Okay, here is your recap: being resilient means having the right kind of activity in the prefrontal cortex so that your amygdala doesn’t react to everything in our world as a potential danger. In other words, being resilient means having the right kinds of thoughts in your head, and those thoughts relate to how well you feel you can handle whatever situation you are facing. I am sure you have heard the phrase “power of positive thinking” or something like that being spewed by so-called motivational gurus, but there really is a kernel of truth to phrases like that.49
