Pro Tip: Mindful coping practice can improve your coping power. Your coping power is your ability to handle stress. Let’s say there is a coping power scale that goes from 1 to 10, with 10 being super strong abilities to handle stress. With practice and hard work, you can bump yourself up the scale and boost your coping power. With more coping power, you become able to handle stress and challenges that come your way and you gain more control of yourself and your life.