Pillar One: Resilience
Resilience encompasses the concepts of strength to overcome and cope with stress and hardship. Strength to handle adversity, to deal with change and loss. Capacity to grow through setbacks.
The character strengths related to Resilience are:
- perseverance
- honesty
- authenticity
- zest for life
- self-discipline
- and courage
Values include:
- fearlessness
- fortitude
- motivation
- insight
- independence
- initiative
- morality
- adaptability
- flexibility
- optimism
- goal-orientation
- empathy, and
- compassion.
Pillar Two: Experience
Experience entails drawing on wisdom and spirit to fully take in all that life has to offer. Not only coming into contact with aspects of life but reflecting on and learning from those aspects. Experience is the knowledge or mastery of an event or subject gained through involvement in or exposure to it.
The primary strengths related to this pillar are:
- curiosity
- good judgment
- wisdom
- love of learning
- perspective
- and creativity
Values include:
- discernment
- imagination
- insightfulness
- mindfulness
- quietness
- thoughtfulness
- gratitude
- growth capacity
- inspiration
- adventurousness
- soul-searching
- thought-awareness
- and cognitive restructuring
Pillar Three: Radiance
Radiance includes the concepts of transcendence, incandescence, connections to the larger universe, and Spirit. Providing life and meaning, outpouring love into all aspects of life.
The primary character strengths of Radiance are:
- hope
- gratitude
- humor
- spirituality
- appreciation of beauty
- and loving-kindness
Values include:
- self-worth
- contentment
- empathy
- reflection
- compassion
- positivity
- and buoyancy
Pillar Four: Alliance
The Alliance Pillar leads us to think of healthy community life, justice, and fairness in relationships. Supporting and loving one another to pull together as families, as teams, as friends.
The primary strengths of Alliance are:
- fairness
- leadership,
- social intelligence
- the capacity to love and be loved
- teamwork
- and loyalty
Values include:
- community life
- friendliness
- harmony
- generosity
- hospitality
- thoughtfulness
- conflict resolution
- communication
- interdependence
- compassion
- and self-compassion
Pillar Five: Reliance
Reliance conveys the concepts of being trustworthy to incorporate temperance and balance in life and to protect against excess.
The character strengths of Reliance are:
- modesty and humility
- prudence
- self-regulation
- kindness
- forgiveness
- and equanimity
Values include:
- intelligence
- selflessness
- dependability
- reliability
- trust
- truthfulness
- love
- and affection
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