Building emotional resilience is the ability to navigate stress, recover from life’s blows, and hold steady when relationships or inner turmoil feel unbearable. I lived that struggle as a perpetrator, letting pain steer me until the slow, deliberate process of self-forging revealed a path forward. This isn’t about erasing the sting of anger, disappointment, or regret—it’s about shaping those and all negatively affecting feelings into lasting strength. Here’s how I transformed