{"id":87,"date":"2025-02-09T20:21:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T20:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ahpel.co.za\/?p=87"},"modified":"2025-02-09T20:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T20:22:18","slug":"improving-mental-and-physical-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahpel.co.za\/?p=87","title":{"rendered":"Improving Mental and Physical Resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Resilience refers to our ability to adapt to life\u2019s setbacks and misfortune. When things go wrong, do you bounce back from adversity, or do you fall apart because of it? If you lack resilience, you might not deal with adversity correctly and be subject to drug abuse problems, feeling victimized, or be affected by other unhealthy coping mechanisms. It is therefore essential to build and improve our mental resilience so that we can navigate around life\u2019s hardships. As the saying goes, \u201ctough times don\u2019t last, tough people do<\/em>.\u201d Below are a few helpful tips to follow for improving and strengthening your resilience:<\/span><\/p><\/div>

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1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Build strong and positive relationships:<\/strong>\u00a0This will create a support network for yourself so that you never feel alone when dealing with adversity. Have people you can reach out to in times of need and be the type of person others reach out to. We are inherently social creatures and rely on cohesion for functional existence.<\/span><\/p><\/div>

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2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find meaning in each day:<\/strong>\u00a0Do things that make you feel a sense of accomplishment every day, the constant positive reinforcement will make life feel more meaningful and gives you something to look forward to.<\/span><\/p><\/div>

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3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Learn from your past:<\/strong>\u00a0You might have dealt with similar adversities successfully in the past, so look back on how you handled the situation and see how it applies to the current problem. You can even journal these experiences down as a guide for the future.<\/span><\/p><\/div>

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4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Have faith:<\/strong>\u00a0Though you cannot change the past, you can look towards the future. Have something that you can place your faith in, whether it is scientific, religious, or spiritual. We all need something to drive us forward in life through hard times.<\/span><\/p><\/div>

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5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Look after yourself:<\/strong>\u00a0It is easy to get caught up in work, so be sure to make time for things that you enjoy. Get a hobby or activity that you want to invest time in, do daily exercises and follow a healthy diet. You can also implement stress-relieving techniques such as meditation, yoga or breathing exercises.<\/span><\/p><\/div>

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6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Take-charge:<\/strong> At the end of the day, you are responsible for your own well-being. If you have problems that need to be dealt with, do not ignore it. Plan and act, otherwise it will come back to haunt you later in life.<\/span><\/p>

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Full read here:\u00a0<\/strong>Resilience: Build skills to endure hardship – Mayo Clinic<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Resilience refers to our ability to adapt to life\u2019s setbacks and misfortune. When things go wrong, do you bounce back from adversity, or do you fall apart because of it? If you lack resilience, you might not deal with adversity correctly and be subject to drug abuse problems, feeling victimized, or be affected by other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_siteseo_robots_primary_cat":"none","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahpel.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahpel.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahpel.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahpel.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahpel.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahpel.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahpel.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahpel.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahpel.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahpel.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahpel.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}