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What Is Resilience and How to Develop It in Coaching

Resilience is the ability to adapt positively to adverse situations, overcome difficulties, and emerge stronger from difficult experiences. It is not a fixed personality trait but a skill that can be developed. In coaching, it is worked on as a key competency for well-being and high performance.

Origin and History

The concept was borrowed from physics (where it describes a material's ability to return to its original shape after deformation) and adapted to psychology in the 1970s by researchers such as Emmy Werner. Today it is a pillar of positive psychology and well-being coaching.

How It's Applied in Coaching

  1. Self-Awareness: Identify the client's own strengths and internal resources they already have.
  2. Support Network: Build and strengthen meaningful relationships that act as a safety net.
  3. Emotional Management: Develop the ability to process difficult emotions without getting stuck in them.
  4. Purpose: Connect with a deeper sense that gives meaning even to difficult experiences.
  5. Cognitive Flexibility: Reframe problems as learning opportunities.

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