Where does your resilient self stand? Would it break in two in a split second? Or would it show some resistance? From my perspective, resilience is the ability to bounce back from a setback, a challenge, something that does not align at all with our expectations or plans. It is the capacity to reemerge and readapt to reality without losing oneself, involving a certain degree of mental and physical elasticity. Resilience can grow out of a traumatic event such as divorce or the

Resilience does not reveal itself only when overcoming major traumas or negative events. Resilience can be developed in your everyday life, in the small things you do and how you manage daily stress and challenges. Last year was an outstanding reminder that adversity can strike unexpectedly. Despite the many hurdles and struggles you have endured since then, you are still standing. Perhaps not in your best shape, nonetheless a moment of self-reverence is well deserved. When w