Resilience, its becoming such a buzz word isn’t it.

But in reality do you really understand it? Do you know how to be more resilient?

No doubt, there are many people you know who are ‘resilient’ , who can handle anything. But how? What is the secret? How do you become more resilient?

The truth is, it’s hard to be resilient to be more resilient. And there is no ‘one size fits all’ answer to ‘How to be more resilient’.

However, often, many think that resilience is about being stoical, working through and ignoring the problem at hand. This may work in the short term, but not in the long term.

In contrast, developing your resilience is about listening to what you need. It is about becoming more self aware, understanding your own personal challenges and understanding what you need as an individual to overcome them. It is about leaning in and become more proactive to challenge the rules which are testing you and create your own rulebook to manage the situation.

So ready to step up your resilience today?

Start by getting more aware and asking yourself these questions:

• In what environments do you feel challenged, stressed, anxious and what does this tell you? Therefore what needs to change to support you and your resilience?
• In what environments do you feel your best? What does this tell you – how can you create more of this?
• What rules are you conforming to which make you anxious, stressed, which test your resilience? 
• What are your values and how in your life are these showing up / being challenged? 

Be honest with yourself and what you need in your life to be more resilient. 

…But to be honest you need to be more aware in the first place…