Setbacks in life are challenging.

You try but sometimes fail to accomplish tasks or to gain what you desire.

You do everything you can, plan and practice and keep a good attitude and do all the right things… and yet… it doesn’t always work out.

When that happens, you need the superpower of mental resilience – the ability to bounce back after these setbacks and keep moving forward. It’s how you cope with adversity, stress, and difficult situations, while maintaining a positive outlook and a strong sense of well-being. Think of it as your mental armor that shields you from getting knocked down too hard and enables you to rise back up even stronger.💪🏽

Here are some characteristics of people with mental resilience – because it’s more than just being “strong” all the time!

👉🏽 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘦𝘵: 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴.

👉🏽 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴.

👉🏽 𝘌𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

👉🏽 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

When things don’t go as you hoped, remember to:

✅Pʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴇ Sᴇʟꜰ-Cᴏᴍᴘᴀssɪᴏɴ: Bᴇ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟꜰ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢɪɴɢ ᴛɪᴍᴇs. Aᴠᴏɪᴅ sᴇʟꜰ-ᴄʀɪᴛɪᴄɪsᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ sᴇʟꜰ-ᴛᴀʟᴋ. Tʀᴇᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟꜰ ᴀs ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀ ᴅᴇᴀʀ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴀ ᴛᴏᴜɢʜ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ.

✅Fᴏᴄᴜs ᴏɴ Wʜᴀᴛ Yᴏᴜ Cᴀɴ Cᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ: Sʜɪꜰᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀsᴘᴇᴄᴛs ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ. Iᴛ ʜᴇʟᴘs ᴛᴏ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍ ɪɴᴛᴏ sᴍᴀʟʟᴇʀ, ᴍᴀɴᴀɢᴇᴀʙʟᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴛs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴀᴄᴋʟᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴏɴᴇ sᴛᴇᴘ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ.

✅ Lᴇᴀʀɴ ꜰʀᴏᴍ Sᴇᴛʙᴀᴄᴋs: Iɴsᴛᴇᴀᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴠɪᴇᴡɪɴɢ sᴇᴛʙᴀᴄᴋs ᴀs ꜰᴀɪʟᴜʀᴇs, sᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀs ʟᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ ᴏᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴜɴɪᴛɪᴇs. Rᴇꜰʟᴇᴄᴛ ᴏɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴅᴇɴᴛɪꜰʏ ʟᴇssᴏɴs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʏᴏᴜ ɢʀᴏᴡ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴍᴘʀᴏᴠᴇ.

✅ Sᴇᴇᴋ Sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ: Lᴇᴀɴ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ɴᴇᴛᴡᴏʀᴋ – ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅs, ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ, ᴏʀ ᴀ ᴘʀᴏꜰᴇssɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴄᴏᴜɴsᴇʟᴏʀ. Tᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢs ᴀɴᴅ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇs ᴄᴀɴ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇ ᴘᴇʀsᴘᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴍꜰᴏʀᴛ.

✅ Sᴇᴛ Rᴇᴀʟɪsᴛɪᴄ Gᴏᴀʟs: Aꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴀ sᴇᴛʙᴀᴄᴋ, sᴇᴛ sᴍᴀʟʟ, ᴀᴄʜɪᴇᴠᴀʙʟᴇ ɢᴏᴀʟs ᴛᴏ ʀᴇɢᴀɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛᴜᴍ. Cᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴇss, ɴᴏ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ʜᴏᴡ sᴍᴀʟʟ ɪᴛ ᴍᴀʏ sᴇᴇᴍ.

Nurture your mental resilience and it will grow stronger over time, which is great moving forward because life will always bring some disappointments our way.

Remember you’ve got what it takes to make it through any setback. And we are here to help, always.