The Prosilience Blog
Basic Creativity Exercises
Your creativity muscle is strong when you can come up with a lot of new ideas about how to address challenges. This muscle is useful because it helps you find effective solutions to problems, break out of old patterns of thinking, and keep an open mind. Some simple...
Basic Priorities Exercises
Your priorities muscle is strong when you are able to identify the most important things to focus your attention on when facing adversity. This muscle is useful because it helps you avoid two traps: trying to take care of too many things at once, and spending energy...
Basic Confidence Exercises
Your confidence muscle is strong when you recognize your ability to deal with situations of adversity. This muscle is useful because it helps you engage in efforts to address a challenge, rather than giving up or wasting energy in emotions like anger and frustration....
Basic Positivity Exercises
Your positivity muscle is strong when you can find possibilities and hope in situations of adversity. This muscle is useful because it helps you engage in efforts to address a challenge, rather than giving up or wasting energy in emotions like anger and frustration....
About Us
Dr. Linda Hoopes. Passionate about helping people thrive in a turbulent world. Work psychologist. Sailboat racer. Musician. Writer. Massage therapist. Founder of Resilience Alliance. Egyn Zhu. I am a student at Davidson College, studying Psychology and...
What is Resilience?
Resilience is the ability to deal effectively with adversity. Everyone experiences challenges in life, ranging from small things like a flat tire to large things like the death of a loved one. Sometimes we bounce back relatively quickly, but sometimes it takes longer....
Your Resilience Anatomy
You have a set of change muscles that help you navigate challenges. Each of these is a way of thinking about or approaching adversity that helps you achieve more effective outcomes. At My Resilience Gym, we focus on helping you develop seven muscles: Positivity The...
Track Your Progress
We've found a really great way for you to keep track of your progress: Coach.me! It's a web or iOS-based app that lets you set up habits you want to build, track how you're doing, and give and receive positive reinforcement to/from others. Once you have designed your...
Assess Your Resilience
Just as you can evaluate your own physical fitness, you can evaluate the strength of your change muscles. Think about how you think and feel when something unexpected happens that presents a challenge. Positivity: Do you tend to worry and focus on the things that have...