Build resilience, a key to health

Resilience is the capacity to face and adapt to change and also recover from challenges. Resilience doesn't mean that we forgo grief or avoid or supress the pain we feel at turbulent times in our lives. Nor is resilience a "no pain, no gain" mentality, preserving at any cost.

To become truly resilient, its critical that we sensitize ourselves to our emotions and, when necessary, allow ourselves to process the full force of their range.

Repressing, suppressing, or denying emotions can manifest as physical symptoms, encompassing everything from chronic pain to insomnia, headaches, weight fluctuations, hormonal imbalances and more - can contribute to disease.

Developing resilience means understanding our emotions and feeling them, while also moving our lives forward. To become truly resilient, we must nurture and honour our sensitivity, not push it aside.

Trust, faith and gratitude.