Resilience is the ability to adapt and grow stronger in response to stress and difficulty – an essential skill for navigating life’s challenges. It is critical to cultivate this skill at an early age, and in order to become resilient, children and youth need some support. Teachers and parents can help them to build resilience through love, compassion, and encouragement in many ways.
This Themenabend will explore the science of resilience, focusing on practical tools to strengthen our own resilience and enhance our ability to help others. We will focus specifically on the role of nature, art, and creativity in building resilience. Crucial questions of the input and the group activities will be:
- How can engaging with art and creativity allow us to bounce back from stressful events and become stronger?
- What role does nature play in professional formats of enhancing mental and physical health?
- Can a synergy of art and nature amplify their benefits?