Resiliency and Compassion Satisfaction

Take a look at this graph, which shows the ability to perform at increasing stress levels. As shown by the red and blue dotted lines, resilient individuals can have enhanced performance at a given stress level.

If you are doing this course, you are already shifting toward resiliency!

Russo SJ, Murrough JW, Han MH, Charney DS, & Nestler EJ. 2012. Neurobiology of resilience. Nature Neuroscience 15 (11): 1475-1484.

Keep in mind, resiliency continues to be dynamic and modifiable throughout one’s career and informs Compassion Satisfaction, feeling content in one’s work.