8 tips on building personal resilience

The extent of our ability to take stress-inducing situations in our stride and endure hardships has really been put to the test this past year. Both at work and in our private lives, the pandemic has increased the daily challenges we face, having a significant impact on our health, relationships and financial circumstances.

We know that there are people with strong resilience who survive and thrive despite such difficult situations. But what makes a person resilient and can it be built up?

Resilience can be considered as ‘partly a semi-permanent psychological trait and partly a variable psychological state’*. This means that while some people are naturally more resilient than others, one’s personal resilience can also be influenced by external factors existing in their environment. Focusing on the state aspect of resilience can help determine what practical steps you can do to improve resilience.

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