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City Wellness Center ____

This week’s topic in the City Wellness Center Newsletter is resilience, ____ “the power to overcome.”

Julia Hone, a famous doctor, ____ us how we can deal with difficult times by cultivating our inner strength.

No life is free from ____

Whatever life path we choose, we all experience ____

This can take the form of illness, accidents, failure ____ exams, family and relationship issues, or other stresses.

To cope, we all need the ability to overcome difficulties, which is known ____ resilience.

Resilience ____ springing back, just like a bouncy ball after hitting the ground.

If ____ are resilient, you can bounce back and recover quickly from the hard times you experience.

Furthermore, you ____ and grow from adversity.

____ resilience is the ability to handle, recover from, and benefit from difficult life events.

There are countless stories of successful people who not only survived adversity ____ used it as a stepping stone to growth.

Fairy tale writer Hans Andersen said that his childhood poverty, the early loss of his father, and his experience of being disrespected were the sources for his most ____ stories.

“The hardship was ____ real blessing that inspired me to write stories like The Little Match Girl, The Snow Queen, and The Ugly Duckling.”

Athlete ____ Mullins also saw her challenges as an opportunity.

She was born with a medical condition that resulted in ____ both legs beneath the knee to surgery.

She competed against athletes without ____ in a national competition and participated in the Paralympics in 1996.

Her career also includes modeling, acting, and public ____

She says her physical condition is not a disability but the very thing that opened the door for her ____ potential.

Both people ____ not “despite” adversity but thanks to it.

This is the real ____ back.

You might think “Hey, ____ are exceptional people.”

However, we are all born with the ____ for resilience.

Just like these people, we all can develop ____ strength to quickly recover from a crisis that could otherwise cause lasting damage to our mental health.

The good news is ____ resilience is like a muscle.

You can build it up through practice, by developing thoughts, behaviors, and habits that ____ you to recover from painful or stressful events.

____ are three basic strategies to build up this “resilience muscle.”

First, accept and respect adversity as a natural part ____ life.

This doesn’t mean being passive, but ____ that some changes in life can cause suffering or stress.

Then, instead of feeling singled out and thinking, “Why me?”, you can face whatever happens and focus on what you can change, not what ____ can’t.

Embracing challenges and unexpected obstacles in your life can help you confront them ____ a learning process.

Think of ____ the success stories that could never have happened without adversity!

Second, ____ “me time,” that is, personal time to look after yourself.

Take a break and be in the present moment, neither regretting the past nor worrying about ____ future.

Walk, meditate, write, draw, ____ to music, or exercise.

If you don’t know where to ____ the STOP technique can be a great meditative technique.

It ____ like this. Stop whatever you are doing. Take a few deep breaths.

Observe your emotions and thoughts as they are, not judging ____ as good or bad.

Proceed with ____ you were doing.

Or start something different based on what you ____

Now go forward ____ your life.

Allow yourself to ask for help from people whom you can trust, such as ____ family members, or counselors.

Talking ____ your issues with someone can help you see your situation with more clarity and respond to it with more strength.

Good communication ____ resilience.

This is the reason why resilient people tend to create ____ support networks.

____ am not saying that these strategies are easy or remove all stress and suffering.

Still, I urge you to practice them whenever you can, particularly when you are ____ stress.

Remember that there is no better time to build your “resilience muscle” than the moment when you are in the middle of ____ and uncertainty.

Practicing resilience during tough times helps you endure ____ grow stronger.

However, you can also apply these strategies to everyday small stresses or minor ____

Then you will gradually become more able to deal ____ big ones.

Resilient people tend to be happier and more fulfilled because they are less afraid of failing ____ challenges.

So, building resilience is the key not only to overcoming adversity but ____ to living a happy life.