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Overcoming difficulties with resilience

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Difficulties, whether arising from work, academic or family environments, are a part of our life. A crucial part of our lives is our response to crisis and how we achieve resilience. In this sense, it is very important to try to turn negative experiences into positive — or at least constructive — experiences. In this Comment, I discuss how to achieve resilience in difficult times.

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Grapsa, J. Overcoming difficulties with resilience. Nat Rev Cardiol 22, 833–834 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-025-01202-6

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