See the system before choosing the activity.
Use this page as a controlled working guide. Adapt language and activities to the population, verify local resources, assign ownership, and preserve the clinical and life-safety boundaries described throughout the model.
Resilience is not toughness. It is usable capacity.
Resilience is the capacity to adapt, recover, ask for help, use available support, and continue developing under pressure. It should never be used to excuse unsafe systems or demand that people absorb endless harm with a smile. The person grows, and the environment must become more protective.
Capacity domains
Biological capacity
Sleep, nutrition, movement, medication access, medical care, withdrawal safety, nervous-system regulation, and recovery from physical stress.
Cognitive capacity
Attention, planning, flexible thinking, problem-solving, risk appraisal, memory supports, and the ability to imagine more than one response.
Emotional capacity
Naming feelings, tolerating distress, recognizing body cues, delaying action, expressing need, and repairing after escalation.
Relational capacity
Trust, boundaries, consent, communication, conflict repair, safe dependence, interdependence, and access to reliable people.
Practical capacity
Transportation, documents, housing, money management, scheduling, employment, child care, digital access, and completing multi-step tasks.
Meaning and contribution
Identity, values, culture, hope, purpose, service, leadership, creativity, work, family responsibility, and a future worth protecting.
CBEI and BRAVE translation
| Framework | Capacity | Observable practice |
|---|---|---|
| Confidence | A realistic belief that effort, support, and practice can change what happens next. | Attempts a difficult task; asks for help; reflects on progress; tolerates correction. |
| Boundaries | The ability to protect time, body, attention, values, safety, and recovery without controlling other people. | Says no; leaves unsafe settings; uses consent; limits contact; follows program boundaries. |
| Emotional Intelligence | The ability to identify emotion, understand its function, regulate action, and communicate need. | Names cue and trigger; uses a tool; delays reaction; makes a repair; seeks support. |
| BRAVE — Boundaries | Clear limits and refusal skills. | States and enforces a safety or recovery boundary. |
| BRAVE — Regulation | Pause, surf urges, and choose the next useful action. | Uses grounding, breathing, movement, delay, or connection. |
| BRAVE — Accountability | Ownership, follow-through, and swift repair. | Completes the next step or reports the barrier before the deadline. |
| BRAVE — Values | Identity reconstruction and values-aligned decisions. | Connects a choice to the person they are becoming. |
| BRAVE — Engagement | Prosocial connection and community participation. | Attends, contributes, asks, supports, and stays connected. |
CBEI and BRAVE are Reach One practice frameworks. They organize teachable capacities and are not diagnostic instruments or validated clinical scales.