Even for the relatively self-aware and emotionally adept, struggles can take us by surprise. But learning healthy ways to move through adversity—a collection of skills that researchers call resilience—can help us cope better and recover more quickly, or at least start heading in that direction. The Greater Good Science Center has curated 12 practices, within five broad categories, to develop resilience.
Toolkit Library/
Five Science-Backed Strategies to Build Resilience
Making connections:
Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.
K-5 Card Deck Activity: Creativity
Tool
30 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
What?/so what?/now what?
Tool
40 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
The power of vulnerability
Video
21 minutes
By: Brené Brown, TEDx
Leading in uncertain times by empowering others
Article
10 minutes
By: Edutopia
How to talk politics when you disagree
Video
12 minutes
By: Ciaran O'Connor, TEDx