Resilience and Hope

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Companion Slides

Resilience is not toughness — it's having enough protective factors to tip the balance.

Key Concepts

  • The seesaw metaphor: risk factors vs. protective factors
  • Resilience is dynamic — not a fixed personality trait
  • The single strongest protective factor: one stable, caring adult
  • Four builders: relationships, safety, health resources, mastery experiences
  • ACE scores are not destiny — protective factors change the equation

Part of

Module 1: Foundations

What trauma is, how it works in the brain, what the ACE study tells us, and why resilience matters.

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