identified a coping style called shift-and-persist that seems to protect people from the typical health risks associated with having grown up in poor or unsafe environments. Shifting is a combination of accepting stress and changing the way you think about its source. It’s often measured by asking people how much they agree with statements like “I think about the things I can learn from a situation, or about something good that can come from it.” Persisting is about maintaining the optimism needed to pursue meaning, even in the face of adversity.
This is how I’ve made it. Shift and persist. Accept, use, move on.
