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Bamboo
Resiliency
Lessons from the Bamboo
Lessons on Resilience

To bend but not break

Resilience To bounce back
To grow amidst adversities

Resilience Resilience
“the process of The word “resilience”, from the Latin
verb resilire (re-salire: to jump back),
adapting well in the means literally the tendency or ability
to spring back, and thus the ability of
face of adversity, a body to recover its normal size and
trauma, tragedy, shape after being pushed or pulled
out of shape, and therefore
threats or significant figuratively any ability to recover to
sources of stress” normality after a disturbance
(K. Wolter et al. 2012)

American Psychological Association, 2014

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What is Resiliency? What is Resiliency?

1. A pattern of positive adaptation in the context of past 3. Resilience in childhood is
or present adversity (Wright& Masten, 2005)
defined as typical
development in the face of
2. A set of inner resources, social competencies, and
cultural strategies that permit individuals to not only adverse circumstances that
survive, but recover, or even thrive after stressful events, propel others to deleterious
but also to draw from the experience to enhance outcomes
subsequent functioning (Stanton-Salazar & Spina, 2000) (Deater-Deckard, Ivy, & Smith, 2005)

What is Resiliency? What is Resiliency?

4. Resilience has been defined in various ways such as an 6. Resilience itself could be seen as the process of,
ability to rebound from adversity and overcome difficult capacity for, or outcome of successful adaptation in the
circumstances in one’s life (Marsh, 1996) face of challenging or threatening circumstances
(Veselksa, Geckova, Orosova, Gajdosova, van Dijk, & Reijneveld, 2008)

5. A process of adaptation to adversity and a complex

7. “Resilience is the ability to know where, how and
concept that combines individual, family, or
when to use your energies to improve things for yourself
organizational characteristics. (Newman, 2003)
and how to recruit help in that endeavor” - Brigid Daniel
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Process Trait
“Resilience is not a trait that people either have or do
Is Resilience a Trait not have. It involves behaviors, thoughts and actions
that can be learned and developed in anyone.”
Outcome American Psychological Association, 2018

Outcome Process
“Resilience is a stable trajectory of healthy functioning Is Resilience a Trait Continuum
after a highly adverse event..”
Bonanno, 2004 Outcome
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Resilience exists in a
CONTINUUM Pietrzak & Southwick, 2011 Dr. Catheine
Panter-Brick

“Resilience as a process to harness resources to

sustain well-being.”

What makes you resi li en t ?

Determinants of Resiliency Physical

We view resilience in a multi-modal model. There are several factors that can Resilience
determine an individual’s resilience. These factors are independent yet they
interact with one another in a dynamic, complex relationship.
Eating a balanced diet
Engaging in physical
Biologi cal Psychological S o c i o -cult ural
activity
Maintain good sleep
Genetics & DNA
Survival & Adaptation
Personality
Coping Mechanisms
Interacting systems
The Filipino Spirit
hygiene
Developmental Processes Parenting Styles
Mastery of the body
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Psychological Emotional Resilience

Resilience  Emotional Resilience - The ability to perform well and
consistently in a range of situations and when under
Intellectual Resilience pressure (Dulewicz, V., & Higgs, M. 2000).
-Goal-Setting  “Turns lemons into lemonade.”
-Problem Solving  Knows feelings and makes them work for self
 Persistence in the face of consistent obstacles,
Emotional Resilience
disappointment, discouragement, and loss of all kinds.
-Altruism
-Support
-Courage

Emotional Resilience Resilience Factors

 Being in charge of our emotions
 Create thinking time Social Physical
Connectedness
 Analyzing the cause of problems environments environments
 Maintaining realistic optimism
 Having empathy for others
Sense of inner Spiritual life
 Believing in our own competence Family
wisdom that is lived out
 Reaching out

Karen Reivich and Andrew Shatte (2003)The Resilience Factor

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ACCEPTANCE Dias & Cadime, 2017 ACCEPTANCE Dias & Cadime, 2017
Factors that facilitate and foster resilience Accepting that we may not be able to “What hurts us the Accepting that we may not be able to

Protective change the situation, but that we can

change the way we perceive it. most heals us, only if
we start to accept it.”
change the situation, but that we can
change the way we perceive it.

Factors Rev. Fr. Rolando dela Rosa, OP

Dias & Cadime, 2017

“The things that we love

SELF-AWARENESS tell us what we are.”
Understanding who you are St. Thomas Aquinas
The real you behind all the labels
Dias & Cadime, 2017

CREATIVITY & FLEXIBILITY

ACCEPTANCE Dias & Cadime, 2017
Resourcefulness in the face of adversity;
Factors that facilitate and foster resilience Accepting that we may not be able to

Protective
ability to employ various comping
change the situation, but that we can mechanisms in different situations
change the way we perceive it. Metzl, 2008

Factors CARING & SUPPORTIVE

RELATIONSHIPS
SAFE AND POSITIVE SPACE
Positive environments that promote self-
expression, supportive communities, and
Family, friends, romantic relationships that
are characterized by love and trust safe spaces
Dias & Cadime, 2017
APA, 2017
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SENSE OF COHERENCE
Believing that the world is manageable and
meaningful; combining strengths and values
Dias & Cadime, 2017

EMOTION REGULATION SKILLS

Ability to manage and control emotions C R E AT I N G A C U LT U R E O F

Resilience
Dias & Cadime, 2017

SPIRITUALITY
Spirituality contributes to well-being.

Make Connections Accept Change

Form close, positive relationships with your family, friends, Accept that change is a part of life. Accept things you cannot
colleagues, classmates. Do not be afraid to seek and accept change and focus on those you can. Accept that there re
help from other people. Be active in organizations and some goals that cannot be reached. Accept that there are
communities. Be there for others in time of need. people that have to leave. Accept that people change.
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Be Positive. Laugh. It is still the best medicine.

Trust yourself. Believe in yourself. Always find the silver Hang on to humor. Smile. Laugh.
lining. Count your blessings. Measure in love. “Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly
to the mind as to the body.” –Joseph Addison

Fides. Spes. Caritas. Self-Discovery

Keep the faith. Be hopeful. Love always. Find yourself. Some tragedies and crises can also serve as
Open your heart. Be kind. opportunities. Do not be afraid of being lost because
sometimes, getting lost can help you find yourself.
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Take care of yourself. Create safe spaces.

Practice self-care. Pause. Have a mental health first aid kit or Be the safe space for other people.
a happiness kit or a positivity space.

Focus on solutions. Manage your time and energy.

Problems are temporary and can always be solved, sometimes Time management is important in order for us to deal with the
the challenge is finding the solutions. Instead of ruminating on many demands of life. Likewise, we also manage our energies
the problem, look at solutions and work on them. so we can focus them on what is important.
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“She stood in the

storm, and when
Keep Swimming-Dory the wind did not
Keep moving towards your goal. Do something regularly. blow her way, she
Take small steps (even baby steps are steps forward).
Instead of focusing on what you cannot do or what stops you adjusted her sails.”
from reaching your dreams, ask what you can do and what
can bring you closer to them.
― Elizabeth Edwards