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Resilience is the ability to bounce back in the face of adversity. A growing body of research has identified the qualities that make people resilient, and the good news is that resilience skills can be learned.

Learn more from the Rodale.com news archive:

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Mind-Body-Mood Advisor: When All Seems Lost, Resilience Gets You Through

What you can do: Reach for help when you need it, and cultivate acceptance of your pain and confidence in your ability to handle it.

Earthquake or Other Tragedy: What You Can Feel, You Can Heal

What you can do: Cultivate resilience by expressing painful emotions to yourself, to confidants, and in a journal.

Mind-Body-Mood Advisor: Want to Get Better? Replace Judgment with Forgiveness

What you can do: Work on forgiving the person who wronged you, while taking appropriate steps to protect yourself in the future.

Overcome Anything with the Secret of Resilience

What you can do: When you feel overwhelmed by a crisis, get in touch with the reserves of confidence and wisdom that will help see you through.

Mind-Body-Mood Advisor: How to Embrace a Crisis and Turn Loss into Gain

What you can do: Ask yourself questions that go beyond “Why me?” and reach out to others who’ve struggled with the same issues.

Mind-Body-Mood Advisor: When You Can't Hold On, Reach Out

What you can do: Swallow your pride and let friends and family give you the help you need.

Mind-Body-Mood Advisor: A Spiritual Connection Can Protect You in a Crisis

What you can do: Connect to the spiritual, however you define it, through prayer, reading, nature, and music, and by creating your own sacred space.

Mind-Body-Mood Advisor: What the Chilean Miners Can Teach Us

What you can do: If you're recovering from a car accident or some other serious trauma, get help from your social network and a PTSD-specialist.