you are in the world, you have almost...
The Opposite of Resilience
Resilience can be evaluated by the outcomes that a person achieves when they encounter challenges. By reflecting on contributors to resilient and non-resilient outcomes, we can learn how to strengthen resilience.
Resilience Lessons on the Chesapeake
Summer is a great time for getting outside and having adventures. And adventures are a great way to build your resilience. When you try something new, you typically encounter things you've never done before. Sometimes these things are exciting, but sometimes they are...