This week's blogpost is from Adam Blehm (Biblical Worldview Director at Rejoice Christian School) on his recent publication The Viciousness of Psychological Resilience ( Phenomenology of Cognitive Sciences, 2025). Adam Blehm Generally speaking, psychological resilience seems to be a good thing. By psychological resilience I mean something like a psychological disposition that enables us to cope with difficult things in life. Resilience is thus a good thing because it helps us live our lives without being upended with debilitating psychological distress. Positive psychologists have identified several traits that appear to make one more resilient. One of the key characteristics of resilient people is that they tend to exemplify what psychologists Southwick and Charney call “acceptance.” Essentially “acceptance” refers to the disposition to accept the “reality of our situation, even if that situation is frightening or painful.” If we a...
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