Resilience Can Be

Toughness

Elasticity

Bouncing back

Not giving up

Fighting the battles

Sustained well-being

Withstanding adversity

Springing back into shape

Trying just one more time

Turning our wounds into wisdom

A good half of the art of living

What helps us recover from a setback

Bouncing back from short-term struggles

A variety of skills and coping mechanisms

Harnessing resources to sustain well-being

The ability – and tendency – to bounce back

Like climbing a mountain without a trail map

Refusing to be reduced by what happens to us

The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties

Bouncing back and growing despite life’s downturns

The capacity to recover from difficult life events

Facing disappointment, defeat, and failure with victory

Bouncing back from bumps in the road as well as failures

Springing back from and successfully adapting to adversity

Being able to reach the top and look back at how far we’ve come

Accepting reality and trying to put together something that’s good

What gives us the psychological strength to cope with stress and hardship

Accepting our new reality, even if it’s less good than the one we had before

Our ability to bounce back from life’s challenges and unforeseen difficulties

Not falling into despair or hiding from problems with unhealthy coping strategies

Adapting successfully to disturbances that threaten viability, function, or development

Adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress

Finding a way to rise from the ashes rather than letting failure overcome us and drain our resolve

Getting back up and continuing on with our lives instead of wallowing or letting things keep us down

Healthy, adaptive, or integrated positive functioning over the passage of time in the aftermath of adversity

The ability to bend but not break, bounce back, and perhaps even grow in the face of adverse life experiences

Overcoming adversity, whilst also potentially changing, or even dramatically transforming, aspects of that adversity

The mental reservoir of strength that we are able to call on in times of need to carry us through without falling apart