Resilience is a Verb

Building Blocks

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....

Holiday Energy-Zappers and How to Beat Them

Energy Management, Ourselves

Even though the holidays are often seen as a time of celebration and joy, most of us have found ourselves tired, sick, or just plain cranky at one time or another during this season. When we feel like this, we’re less able to bounce back from difficulties and...

Resilience Lessons on the Chesapeake

Building Blocks, Creativity

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...

Video: From Resilience to Prosilience

Building Blocks, Resources

Webinar Recording: From Resilience to Prosilience: Preparing Yourself for a Turbulent World Proactive + Resilience = Prosilience Learn more about moving from Resilience to Prosilience in this webinar presented by author Linda...

The Anatomy of Resilience

Building Blocks

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 Prosilience, we focus on helping you develop seven muscles: Positivity The first...

Taming My Inner Puppy, Six Minutes at a Time

Building Blocks, Calming, Exercises, Preparation

Have you ever spent time with a puppy? It’s never still! It’s running in circles, barking, maybe chewing on the furniture or peeing on the rug… busy all the time. My mind feels like that sometimes—a million things moving at once, distractions everywhere, full of...