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The God factor in resilience
Ms Colleen Hirst

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What is the stuff of resilience and how do we develop and cultivate it? What enables some to rise above adversity and to survive the blows of outrageous fortune, to endure crisis and rebound from tragedy? Resilient people are a checkerboard of scars. They are battle weary, but describe themselves as “better people.” They speak in terms of hope and belief. Research indicates several key factors to explain this dogged determination to endure.

Studies in areas of family strengths, conjoined twins, ageing and resilience itself, repeatedly uncover the “God factor”. Participants cite God as a major component in their ability to survive crisis and tragedy. Can this be adequately explained as nothing more than a social construction or a culturally mediated meaning lens to make sense of life?
This paper explores some of the resilience research and the implications of these remarkable findings.

Colleen Hirst

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	The God factor in resilience	Colleen Hirst	19'02
	The God factor in resilience	Colleen Hirst

Ms Colleen Hirst

Colleen Hirst is a Psychologist and Family Therapist working in Private Practice in western Sydney. She is a clinical member of the Australian Association of Relationship Counsellors and a full member of the Australian Psychological Society. She has worked as a therapist for almost 30 years and has extensive experience in the provision of counselling, consultation, supervision and training. Colleen has also completed a Certificate in Theology at Moore College and has a special interest in the human experience of God and the impact of faith and hope in the overcoming of adversity.