{"id":125473,"date":"2020-07-31T09:47:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T15:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=125473"},"modified":"2022-04-26T11:40:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T17:40:52","slug":"benight-on-resilience-were-going-to-get-through-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=125473","title":{"rendered":"Benight on resilience: &#8220;We&#8217;re going to get through this&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"740\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MqGztyG9TWs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dealing with a pandemic is stressful, no bones about it. Though\nsome individuals have settled into new routines, many others are coping with stress,\nanxiety, fear, loneliness and uncertainty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s normal\u00ad\u00ad, said Chip Benight, professor of psychology\nand director of the new National Institute for Human Resilience, in a recent \u201c5\nThings You Need to Know\u201d episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe threat of COVID is very hard to pin down,\u201d Benight explained in an interview with Joanna Bean, director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving. \u201cThat creates an ongoing sense of threat. And that, combined with the economic impact, creates a disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortunately, Benight says, there are plenty of strategies\nindividuals can employ to regain a sense of control, stability and resilience\n\u2013&nbsp;even in the midst of a pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cResilience is the capacity, over time, to regain a sense of\nagency. It\u2019s the ability to put another foot forward, to see what the next step\nshould be and collect yourself to move in that direction,\u201d Benight explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean that having distress and struggling and\neven falling down, if you will, aren\u2019t a part of resilience. The key is that\nyou get back up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recruiting for resilience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benight shared that the National Institute for Human Resilience, which focuses on the health and wellbeing of trauma survivors, launched three days before UCCS moved to remote operations in response to the COVID pandemic. And just two days after that, Benight realized that people across the nation would soon need more resilience than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Charles_Benight_04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Charles_Benight_04-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Charles_Benight_04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Charles_Benight_04-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Charles_Benight_04-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Charles_Benight_04-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Charles_Benight_04-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Benight is the director of the new National Institute for Human Resilience.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, the NIHR team created GRIT: Greater Resilience Information Toolkit, which provides, among other resources, a five-hour volunteer resilience support coach training designed to teach anyone how to support their friends and loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGRIT came to me two days after [UCCS\u2019 COVID response] hit,\u201d\nBenight said. \u201cIt\u2019s designed to be a national, local and regional resource to\nfocus on resilience and the capacity of human beings to adapt to extreme\nexperiences.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe idea is to reach out and follow a set of guidelines and\nskills. You can reach out to your friends and colleagues to promote their\nstrength and resilience. And if someone is struggling, we have a whole set of\nresources in the GRIT program to give to people to help them be more resilient.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly 750 individuals from 34 states and three countries\nhave signed up for the GRIT training, which launched in March. The training,\noffered online and in a completely automized format, equips coaches to support\nindividuals facing general and COVID-related stress and promote resilience,\ndisaster recovery and healing among their communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you want to be a powerful force for your community,\u201d Benight\nsaid, \u201cit\u2019s a very simple thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hope for the future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benight understands what individuals are going through. But\nhe also has words of encouragement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s really important that we don\u2019t think of ourselves as\nisolated entities,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re one big community, one big nation, one big\nworld. We need to think collectively and promote getting resources to the\npeople who vitally need them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is stressful. There\u2019s no doubt about that. But we\u2019re going to get through it. And I think we get through it stronger if we\u2019re together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c5 Things You Need to Know\u201d is a virtual series to keep alumni and friends connected with UCCS. In this series, experts on campus are highlighted through their research and through conversations with community experts. The series is a part of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving&#8217;s commitment to lifelong learning and connectivity. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Watch Benight's full interview online. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MqGztyG9TWs\" target=\"_blank\">Watch Benight&#8217;s full interview.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"National Institute for Human Resilience (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/nihr.uccs.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Institute for Human Resilience<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"GRIT training (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/grit.uccs.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">GRIT training<\/a> online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>In a recent &#8220;5 Things You Need to Know&#8221; interview, Benight, director of the National Institute for Human Resilience, shared why the COVID-19 pandemic creates so much anxiety and how resilience can be a key to overcoming it. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=125473\" title=\"Benight on resilience: &#8220;We&#8217;re going to get through this&#8221;\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":36588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,50,22],"tags":[107,383,332,437],"class_list":["post-125473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-health-and-wellness","category-video","tag-alumni-relations","tag-lyda-hill-institute-for-human-resilience","tag-more-news","tag-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Charles_Benight_04.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-wDL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125473"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125573,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125473\/revisions\/125573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}