The Seven Resiliencies
Insight - asking tough questions and giving honest answers.
Initiative/Independence - distancing emotionally and physically from the sources of trouble in one's life.
Relationships - making fulfilling connections to other people,
- taking charge of problems.
Creativity - using imagination and expressing oneself in art forms.
Humor - finding the comic in the tragic.
Morality/Spirituality - acting on the basis of an informed conscience.
The Resilient Self: How Survivors of Troubled Families Rise Above Adversity (Villard, 1993 By Steven Wolin, M.D. & Sybil Wolin, Ph.D.
Who do you know that has lived a resilient life? Perhaps one of your parents who lived through the great depression, or survived World War II. Possibly a spouse who had a very difficult childhood, but today is a wonderful parent. Resilient individuals don't wear a name tag that says they have been through tough times. Often the people who you think probably had the easiest life, had one of the most difficult. Resiliency is a gift that anyone can open, but many are unaware that they have been given anything.
Study the seven resiliencies by Drs. Wolin & Wolin. Which of these traits do you possess? What has brought you through a painful past, to a more peaceful present?
About Me
- David Michael
- Katy, Texas, United States
- Being a husband and a father is the greatest blessing in my life. I am also a Special Educator to students with an autism spectrum disorder.
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Creativity - using imagination and expressing oneself in art forms.
Art was my escape to a world in my mind. I need to get out the paint and get back at it, but there is something very redeeming in using your creativity and being whole.
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