Cultivating resilience

Cultivating resilience

Flexing your resilience muscle

Resilience is the ability to cope with life’s curveballs in a positive way. It is the emotional strength to deal with whatever life brings.

Just as exercising can strengthen your muscles, you can take steps to increase your resilience.

The following articles, videos and quizzes explore resilience and some of the key actions you can take to help cultivate it.

Resilience: Build skills to endure hardship

Bouncing back and staying strong: how to recognize your strengths and act on them

Factors that contribute to resilience

What trauma teaches us about resilience: a TEDx Talk

The benefit of self-compassion and how to practice it

500 MILES , TWO BEST FRIENDS, AND ONE WHEELCHAIR: A TEDX TALK

How mindful are you:
a quiz

FOUR WAYS GRATITUDE HELPS WITH DIFFICULT FEELINGS

10 ways to build resilience

Please note: The resources on this page are meant to be informational only and are not intended to replace medical advice. Always talk to your healthcare provider about any medical decisions, including how to manage the daily symptoms of PNH. Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is not affiliated with nor endorses any particular organization, and is not responsible for the content of any sites or resources we may link to from this website, and makes no guarantees about the accuracy of the information or the quality of support provided.

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