| Lesli Butler |

Our brains are neuroplastic, which means through awareness of thought, we can change the way we view ourselves and view the world. Not just now, but over the course of a lifetime, our brains are able to change and evolve. By evolution, our brains are neuroplastic so we can bounce back from traumatic experiences. So, by nature, we are resilient beings.

Dr. Darlene Mininni PhD, health psychologist and author of The Emotional Toolkit, teaches 5 resilience strategies that are preventative and prescriptive. After becoming familiar with her strategies, I realized I had learned and used most of them in one of my most challenging, yet transformative chapters of life....