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Recent research links resilience with social connections, adaptive coping, and spirituality.

Resilience is the ability to respond and adapt to life’s challenges with flexibility.

We can build our resilience with strategies that can be learned and practiced.

New research reveals that resilience is linked with social connections, adaptive coping mechanisms, access to mental health resources, and spirituality (Pasha et al., 2026; Sumaiya et al., 2025).

A 2025 study explores spirituality and related domains as a “transformative force in fostering psychological resilience and psychological health” (Sumaiya et al, 2025).

Whether we are dealing with life’s day-to-day adversities, uneasiness about the state of our world, or struggling to pay our bills, resilience is essential for ongoing flourishing and well-being. Resilience is the ability to respond and adapt to adversities with flexibility.

Research shows that we can build our resilience with strategies that can be learned and practiced. Sumaiya et al. (2025) propose a framework for holistic resilience involving four strategic categories:

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