Social support network can help you not only overcome adversity, but even thrive. In addition to focusing on tapping into your inner strength in order to overcome hardship, start thinking about embracing connections to other people. Relationships are at the crux of your personal well-being and healthy development.

In the previous article, we addressed the relationship between resilience and connection to others, and how having a social network can help people fare better in the face of adversity. In this article, we take things a little further, explaining the way in which social support can help you become more resilient.