“Persistence isn’t about your will and resiliency isn’t about your strength.”

Persistence and resiliency are about creating conditions of safety. They are about rest and recovery. They are about healthy relationships that support your wellbeing. Does your ILR practice help you persist through difficulty? Does it help you build resiliency? Who helps you persist? Who helps you feel resilient?

Introduction to Resilient Relationships

Persistence and Resiliency

What is a resilient relationship?   A working definition (incomplete): A resilient relationship is one that can handle adversity, disagreement, misunderstanding, stress, and hurt through healthy conflict and skillful communication. While it can feel uncomfortable to sit in the discomfort of conflict, surface positivity, false harmony, and avoidance don’t create resilient relationships. Like trees planted…