10 Ways to Build and Develop Resilience

In life, everyone encounters hardships.

Some will be big, and others will be small. Whether it’s the loss of a loved one, getting laid off, heartbreak, divorce, or even just putting orange juice in this morning’s cereal instead of milk, there will be tough times.

When these difficult times inevitably arrive, we can either choose to let them swallow us up, or we can choose to keep going and make the best of the cards life has dealt us. Yes, even when there’s orange juice in your cereal.

This is where a very important skill comes in: resilience.

Resilience is the ability to pick yourself back up and move forward after tragedy or challenges. It’s grit. It’s determination. It’s deciding not to quit, and that even if the worst happens, you’ll be okay.

But this important skill is not an innate ability.

Children are not born resilient — as you could probably tell by their fragility and inability to form a sentence — nor do they naturally become proficient at it as they age. Resilience has to be built and developed over time.

Which means us adults have to figure out how to get resilient on our own.

Luckily, resilience can be developed through mindset shifts, practice, and through healthy habits everyone has…