Can we teach resilience?

Can we teach resilience?

The long-term impact of the recession coupled with deep public sector cuts, means there is less support available to those who need it most. We have to find new ways of coping, adapting and thriving against the odds. Resilience is the ordinary superpower that helps us deal with set-backs, rise up to challenges and grasp opportunities. Given the current economic climate, the need to gain a deeper understanding of what enhances emotional resilience and wellbeing becomes ever more pressing.

On Tuesday 6 February the Young Foundation presented a major speech by Rhonda Cornum who until recently was a Brigadier General in the US Army leading its $125 million emotional fitness regime. In this lecture  Dr Cornum explored the issue of whether resilience is a skill we can teach and how we might do this in the UK.

Watch the lecture >> Young Foundation-February 2012