Resilience is your ability to deal with setbacks, solve problems and recover from stress. It’s also one of the key factors that determines long-term success — both personal and professional. The good news? Resilience can be learned and strengthened with practice!

Here are five steps to help you grow your resilience.

1. Face your own problems
If something goes wrong at school or with a friend, your first instinct might be to let a parent handle it, or to avoid it entirely. Facing the issue yourself helps you learn that you can solve problems, even when they’re uncomfortable or awkward.

2. Embrace challenge and failure
Resilience grows when your brain and body work together to master something difficult. Think driving a car, playing an instrument, rock climbing or cooking a complicated recipe. These things force you to focus, adapt and stay calm under pressure.

They’re also things you’re pretty much guaranteed to fail the first few times you do them. But as Jake taught us on “Adventure Time,” “Sucking at something is the first step toward being sorta good at something.”

3. Move your body
Exercise and movement aren’t just good for your physical health. They’re also essential for your mental health. Sports, dance, martial arts, even woodworking — anything that engages both your body and your mind — trains your brain to handle stress and recover from it quickly.

4. Build relationships, not just followers
Having strong, honest relationships is one of the biggest factors in resilience. We all need at least one or two people who make us feel heard and supported. This means having real conversations about what you need, especially when something’s bothering you and actively listening when your friends do the same.

5. Ask for help
Resilient people know when to lean on others and know how to ask for help. It isn’t about being “tough.” It’s about learning, stretching, failing, adapting and trying again — and sometimes, we need support to make that happen.