WELCOME to Week 5 - Resilience (Part 1)
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Ever wondered how you can increase your emotional bandwidth? That’s what this topic is about.
Resilience refers to the ability to thrive or grow in the face of challenges and difficulties, rather than crumbling. The good news is that through use of various practices, including the ones discussed in this module, we can improve our resilience. We will learn about the field of positive psychology, and experiment with some of the tools. To understand more about resilience, please first check out the video below.
Now explore the head, hand and heart sections for this module. We’ll be focusing on building positive emotions. To get more benefit from these practices, it is really good to do them regularly, particularly the meditations. To increase the potential benefits, see if you can challenge yourself (or gift yourself!) with doing a meditation practice daily.
Head
Watch this fun Ted Talk below for an introduction to Positive Psychology and then browse our resilience library.
Check out our library entries on resilience.
Heart
All the meditations this week help us build on positive emotions.Try to do one of these guided meditations at least five days per week. It's fine to repeat them, and also to use others that you like.
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Below is a list of exercises or activities you can try to build resilience and positive states of mind. Try one, some, or all!
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Savoring Walk (20 min/day)
How a stroll outside can help build lasting happiness. -
Three Good Things (10 min/day)
A way to tune into the positive events in your life. -
Grattitude Journal (15 min/3 days)
Count your blessings and enjoy better health and happiness. - Gratitude Break with Susie Hopkins (6 min/day)
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Letting Go of Anger Through Compassion (5 min/day)
To foster resilience, think about a hurtful event in a different way.
Sharing our experiences is a way we can support each other, build community, and deepen our understanding. Please consider joining the private Facebook page for CARE course participants. Here we will be able to connect with each other, and share our experiences. Click on the button below to access and join the group, then respond to the posts about this week’s adventures with awareness, if you’d like to!
This site contains thousands of resources and exercises related to positive psychology. Some things you may have to pay for, but there is a lot of free material here, too.
