On today's episode, host Sheila Boysen-Rotelli talks about how to cope with stress, building resiliency, and the importance of taking a pause when things get tough.

Episode Highlights:

• Resiliency can be built over time because it's based on support and our behavior.
• Resilience is also based in our biology and how we react to "fight or flight" situations.
• Stress often induces negative emotions that can make it harder to cope.
• It is possible to think or act ourselves into a better mood.
• It's easy to externalize things, but externalizing things makes it harder to be resilient.
• Mindfulness, gratitude, and taking a pause are tactics to improve resiliency.
• Mindfulness can reduce the negative emotions that come from stress.
• You can be grateful for small things, and it can be helpful to write them down in a designated journal.
• Taking a pause can be helpful in moments of high stress.

3 Key Points:

1. While resiliency is based in biology and our gut responses to tough situations, it can also be built over time.
2. Resilience can mean the difference between being successful in today's environment, or being held back by ineffective ways of doing things.
3. Mindfulness, gratitude, and taking a pause are tactics to improve resiliency.

Tweetable Quotes:

• "The only thing in life that's constant is change." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli
• "People who demonstrate resilience believe that they have the potential for control over their lives." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli

Resources Mentioned:

• Contact Sheila at [email protected]
• Fast Track Your Job Search: fasttrackyourjobsearch.com