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Alexander: Resiliency Allows Us to Bounce Back After Stressful Events

May 3, 2026

As seen on, a wellness-focused Readers Digest site, Assistant Professor of Psychology and CounselingRobert Alexander, Ph.D., explains how resiliency can protect the body and brain from negative outcomes commonly associated with high stress levels, such as cardiovascular problems and mental health challenges.

Alexander, a cognitive neuroscientist, notes how resilient patterns and habits often show up in small, easy-to-miss ways, like responding to challenges, not allowing stress to linger, accepting help, and knowing how to calm yourself.

With resilience, you can recover effectively from stress, lowering your stress levels as time goes on, and preventing those problems from developing as quickly or as severely, he says.

The article also appears across multiple Yahoo! sites, including those in the , , and .