What resilience is is a question that has occurred to me for a long time. For nearly four years, I have facilitated dozens of groups in which we have explored this question. In the group format, there are lots of factors we explore to understand it- sensory and somatic (bodily) needs, values, negative thinking, self-compassion, self-esteem, coping strategies and understanding the need behind those emotions. In searching for a definition of emotional resilience, writers in Pos