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City Wellness Center ____

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

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

No life is ____ from problems.

Whatever life path we choose, we ____ experience adversity.

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

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

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

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

Furthermore, you learn and ____ from adversity.

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

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

Fairy ____ 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 popular stories.

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

Athlete Aimee Mullins also saw her challenges as an ____.

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

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

Her career also includes modeling, acting, and ____ speaking.

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

Both people succeeded ____ “despite” adversity but thanks to it.

This is the real bouncing ____.

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

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

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

The ____ news is that resilience is like a muscle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Think of all the success stories that could ____ have happened without adversity!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Proceed with ____ you were doing.

Or start something different based on ____ you observed.

____ go forward with your life.

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

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

Good communication ____ resilience.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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