Resilience Theory

You’ve got this muscle in you that you might not know about it. Maybe it is strong, just naturally. Or maybe you have built it on purpose. Or maybe it needs a little strengthening.

The muscle?

Your “resilience muscle.” It helps power you through tough times, so you can bounce back from the struggles.

Here’s the problem: many people don’t know you can build it. Many people do their best to avoid tough times and struggles. And many refuse to let that struggle build the muscle.

One problem: the struggles are unavoidable. But if you let that Resilience Muscle atrophy, those struggles are just tougher. If you strengthen the muscle, future struggles are not so insurmountable.

Let’s get fit and build that Resilience Muscle!

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In my recent book, Thrive Principles, I provide 15 strategies for living a thriving life. In that book, I note that this does not mean an absence of struggle and tough times. I suggest, instead, that these tough times are the fuel for thriving. They are the times we build our thriving muscles — IF we understand how to thrive.

Guess what?

This is a great list of strategies to teach children and young people. Imagine entering adulthood with those strategies and skills at the ready. Imagine that when the tougher times come, young adults already know how to move through them — and thrive!

I’ve noticed that many people never learn to thrive. And many learn to thrive only when they are at a tough point. Then, when nothing is working, they finally have to find a way to thrive — in the midst of struggle!

Wouldn’t it be easier to master those skills along the way, when we are just trying to figure out the skills of life, anyway? What if we just learned the helpful skills — not the unhelpful coping strategies that usually cause more struggle down the road?

Take a listen to the podcast to hear how those Thrive Principles can help your child. (And if you think YOU might benefit, LEARN MORE HERE or grab Thrive Principles wherever you like to buy your books.)

Raising Thriving Children Series
Introduction
Eggs, Balls, And Turtles
The Important Influence On Children
Ingredients To Thriving Children
Antidote To A Narcissistic World

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Building Your Resilience Muscle

Teaching Thrive Principles To Kids