Researchers are encouraging families to read to their children before they start school as a new study from the University of South Australia has found that reading aloud can triple a child’s resilience at school, especially for children who had suffered maltreatment. Reading has long been associated with school readiness and scholastic outcomes, but for…
Study Finds Resilience in Adults May Be Linked to Early Life Stress
Mental health problems in adulthood are commonly reported to originate from childhood adversities, but a study has found that people who experienced early life stress may instead develop resilience. Haeme Park, a senior postdoctoral fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) said not everyone who experiences childhood trauma will develop a higher probability for mental disorders….
Manage Stress and Build Resilience
It’s hard to avoid stress. Work, money, current events, and the hassles of everyday life are just a few of the things that can cause stress. Long-term, or chronic, stress is linked to several health conditions like heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, and anxiety. It’s important to learn how to manage stress so…
Forest ‘Resilience’ May Translate to Fewer Trees: Study
January 24, 2022
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Scientists studying forest density in the Sierra Nevada have found that trees there were scarcer but physically larger in 1911 than in 2011, meaning that “resilient” forests could be remarkably thin by today’s standards. “Our findings suggest forests need to be treated more intensively than is often done when just reducing fuels, particularly greater reductions…
Embracing the Art of Resilience in 2022
Resilience is going to be an overriding theme for 2022. The ability to bounce back from anything—from the ordinary to the extraordinary—is truly an art. It’s also a science. So how do we become more resilient? First, let’s understand what it means. Resilience isn’t a genetic trait, it’s a learned quality. It is a set…
The Roots of Resilience
Many years ago, I took a class from a woman who was doing her doctoral thesis on the topic of psychological hardiness. She was a nun, but not the black-and-white kind of nun I remember from growing up. This particular nun wore flannel shirts and swore from time to time, but that’s not what I…
Coping With Disaster
I had a plan to take a month long road trip out West. I would spend my time driving country roads, taking memorable photographs, and soaking in the mountain scenery of Colorado. The trip began with long roads and mountain vistas, but it turns out that I ended up in a very different place—while still…
Godspeed Healing a Parkour Knee Injury
It was an epic fail. The full force of an impact that should have been displaced by two hips, thighs, and legs, was instead taken by only the right lower limb. Limping away, I knew I was out for the night with the full extent of the injury looming as pain radiated from the knee…
How to Develop Extraordinary Resilience
We’re all beset with difficulties, obstacles, pain, exhaustion, and a thousand other setbacks, small and large. What determines whether we take these setbacks in stride or let them bring us down is something psychologists call “resilience.” It’s the ability to bounce back from setbacks and adapt, learn, and persevere. I’ve found resilience to be an…
‘I’m Doing It’: Resilience and Faith in Our Daily Battles
A few weeks ago, one of my sisters told me that her best friend, whom she’s known for over 50 years, had been diagnosed with breast cancer. This woman, a retired schoolteacher in her mid-60s, is now undergoing various surgeries and chemotherapy. To encourage her, my sister kept saying: “You’re doing it. You’re doing what…
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