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Excerpts:
The concept of resilience addresses more than survival,
whereby, within the right conditions, can create factors which serve to help in the future.
In terms of family systems, resiliency can be strengthened
by a family’s coping skills in terms of what the family does in face of challenges and disruptions, whether they are
chronic or acute. When a family can identify their own strengths and resources in face of crises, as well
as day-to-day challenges, this is one factor.
The essence of becoming resilient is working towards meeting new challenges with a sense of opportunity and
empowerment. The idea here is to draw on those traits which you possess naturally or commit to learn to develop those at further
reach. When you can communicate your experience and share it with those who can listen to and support you, your relationships
will strengthen as well. Knowing at a deeper level that everything you are experiencing has its purpose and that you can derive
meaning from it, you will be on the path to “bouncing forward”.
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