Overcoming ________ in our lives: Pushing through _________, Recognizing and developing our ________, Building our ________.

• A. Trauma; Fear; Strengths; Resilience
• B. Anxiety; Doubts; Abilities; Confidence
• C. Stress; Worries; Capabilities; Endurance
• D. Grief; Regret; Talents; Fortitude

Answer: (A)

Overcoming adversity through a growth process: you move from a traumatic experience, push through the fear it creates, recognize and develop your strengths, and build resilience to bounce back and keep going.

The best fit for these blanks is: Trauma; Fear; Strengths; Resilience. Trauma sets the stage as the difficult experience you’re addressing. Fear is the barrier that often accompanies that experience, something to push through on the way forward. Recognizing and developing your strengths is the work of identifying what you can draw on, improve, and rely on. Building resilience is the ongoing capacity to adapt, recover, and thrive after challenges.

Other options don’t align as neatly with this progression. They may start with anxiety, stress, or grief, which shift the focus away from the specific arc of moving from trauma through fear to growth, or they end with terms that don’t capture the same sense of durable recovery and adaptability as resilience.