Chapter Seven: Accomplishment

Here we explore the “A” in the PERMA+ model - Accomplishment - not as hustle or perfection, but as authentic growth. Success is redefined as alignment, perseverance, and courage in action. In Adaptive Coping: Be Like Water, participants explore resilience through story, metaphor, and reflection, discovering that strength often lies not in resistance but in flexibility, in the capacity to bend and flow around obstacles rather than break. The journey deepens in Growth Mindset: How We Rise. Participants create resilience symbols (a phoenix, trees, waves) as reminders of inner strength, then transform determination into song with Not Yet: The Musical, where effort and process are celebrated over perfection. Embodied through music, movement, and reflection, accomplishment becomes more than an outcome, it becomes a lived experience.

Activities

Coping Menu

Not Yet: The Musical

Sharing personal victories

Celebration ritual and affirmation crafting

Benefits

Encourages grit and growth mindset

Celebrates small wins and sustained effort

Fosters intrinsic self-worth

Develops Adaptive Coping Mechanisms