Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness

by Rick Hanson

We all have needs. If they’re not met, it’s natural to feel stressed, worried, frustrated, and hurt, and to experience less well-being. As you become more resilient, you’re more able to meet your needs in the face of life’s challenges, and greater well-being is the result.

Understanding the difference between responsive and very active and the importance of our needs met or not

Recognizing and encouraging a sense of agency

Working with patience

On being caught up in resistance to pain and how to allow a little pleasure in your life

Keeping a pleasure diary diary

blocking our successes and finding ways to celebrate them even if only for a moment