There is a shared belief that if every individual can learn how to be more resilient, then they will be able to tackle any tough challenges that may come up in their relationships, their jobs, and their lives.
Resilience has been widely described as the ability to keep going when it gets hard; it is used synonymously with words like grit, toughness, strength, and champions. Champions are resilient, right? They don’t let anything get in their way to victory. Or you might have heard phrases like, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. These phrases and ideas are well-intended however they do little to encourage someone in a tough spot to activate their inner resources to take action. Most of the time, phrases like this keep us feeling not good enough, discouraged, and without value. Some of us have spent years or decades working hard at healing and making our marriages and lives better. So when someone says, “You just have to be more resilient in your…