Resilience
Of the 4 key components, helplessness is only experienced when you suffered an overwhelming threat to your life. Yet, this profound sense of helplessness is nearly always present in the early stages of ‘overwhelm’ from a traumatic event.
When the threat or event is over, the intense helplessness and immobilization effects will wear off, but not completely. When we are traumatized, an echo of this feeling of being frozen remains deep within us.
Resilient strength is the opposite of helplessness. The tree is made strong and resilient by its grounded root system. These roots take nourishment from the ground and grow strong.
Grounding allows the tree to be resilient so it can yield to the winds of change and not be uprooted. Springiness is the facility to ground and un-ground in a rhythmical way. This buoyancy forms a dynamic grounding.
Assertiveness is the biological ability to be vigorous and energetic, especially when you are using instinct and force.
