Re-calibrating Resilience - test your resilience strengths
I've been writing since 2008 about why some people recover uneventfully while others with similar injuries sink into despair and dependency. Insight based upon discoveries in neuroscience has led to the development of a working understanding of why and how system created disability and secondary psychological overlay to claims occurs.
It always seemed to me that the opposite side of the same coin was individual resilience. Some people are able to "bounce back" from challenges that cause others to crumble. But the literature around resilience didn't seem helpful – it shed no real insight as to how resilience worked, or even what it was. And the training based upon the research failed to be realistically adaptable for many people – there is a high level of rejection of the popularly touted strategies.
The same approach that helps us understand acquired disability behaviour leads to a more robust understanding of what resilience is and how it works. Moreover, it shows us that different people have different resilience skills, and that development of those skills can be individually tailored to achieve greater acceptance and uptake.
A three-part article describing those findings appeared in the professional column at Workcompcentral. https://www.workcompcentral.com/columns/show/id/b9b0011ccf70b88a11405ef0e7376ca4095ba4f8
This supports you to develop your resilience, by recognising what facets work best for you. The potential for more tailored interventions for injured people (and the stressed claims managers and service providers that deal with them) is significant.
Join me in reviewing the article and the web resources. You may find it useful in educating your clients, your staff and even yourself. And I'd love your feedback and your help in advancing the promise of individually tailored resilience development. Please any feedback you have to Rob@uncommonapproach.com