Building Resilience

Building Resilience: A Peer Coaching Manual

Assisting Others to Acquire and Sustain Positive Change

By: Richard Lumb, Ph.D. and Ronald Breazeale, Ph.D.

We know that resilience skills and concepts developed through research can be learned and applied to our and the lives of others. Knowledge of resilience building can assist individuals in being able to adapt and survive difficult times.

Reacting emotionally, rather than with careful thinking and rational problem-solving results in decisions made through fear. These decisions can negatively affect self and others and are later regretted. Defending society and culture is an inclusive rather than exclusive process. We should seek alliances, cooperative problem-solving, sustainable community collaboration building, and consensus regarding future actions.

We must invest in strengthening personal resilience, it includes support for building resilience in our family members, friends, and other members of society.