Life is not a bowl of cherries…it's more like the box of
chocolates Forrest Gump's mother told him about…you never know what you're
going to get.
Those chocolates you'd rather not be eating, they're what
drive people to therapy. When I consider the issues people often bring to
therapy…coping with a loss, a personal failure, an empty nest, a divorce…it
seems like some bounce back much more quickly than others. What's the magic
ingredient?
A new theory of adaptability suggests that diversifying your personal
portfolio is a sustainable method of boosting your resilience to the ups and
downs of life.
Do you know how your investment portfolio is supposed to be
diversified? You have stocks, bonds, mutual funds, property and the like, some
riskier than others. While you probably won't get rich quick, you will avoid
taking a hard fall that totally wipes you out. A diversified portfolio makes
your financial well-being more resilient to the ups and downs of the market.
There is evidence that expanding the number of roles,
relationships and experiences in your life provides a kind of personal
diversification that increases emotional resilience, that ability to bounce
back, along with happiness and self-esteem.
2 comments:
I find comfort in chocolate. Just looking at your picture of chocolates made me realise how much I head for the choc isle when I'm feeling down
I'd try to move to some of the other strategies. I'm not sure the chocolate thing is sustainable! Thanks for your comment.
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