Overview and Objectives

In Lesson Seven, we explore how we can help people become more resilient as we help them embrace two facts:
The past does not have to be a prison.
Resilience is a choice about what we do with painful circumstances.

When you complete this lesson, you should be able to do the following:

• Explain why developing resilience is necessary in order to move past the pain in our lives.
• Understand that resilience requires change and hard work.
• Identify the seven characteristics of resiliency.

As you proceed through this lesson have the following question in mind.
What challenges or circumstances in your own life have helped you build resilience?