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Resilience Mind-Map: Partnership Program

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What is it?

Resilience is the art of being able to ‘bungy jump’ through the pitfalls of life. It is the ability of rebounding or springing back after adversity or hard times.
Like you have an elasticised rope around your middle that helps you to bounce back after experiencing difficulties (e.g. bullying, death of a loved one; break up of a relationship; family troubles; anxiety, depression, a friend in trouble; rejection from peers)
It is the ability to adapt to changed circumstances or situations that can often be unpredictable and scary!

Building Resilience […]

How to Really Empathise with Someone

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By Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S.

 

We tend to misunderstand empathy. We think empathizing with someone is consoling them. We think it’s helping them fix whatever problem they’re having. We think it’s giving advice.

If it were me, I’d pick a different career. If it were me, I’d end the relationship. If it were me, I wouldn’t think so much about it. Have you tried taking a real break? Have you considered that other option?

We think empathizing with someone is wondering how we’d feel or react in the same situation.

But empathy […]