Resilience is the process that enables a person to adapt well when faced with trauma, adversity, tragedy, or a significant source of stress. While resilience is a process, it is also a painful experience that could lead to a profound growth. Resilience is not necessarily an endowed trait only possessed by some individuals, because prior to adversity, it is difficult to know a resilient person. Thus, resilience is a learned way of thinking, believing, and acting. Historically, members of minority groups in the United States face persistent trauma which could lead to learned helplessness. Yet in the face of persistent trauma, one’s culture could provide a direction on how to be resilient. In helping to cope with death’s trauma, culture provides guidance through grieving rules, beliefs, and practices. Furthermore, to the grieving individual, culture acts as a “looking glass,” and by adhering to culture’s grieving rules, beliefs, and practices, the grieving person is able to evaluate their resilience in the face of trauma.