KNOWING how to adapt to adversity is essential to our health and happiness. Resilience is the ability to bounce back from the difficulties we all face.

Psychologists have identified methods and strategies that enable us to navigate through crisis and overcome misfortune.

In this new series, short articles will be offered that will help to build inner strength and to weather tough times with hope and resolve.

Look For The Silver Lining

“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful.” – Winston Churchill

MENTALLY strong people have the ability to see the positives in tough circumstances. Rather than seeing the world through rose-coloured glasses, they recognise that it is possible for good things to come from hardship. This does not erase the hardship, but it can make it easier to cope with.

The next time you face a challenge, ask yourself, “What can I learn from this? What is this an opportunity for? How can this positively affect me?”