Lifelong learning increases resilience. The recommended resource section includes many additional aids. The free online resources (visit http://www.newharbinger.com/39409) that accompany this workbook are also important and useful tools.
Resilience Basics
- The MIND Diet is a promising Mediterranean-style diet that appears to strengthen the brain.
- The Log Sheet for Resilience Strategies can be reproduced to record your progress.
- The Blank Daily Thought Record can be reproduced and used for practice of cognitive restructuring.
Happiness
- The Optimism Questionnaire raises awareness of your thinking style and suggests a range of optimistic thoughts to choose.
- The Sociability Checkup identifies the many dimensions of social intelligence.
- Social Intelligence presents many principles and skills for improving interpersonal relationships.
- Money Attitudes and Management usually affect happiness more than wealth.
- Religion and Spirituality are strongly related in the research to resilience and happiness.
- The Forgiveness Letter is a blank template related to chapter 20 of this book.
- Meditation is linked to many benefits, including happiness. This section covers additional methods.
Looking Ahead: Preparing Emotionally for Difficult Times
- Preparing Emotionally for Crisis introduces the powerful principle of emotional inoculation.
- Preparing for Post-Crisis Stress Symptoms keeps us from being caught by surprise following distressing situations.
- Resilient Suffering explores perspectives that help us navigate painful times.
- Emotional Inoculation for Emergency Responders covers considerations that are especially useful for high-risk groups (such as military, police, and firefighters) and those who support them.
Additional Resilience Reflections