APRIL 2025 BLOG - REFLECTIONS YARO

 

BEING RESILIENT

The greatest challenge has always been the risk of becoming our genuine selves in a world that tries to turn us into everyone else or scare us into believing things that are simply untrue. Genuine resilience begins in the depths of the individual soul, and this is the struggle that we came here for.

 Qualities like courage, compassion, wisdom and creative vision tend to manifest more fully when something challenges us at an existential level. Human resiliency involves a capacity to awaken further and grow wiser precisely amid a crisis.

 More than the ability to withstand adversity, true resiliency involves a creative vulnerability that allows us to both “spring back” and “leap forward.” To avoid overwhelm and find meaningful ways forward, we need to tap the resources of our souls which connect to the timeless roots of imagination and the endless energies of creation.

 

 

The Nature of Inner Resilience

Dynamic, not fixed: Resilience can change depending on life stage, experiences, and support systems.

Rooted in self-awareness: Knowing your emotional responses and limits helps regulate stress.

Connected to meaning-making: Resilient people often find meaning or purpose in adversity.

Intertwined with vulnerability: Being resilient doesn’t mean being invulnerable—it means having the courage to face emotional pain and still move forward.

Supported by relationships: Even inner strength is nurtured through connection with others.

 

How to Achieve and Strengthen It

Here are practical ways to build inner resilience:

1. Develop Emotional Awareness

2. Recognise your feelings without judging them.

3 . Practise mindfulness or journaling to stay in touch with your inner experience.

4. Cultivate a Growth Mindset. See setbacks as opportunities to learn, not as personal  failures.n Ask yourself: “What can this teach me?” instead of “Why me?”

5. Build Self-Compassio 

- Be kind to yourself in moments of suffering.-

- Speak to yourself as you would to a close friend.

6. Strengthen Support Systems -

- Stay connected to people who uplift and understand you.

- Share your experiences—resilience grows through shared stories.

7. Practise Acceptanc

- Accept what cannot be controlled or changed.

- Resilience grows when we stop resisting reality and start responding to it with clarity.

8. Take Care of Your Body

-Physical well-being deeply influences mental strength.

- Sleep, nutrition, movement, and relaxation are foundational.

9. Develop Meaning and Purpose

- Engage in activities that align with your values.

- Service to others, creativity, spiritual exploration, or personal growth can help anchor your sense of purpose.