Life: Challenges & Resilience
Challenges are the hard moments we face, and resilience is our ability to bounce back from them. Together, they help us grow stronger, wiser, and more confident in handling life’s ups and downs.
Warm-up / Hook
- Ask: “What’s one small challenge you faced this week?”
• “Life brings challenges, but resilience is the strength to keep going, learn, and grow from them.” - What Are Challenges?
• Challenges are problems or struggles we face in daily life or big life events.
• They test our patience, strength, and mindset.
Example:
• Challenge: Failing an exam.
• Response: Study harder, ask for help, try again.
Deep thinking question:
• Why do you think challenges often feel bigger when we face them alone?
What Is Resilience?
• Resilience = the ability to recover after difficulties.
• It doesn’t mean never struggling—it means bouncing back.
Example:
• Athlete loses a game but keeps training.
• Student makes mistakes in English but continues practicing.
Deep thinking question:
• How can failure sometimes be the best teacher?
Building Resilience
Strategies:
- Positive mindset → see problems as lessons.
- Support system → family, friends, mentors.
- Healthy coping → rest, exercise, journaling, hobbies.
- Small steps → handle challenges piece by piece.
Example:
• Someone anxious about public speaking → starts with small group practice before speaking to a big audience.
Deep thinking question:
• Which strategy do you think helps most when facing a big challenge?
Finding Strength in Struggles
Explain:
• Challenges often show us how strong we really are.
• Overcoming them builds confidence and future courage.
Example:
• Person loses a job → finds new skills and builds a new career.
• Student struggles with math → learns persistence and problem-solving.
Deep thinking question:
• Can a challenge ever turn into an opportunity? How?
Discussion Questions
Deep Thinking
- Do challenges make people stronger, or just tired? Why?
- How can resilience change the way you face problems?
- What’s more important: solving a problem or learning from it?
Fun, Silly & Creative
- If resilience was an animal, what animal would it be?
- Imagine resilience as a superhero—what power would it have?
- What would resilience taste like if it were a food?
- If overcoming a challenge gave you a medal, what would yours look like?
- If resilience was a dance move, how would you show it?
- If you could laugh every time a challenge appeared, how funny would life be?
- What if your resilience could talk—what would it say to you today?
Wrap-up & Reflection
- Challenges are part of life, but resilience helps us rise stronger.
• Struggles can shape our future strength and confidence.
Reflection: “What’s one challenge I’m facing now, and what’s one small step I can take to build resilience?”
Discussion (1)
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1. If resilience was an animal, what animal would it be?
If resilience was an animal it would be a Lion because it is very strong and brave.
2. Imagine resilience was a superhero—what power would it have?
If resilience was a Superhero it would be Superman because he is the strong, fast and he has all the powers. He can fly, he is smart and he has lasers in his eyes.
3. What would resilience taste like if it were a food?
Resilience would be ceaser salad if it were a food because it is healthy and tasty.
4. If overcoming a challenge gave you a medal, what would yours look like?
My medal would be bronze because I past the challenge with a lot of difficulty.
5. If resilience was a dance move, how would you show it?
If resilience was a dance move It would be spining on your head like in breakdance because I think it a cool and strong move.
6. If you could laugh every time a challenge appeared, how funny would life be?
My life would be funny because I passed a lot of small challenges but not a lot of big challenges.
7. What if your resilience could talk—what would it say to you today?
It would be like a teacher comment on an exam « Keep it up ✊ » or « You can do better ».