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Five Science-Backed Strategies to Build Resilience

Even for the relatively self-aware and emotionally adept, struggles can take us by surprise. But learning healthy ways to move through adversity—a collection of skills that researchers call resilience—can help us cope better and recover more quickly, or at least start heading in that direction. The Greater Good Science Center has curated 12 practices, within five broad categories, to develop resilience.

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   5 minutes

   By: Greater Good Science Center

   Educator-prep | K-12 educators


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