Human Resilience

Resilience or our ability to bounce back is directly linked to our resources and resourcefulness.  Resilient people generally have built habits that keep them flexible and strong when times get tough. When we train people in resilience we focus on the importance of this and encourage the creation of these habits in order to protect against particularly stressful times. 

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Resilience is our business and one of the key ways to build individual resilience is to take time to create space. When someone is very stressed this practice can actually create space in an individuals’ nervous system and help them return to a state of equilibrium.

On the train yesterday reading the paper, I was inspired by and feel moved to write about the documentary “We Are Together” by a film maker in his twenties called Paul Taylor, whose award winning film is featured in yesterday’s edition of The Times.