The Resilience of Women since the 1450's

Many studies have found that personal faith and involvement in resilience of Women since the 1450's. Those who are deeply spiritual cope better with stress, have fewer alcohol or drug problems, less depression, and lower rates of suicide. What matters most is drawing on the power of faith to find meaning, hope, solace, and comfort.

And persons marvel why your mean kid in Africa might not summon up all the mental strength required to score as high as their to the north brethren on IQ tests. Well, if you spent that much of your body's energy every day fighting that array of stuff, you'd have less power to your mind too. It's as easy as that. Ihave to tell you, these are two tough little kids." Fortunately, there are paces being made on the wellbeing front as well. For example, Sheridan documented that one of the Millennium Development Goals was "slashing the maternal and progeny death rate worldwide." important advancement in that area has been made ["Maternal Deaths down turn harshly Across the Globe," by Denise Grady, New York Times, 13 April 2010]. Grady reports:

"For the first time in decades, researchers are describing a important fall worldwide in the number of women dying each year from pregnancy and childbirth, to about 342,900 in 2008 from 526,300 in 1980. The outcome, released in the health journal The Lancet, challenge the current outlook of maternal death as an intractable problem that has defied every effort to explain it. 'The general note, for the first time in a generation, is one of continual and greeting progress,' the journal's editor, Dr. Richard Horton, composed in a comment accompanying the article. ... The study cited a number of causes for the improvement: smaller pregnancy rates in some nations; higher earnings, which improves nutrition and access to wellbeing care; more learning for women; and the increasing availability of 'skilled assistants' — persons with some health teaching — to help women give birth. Improvements in large nations like India and China assisted to propel down the overall death rates."

Interestingly, "some supports for women's wellbeing endeavoured to force The Lancet into delaying publication of the new outcome, fearing that good news would detract from the urgency of their cause." conspicuously those supports don't believe that success types more success. Grady continues: (Walsh, pp 25-185).

Resilience involves both active “mastery of the possible” and acceptance of what cannot be changed, akin to the Serenity Prayer in 12-step recovery programs, which can be a valuable adjunct to couple or family therapy. The steps promote a spiritual awakening that prepares family members to practice principles for abstinence, integrity, and greater well-being. Prayer, meditation, and connection with a Higher Power all facilitate reflection, sustain efforts through troubled times, and spark life-altering transformations.

Emerging research in the trauma field finds that spirituality is a significant influence in resilience and posttraumatic growth. Suffering, and often its injustice or senselessness, are spiritual issues. Beyond coping or surviving trauma, loss, or hardship, resilience involves ...