Resilience Collaborative Icebreaker

What is resilience?

• Never feeling stressed

• Avoiding problems at all costs

• The ability to bounce back from challenges

• Being happy all the time

Which of the following is a key part of being resilient?

• Asking for help when needed

• Ignoring your emotions

• Pretending everything is fine

• Avoiding all risks

What can help strengthen resilience?

• Eating ice cream (while it may help temporarily!)

• Building strong relationships

• Avoiding all stressful situations

• Staying up all night

Your Wi-Fi stops working right before a big Zoom meeting. What is the most resilient response?

• Cry and cancel the meeting

• Yell at your router

• Give up and take a nap

• Take a deep breath and try a hotspot

How can you help others be more resilient?

• Tell them to "just get over it"

• Ignore their problems

• Compare their struggles to your own

• Listen and support them

What is a trauma-informed approach when addressing a client?

• Assuming everyone has experienced trauma and treating them the same

• Recognizing the impact of trauma and creating a safe environment

• Avoiding any discussion of difficult experiences

• Focusing only on fixing the problem, not the person’s experiences