This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between physical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address work-related physical fitness and health-related physical fitness.

This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between medical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature, which address preventive care, the presence and management of injuries and chronic conditions, and facilitators and barriers to access of appropriate health care.

Life presents us all with challenges. Most of us at some point will be struck by major traumas such as the sudden death of a loved one, a debilitating disease, or a natural disaster. What differentiates us is how we respond. In this important book, three experts in trauma and resilience answer key questions such as What helps people adapt to life's most challenging situations?, How can you build up your own resilience?, and What do we know about the science of resilience? Combining cutting-edge scientific research with the personal experiences of individuals who have survived some of the most traumatic events imaginable, including the COVID-19 pandemic, this book provides a practical resource that can be used time and time again. The experts describe ten key resilience factors, including facing fear, optimism, and relying on role models, through the experiences and personal reflections of highly resilient survivors. Each resilience factor will help you to adapt and grow from stressful life events and will bring hope and inspiration for overcoming adversity.

‘Incredible individual, incredible book, incredible story.’ CHRIS HEMSWORTH ‘A hero who is as humble as he is resilient... testament to a “never give up” spirit!’ BEAR GRYLLS ‘From reading this book, the message that comes shining through is this: you can achieve anything.’ ANT MIDDLETON

One of nine related reports on Total Force Fitness, including companion reports on the fitness domains : Medical -- Nutritional -- Environmental -- Physical -- Social -- Spiritual -- Behavioral.

Strength, Resilience, Growth is one woman's story of defeating the odds and refusing to listen to the words, "You can't."When she was first born, Sophia was diagnosed with an incurable brain disorder, Hydrocephalus ("water on the brain"), and had her first surgery at three weeks old. In the months and years that followed, she struggled with a number of health concerns stemming from this ailment, from Hypotonia to Strabismus, to seizures. She even experienced years of being a victim of bullying due to all her challenges. This is the story of how "SRG" finally took control of her body, mind, and spirit. After years of physical therapy, clunky foot braces, brain surgeries, seizures, and doctor's appointments, Sophia was tired of letting her body limit her future. Today, "SRG" is a health and wellness professional who has grown a business in personal training and nutrition counseling. At SRG FITNESS, Sophia helps clients of all walks of life overcome their "limitations" through physical fitness and nutrition, including people with special needs. Sophia has turned her life around through hard work and determination, and now empowers others to believe in "strength, resilience, and growth."

If you want to get physically fit you start working out. But if you want results, you can’t just do just any workout – you need one tailored to your own body’s needs and personal situation. It’s the same with wellbeing. What constitutes ‘stress’ to one person may be motivating, inspiring and focusing for another. Our capacity for resilience varies depending on individual circumstances and from situation to situation. What is consistent and universal is that we all struggle with stress and resilience, and we all need to be open to figuring out how best to effectively manage stress to create greater personal resilience that will itself help us to cope better. This book offers you an encyclopaedia of self-help options for you to adapt according to how you tick and to the circumstances you find yourself in at any given moment. It addresses 60 different issues, and for each one provides a short ‘Spotlight’ to understand the issue, ‘Top Tips’ for dealing with it, and an ‘Action Plan’ to put those tips into practice. Wellbeing is about managing the ebbs and flows of what life throws at us. It’s a mindset, a personal commitment and an ongoing endeavour. But if we adopt a focused and sustained engagement with this journey, then we’ll learn to embrace and reap the benefits of ‘being well’.

Dr. Schiraldi has pulled together the current research for mind and body, and produced a how-to guide to inoculate people against the inevitable trials of life in order to live healthy, happy, fulfilling lives.

This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between medical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature, which address preventive care, the presence and management of injuries and chronic conditions, and facilitators and barriers to access of appropriate health care.