The Five Things You Can Do To Become More Resilient During Turbulent Times
An Interview With Savio P. Clemente

Courage is often likened to resilience. In your opinion how is courage both similar and different to resilience?

​Courage is a choice to surrender to and face the situation at hand. And you have to have the courage to move into resilience — into whatever the situation is in your life. Resilience is the ability to maintain that courage against setbacks and challenges. That’s how courage and resilience differ.

Courage and resilience are similar in that they are both a choice, an intention you have to set in life for them to manifest. And it isn’t always easy. Sometimes it can feel oddly comfortable to live in your suffering. It becomes familiar, a cloud of Eeyore-like behavior that we get used to, and the thought of moving off of that couch of despair can seem harder than dealing with the despair itself.

But the more courage you choose, the more your resilience grows because you know you can persevere and come through stronger.

“There may be a dragon at your gate, but hope can see you through.”