Sunday, September 25, 2022

Hello Reader,

Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving; we get stronger and more resilient. ~ Steve Maroboli

The picture below is of a tree on one of the trails in the forest behind our house. I’ve named it The Resilience Tree - And it has earned that name.

When you see it’s gnarled and broken branches you’d wonder, how could it possibly still be living? Yet it is! And even with its scars and broken branches, it is grand and beautiful and continues to thrive and grow towards the light.

Grand thriving pine with broken branches and new growth

Every time I walk past that tree, I pause and stare at it with awe and appreciation and am inspired. I can actually feel myself breathe deeper and stand taller and stronger. Just being in its presence helps me embody resilience.

Resilience - the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

Resilient people are much the same as this pine tree. Rather than letting difficulties, traumatic events, mistakes and failures overcome them or drain their resolve, resilient people find a way to change course, learn from their difficulties and continue to achieve their goals.

Resilience is often that secret ingredient to optimizing vitality and achieving your goals. Without it, it’s almost impossible to stay energized and navigate towards your goals.

The good news is that resilience can be strengthened. You can charge it up throughout your day and when you do that consistently, you can actually strengthen your resilience muscle and raise your overall resilience baseline to be able to weather even bigger storms throughout life.

We all struggle and even fall flat at times. That’s all part of the human experience. Learning to build up resilience can help you bounce back quickly to optimize vitality both at work and home.

What Creates Resilience

Keep reading on the Vitality Blog

Reflection of the Month:

The Reflection of the Month is an opportunity for you to set aside time and put pen to paper to learn more about yourself. Increasing awareness of yourself is often the key to change and maximizing personal and professional potential.

This month I am sharing with you two FREE assessments; one to assess your overall mental fitness or Positive Intelligence Quotient and the other to help you get to know your top Saboteurs - that part of your mind that keeps you stuck in stress and unhappiness.

Credit: Positive Intelligence, Shirzad Charmin

1. PQ Assessment

PQ, Positive Intelligence Quotient, is the measure of your mental fitness.

If you’re physically fit, you can climb steep hills without physical stress. Similarly, If you’re mentally fit, you can handle life’s great challenges without mental stress, frustration, or other negative emotions.

PQ reveals your mental fitness level by measuring the strength of your positive mental muscles versus the negative.

Take the PQ Assessment

2. Saboteur Assessment

Knowing your top Saboteurs - the part of your mind that keeps you stuck in stress and unhappiness - is the first step to reducing the harm they cause.

Take the Saboteur Assessment

3. Inquiry

What would you change at work or in your personal life, if your Judge's voice were significantly weakened?

What’s Coming Up:

Intrigued by what you learned about yourself in the PQ and Saboteur Assessments? So was I! In fact, I was so intrigued, I did the training and am now offering it to coaching clients. You can read more about the training here.

If you're not currently coaching with me and are interested in how you can get in on the training, reply to this email or book a FREE consult.

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I'll also be sharing more on social media and in upcoming newsletters, so be sure to follow along.