Wellness Café

How is your resilience?

Mar 8, 2022

Life keeps throwing us challenges. As we saw with Covid-19, in this globally connected world we are all touched by whatever is happening, no matter how ‘far away’. Resilience is a key quality of those who are best able to respond. No matter what your resilience level, it is a skill that needs to be practiced every day. Experiment with one of the apps recommended here.

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