ABSTRACT
The prospect of change is often more appealing than the hard work involved in achieving it. In order to ingrain new habits of thinking and acting, people need to develop high frustration tolerance (HFT). Internalizing self-acceptance provides long-term psychological stability and quickens the process of self-righting when their life takes some unexpected knocks as they will not have to haul up their self-esteem from the low point to which it has fallen. A sense of humour helps people to find light moments in dark times in order to bear the seemingly unbearable. Lack of curiosity and challenge can dull and degrade the activity of their brain. Some clients believe that nothing good can ever come from anything bad, and turn away from the search for meaning in the resilience sense. This chapter focuses on resilience in action through the example of the author's colleague, Professor Windy Dryden.
