Resilience Without Disappearing

It is also a topic that sometimes has so many different variations and perspectives because we all experience resilience differently.

So I really would love to start with you, Joanne.

What do you think resilience is all about?

It feels in my body like wearing a suit of armor is made out of cushiony stuff.

Where you can absorb the blow, so to speak, with less pain and then release it rather than having to deal with like, metal armor and and more aggressive sort of stance because it's something we have as you said resilience is usually a response we're asked to create because of something that's happening to us that we don't have total control over so even if you're in a battle you have some control over other things but there can be times in life when you don't have any control over anything And then it's also a passage through.

In my experience, it's a passage through a journey, oftentimes a grief journey, and coming out the other side and being able to continue or move up in your life in some way.

Okay.

All right.

Well, that's one perspective.

And I kind of like the image of the cushiony armors.

bubble wrap

yeah it's kind of like yeah kind of like a soft porcupine yeah yeah yeah or yeah i guess a hedgehog hedgehog is a soft porcupine

oh yeah yeah they're a little softer yeah

yeah they're a little softer yeah what about you jillian what is your take on resilience

Well, to me, I think resilience is about being able to adapt because like what Joanne said, you know, things come to us that are unexpected or out of our control.

And it's how we respond versus react

to

that.

And so I think it's kind of an ongoing thing.

It's taking what comes and making something out of it.

There's a saying, you know, if you're handed lemons, make lemonade.

Yeah.

And so it's how can you take, you know, something that could potentially be a negative impact and make it into a positive.

So you're finding your path, like Joanne said, you're finding your path through whatever it is that you're having to engage with.

Whatever that might be.