Self-assessment

The Resilience
Survey

A short, private questionnaire that maps the protective factors in your life — the relationships, skills, and supports that act as a buffer against toxic stress.

Your resilience score

A map of
your buffers

Rather than a single risk number, your resilience score highlights where your protective factors are strong — and where building new buffers could help you bend without breaking.

What it is

A measure of what protects you.

Resilience is the ability to withstand and recover from difficult conditions — and it can be strengthened at any age.

Where the ACE survey looks at adversity, the Resilience Survey looks at the other side of the equation: the protective factors that help you think clearly, make intentional choices, and stay connected under stress. These buffers are what allow people to face hard things and still recover.

The encouraging news is that resilience is learnable. Understanding where your buffers are strong — and where they’re thin — is the first step toward building more of them, for yourself and for the people around you.

What it measures

Three sources of resilience.

Protective factors show up at every level of our lives — inside us, between us, and around us.

Within you

The internal skills and beliefs that help you regulate, adapt, and keep going.

  • Ways to calm and regulate yourself
  • A sense of purpose and hope
  • Belief in your ability to cope

Between you & others

The relationships that hold us — the people we can lean on and be ourselves with.

  • At least one caring, dependable adult
  • Friends who show up for you
  • Someone who believes in you

Around you

The community and environment that surround you with safety and belonging.

  • Places where you feel safe and welcome
  • Routines and traditions you can count on
  • A sense of belonging to something larger

How it works

Three quick steps.

We walk with you every step — from first conversation to lasting change your team can sustain on their own.

01

Reflect honestly

Respond to a short set of questions about the protective factors and supports present in your life — past and present.

02

See your strengths

Your responses highlight where your buffers are strong and where there’s room to grow. There’s no “pass” or “fail.”

03

Build more buffers

Use it as a guide to invest in the relationships, skills, and routines that strengthen resilience over time.

Resilience can be built. A lower score isn’t a verdict — it’s an invitation. With the right relationships, skills, and supports, individuals and whole organizations can grow the buffers that help them bend without breaking.

Get the full picture

Pair it with the other surveys.

Together, these three give you a fuller view of both the adversity you’ve faced and the strengths that protect you.

Companion survey

The ACE Survey

Understand your exposure to adverse childhood experiences — the risk side of the resilience equation.

Companion survey

Benevolent Childhood Experiences

The BCE survey looks at the favorable experiences of childhood — the safety, comfort, and connection that protect us over a lifetime.

Start with yourself

Discover the buffers you already have.

It’s free, private, and takes just a few minutes. Knowing your protective factors is the first step toward building more of them — for yourself and your team.