TTC – Building your Resilience

If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back. This is an alternative that you should consider. Could be. Drop your problems into that pile and walk away. Would you live? Actually. Are you better off?

Recent research shows that we grow into our best and most joyful selves not when we avoid our problems but when we embrace them, confident that we are resilient enough to work through them to an appropriate resolution. Problems are an important part of our path.

Our ability to bounce back from adversity is called resilience. We would be down for the count every time we ran into a problem without it. Are you stuck in traffic and late for a meeting? It is your resilience that allows you to keep moving forward, confident that you can handle the situation as it develops. You would give up if you didn’t have it. Recovering from surgery or the flu? Your resilience helps you take care of yourself and look forward to a better future. Our ability to thrive in life is dependent on our resilience.

Sharing her own fascinating journey, as well as the latest research by neurologists and psychologists, trauma specialist Molly Birkholm shows us how to gauge our current level of resilience and improve from there. In Building Your Resilience: Finding Meaning in Adversity , you’ll learn how all of our challenges—from everyday stresses to life-altering traumas—can bring wisdom and growth. In 17 fascinating classes and 7 “hands-on” practice sessions, you’ll learn about and experience the process of building the inner calm and clarity of mind that create greater resilience. With Ms. Birkholm’s warm and optimistic demeanor, you’ll feel her encouragement every step of the way as you move toward building your best and most fulfilling life.

Why do you need resilience?

You may not know that you are already resilient. You have made it through 100 percent of the most difficult days of your life so far. You have accomplished that great feat because you have a brain and nervous system that evolved in response to stress, you have followed cultural norms that support resilience, and you have actively chosen to dig down to your own inner resources. The. It’s great. You can improve your resilience by doing so. We know a lot more about how resilience can be boosted.

Get it immediately. Building your resilience is what TTC is about.

In. Finding meaning in adversity is what building your resilience is about. You will learn how to use and strengthen each of the resilience themes.

• Your core values and purpose : the fundamental principles you base your life on and turn to for strength;
• Finding meaning in adversity : moving from a victim mentality to a new paradigm of post-traumatic growth;
• Equanimity : keeping your mind calm, even during challenging situations;
• Self-care : maintaining your energy reserves by taking care of your physical, emotional, and mental needs;
• Healthy coping skills : building your personal bank of coping skills such as humor, gratitude, deep breathing, good friends;
• Positive sense of self : learning to build your inner authentic identity;
• Support and connection with others : knowing you have a supportive group of people to connect to whether times are easier or more challenging; and
• A proactive worldview : knowing you always have the power to choose how to respond to events around you.

You are better prepared to face any challenge, whether it is a stress day at work or something more unexpected, because each of these themes can be incorporated into your everyday life.

Experiencing and expanding your own resources.

In this course, you will learn about the components and importance of resilience, but you will also work hands-on to increase your own resilience with several classes devoted exclusively to guided practices, including:

• Active and relaxing yoga poses to help you more clearly observe sensations of tension and release in your physical body, your feelings, and beliefs;
• Yoga nidra to find safety deep within yourself;
• Breath work to use your breath to calm your mind;
• Techniques to promote sleep to maintain a healthy body and mind;
• Mindfulness to observe the experience of your entire body and mind exactly as they are, without judgment; and
• Evoking the relaxation response to trigger your body’s built-in relaxation response through the parasympathetic nervous system.

Similar to the themes of resilience, these practices act as tools you can take with you into the world. It will be easier to call them up when you need them most if you practice and make these exercises part of your life.

You can claim your own hero’s journey.

Have you ever thought of yourself as a hero? You do not have to climb Mt. To be a hero, you have to rescue a baby from a burning building. Each of us is already living the hero’s journey as we set out on the unique adventure of our own life, as we face adversity or crisis along the way, struggle to get past those roadblocks, and then move forward as a changed person. Each time we navigate our way through the hero’s journey, we can strengthen our resilience by discovering new vibrancy in life, new sources of wisdom and meaning, and a deeper embodiment of our authentic, true selves. You will learn about the many aspects of the hero’s journey.

• The call to adventure: When something happens to make you realize “life as usual” cannot continue;
• Crossing the threshold: To leave behind the familiarity of your former ways and begin something new;
• Tests, Allies, and Enemies : Moving forward as your intuition, faith, strength, and intelligence are all tested and retested; and
• The Road Back : Integrating into your new life the insights you’ve learned on your hero’s journey.

In. Finding meaning in adversity is what building your resilience is about. Professor Birkholm shares the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of her own fascinating, life-changing journey as she guides us to find the deeper meaning in our own lives. She tells of her hero’s journey through trauma and how she came out on the other side with a mission to help others. Your life will be enriched when you increase your resilience, whether you are a trauma survivor or someone who is reaching for a more fulfilling and joyful life.