Developing Your Social Resilience

Do you find that the people around you test your resilience? People can be amazing, yet sometimes they can be a little stressful, depending on how you interact with them. So, stick with me, because this week I want to finish our conversation on resilience by helping you approach things differently. 

Hi, this is Grant Herbert, leadership and sustainable performance coach, and today I want to continue our conversation on resilience where we look at how you can go from feeling constantly stressed to becoming strong in a healthy way, by developing your social resilience. 

Over the last few weeks, we’ve talked about four types of resilience.  

We began with physical resilience, which is about keeping your body in the condition it needs to thrive and survive in whatever you're doing, and to sustain that over a long period. 

We then talked about emotional resilience, which is about navigating your emotions in a way that allows you to have the energy to be who you need to be in every area of your life.  

Last week, we touched on mental resilience, which involves staying mentally strong—but doing so in a healthy way, not just pushing through and only having mental toughness as being the only way to do things. 

Today, I want to talk about social resilience.  

Now, if you Google “social resilience,” you'll find various definitions. One of these takes a macro view, focusing on how communities develop social resistance, and even how the world operates on this level. That’s great, but today I want to focus on your individual social resilience. 

What is social resilience?  

It’s your capacity not only to foster and engage in positive relationships, but also to sustain them, to endure, and to recover from life’s stresses, including social isolation. 

I know that, for a long time in my life, I isolated myself from others. I thought it was the only way to handle things. If I was alone, I wouldn    ’t have to pretend or do things for others    ’ approval. These were unhealthy parts of my internal wiring, but in reality, isolation only made things worse. I believe—no, I know—that my emotional breakdown was caused by social isolation. 

So, what I want to help you with today is learning how to be more socially resilient.  

The first part of that is fostering positive relationships. Fostering means doing whatever is within your power to ensure that your relationships are healthy....

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Grant Herbert (aka The People Builder) describes himself as an ordinary guy, with an outstanding wife and 5 amazing kids, who has a passion to help people escape the performance trap and regain their authenticity in every area of life. He is a VUCA Leadership Mentor, Sustainable Performance Coach, Master Coach Trainer in Social and Emotional Intelligence, and the founder of People Builders.

Visit www.grantherbert.com to find out how you can connect.