When something doesn't go our way how often do we think that it was because of someone else - something they said, something they did or didn't do or because of something that happened that was beyond our control? Step one in becoming more resilient is accepting that bad things happen. Change is inevitable. And we can't always get what we want, when we want them and have things the way we want them. i) Unfortunate things or decisions can and will happen. ii) Hearing No is

Resilience. It’s a word used these days ad nauseum to describe a deficiency in the children of this generation. But is lack of resilience a curse of our times or something that has troubled people for centuries? Did people not cope with change, disagreements, disappointment or rejection in the past in the same way as we might not cope in the 21st century? What about in developing or war torn countries? Do we lack resilience in the face of First World Problems? Is it eve