Resilience is often the x-factor that differentiates between mild and wild success. The stories of most of the wildly successful folks in our community have exhibit an extreme degree of resilience and we’ve come to believe that if our goal is to help our community achieve great outcomes we have to help build resources and knowledge around how one can become more resilient.
Jess Bashara
It speaks to how a person is able to recover from challenges and re-enter the world after hardship or tragedy hits, with a renewed sense of self and mission. It also has to do with a person’s ability to not internalize a negative narrative about themselves, when bad things happen. As I write this, I’m realizing that my definition of this word has evolved over time. I’m not sure when it was that I learned that to withstand something actually meant that you resist it. I’d now take it a step further, saying it means to disallow something to weaken your self-worth. Read more>>
Jessica Mckiverkin
As a Realtor®️, my resilience stems from several key sources. First and foremost, my early experiences taught me the value of perseverance. Growing up, I faced various challenges that required me to adapt and stay focused on my goals. These experiences built a foundation of mental toughness and the ability to stay calm under pressure. Read more>>
Malayka Gray
The women who raised me, for sure! I’ll briefly talk about both. My grandmother taught me to always find ways to nurture a thirst for adventure and to find ways to make yourself happy while balancing your priorities and duties. My grandfather was very dependent on her in the last few years of his life, and she was very committed to taking care of him. But once a year, every year, she would take a trip for two or three weeks to a new country with her friends. She would set him up with a nurse and made sure he was well taken care of, and gave herself that time. And then she would come back and take care of him. I’m sure it wasn’t easy for her seeing the love of her life go through illness the way she did, but she still found ways to take care of herself while also taking care of him. I respected that about her very much. Read more>>
Oliah Fall
Well, it’s similar to learning to play guitar. When I first started, I found the steel strings painful on my fingers. The more I played, the easier it became, as I built up callouses on my fingers. As we navigate life’s hardships and challenges, we gain strength (and hopefully wisdom) which makes it easier to bounce back after difficult experiences. Read more>>
Dr. Paige Roberts Lcsw Phd Cphp Clt
When we talk about resilience it is the concept of having had gone through hard experiences of which never held someone back from healing, evolving, growing and succeeding. My personal resilience has come from my personal past traumatic experiences, hardships and healing to evolve into the person I am today. My past traumatic experiences included being a child of a narcissistic alcoholic, having to deal with being diagnosed with ehlers danlos syndrome, learning differences of being neurodiverse with respects to attention deficit disorder and dyslexia, having had numerous concussions, losing friends to suicide and war, battling an alcohol addiction from the ages of 19-22, from surviving a physically abusive relationship and then the loss of my father to cancer. Read more>>
Emilie Muniz
Honestly, my resilience comes from a mix of things, but mostly from being clear on why I do what I do and who I do it for. Growing up in Brooklyn taught me a lot about pushing through challenges and staying true to myself, no matter what comes my way. I’m surrounded by people who hustle, who know how to bounce back, and that energy has really shaped me. Read more>>
Levern Currie
My resilience lies in the unyielding belief that it doesn’t rain always. This belief is what fuels my drive, passion, and dedication; it allows me to weather the storm and helps ensure that my decisions aren’t based in panic or desperation. Life is hard, and it can always get harder-but in that same vein it can, has, and does get better. It’s up to the individual to decide how they will operate with the life they have and the choices they make. What behaviors and mindsets a person engages in to help them fully realize their potential, do great things, and be a good person. It’s easy to become confused when life is hurting you-it’s another to let that feeling fuel and radicalize you to being someone that takes those feelings and transforms them into a symbol of hope for those around you. Read more>>
Prerna Sharma
I think my resilience comes from a combination of my personal life circumstances and my experience in design education. I was 18 when I first started school at Parsons School of Design, and that meant moving across the world, by myself, to New York City. Being so far from family taught me to rely on myself, solve problems independently, and recognize just how much I’m capable of achieving. Read more>>
Tylar Lee
To put it simply I get my resilience from my upbringing. Growing up things weren’t easy to say the least. My family didn’t have much money and I was surrounded by influences and experiences that would traumatize a lot of children. I am not sure what pushed me to defy the odds at such a young age but I learned to use what I was given and make the best out of the situation. Seeing people struggle and lack motivation made me realize I didn’t want to be the same way. I learned pretty quickly that I could be more than just a product of my environment. For as long as I can remember I have been a self motivated person. While most of my influence wasn’t the best, there was still good people in my life that helped me get through the tough times. Read more>>
Yasmeen Semaan
It’s interesting that you ask about resilience, because I think that’s a quality that’s been essential to my journey as Mougleta. I draw my resilience from a few key places: My upbringing: Born in Dubai and later moving to Canada, I learned to adapt to new environments and cultures from a young age. This constant change instilled in me a sense of flexibility and the ability to bounce back from challenges. It taught me to embrace the unfamiliar and find strength in new experiences. Read more>>
Wendy Wilkins
I have never been asked that question before so thinking about where did I get my resilience from I would have to say my mother.
She unfortunately lost two babies 24 hours after giving birth , then adopted my brother, sister and me. She then divorced my adoptive father when we were young children and as a single mother worked all her life to ensure we had a good education, good food, clothes on our back and a nice home. Read more>>
Wendy Wilkins
I have never been asked that question before so thinking about where did I get my resilience from I would have to say my mother.
She unfortunately lost two babies 24 hours after giving birth , then adopted my brother, sister and me. She then divorced my adoptive father when we were young children and as a single mother worked all her life to ensure we had a good education, good food, clothes on our back and a nice home. Read more>>
Theresa Morris
I believe I developed my resilience growing up in my family system. I am the middle child, only redhead and have 2 brothers, one older, one younger. My father was extremely strict and expected a lot out of me. My Mother was passive, and I felt as if I was on my own to survive. I started working early to earn money, bought my own car, and made my dresses for prom and graduation, because I couldn’t afford store bought formal dresses. I started my full-time career straight from high school and attended the community college at night to obtain an associate’s degree. I worked in the engineering field for over 30 years. The last 4 years I worked 2 jobs, as I obtained my real estate license, and then my Broker’s license. I LOVE assisting and serving others in the community. Read more>>
Bird Davis
I get my resilience from my mom and life experiences. I’ve been through many hard times but with god on my side i always knew i would be able to get through anything . My kids depend on as me as well so i have to stay locked in and focused for them no matter what life throws at me. Read more>>
Kelly Lewis
My resilience comes from a mix of life experiences and the people who’ve shaped me. I’ve faced my share of challenges, but each one taught me something about perseverance. My faith and the support of loved ones give me the strength to push through, especially during the toughest times. It’s that inner fire and the belief that every setback is just a setup for a comeback. Read more>>
Debra Pivko
Life has a funny way of throwing you curve balls just when you think you’ve got it all figured out. I remember the day I was laid off from my job at Beachbody – a company that had been my whole world for eight years, where I’d made countless friendships and poured my heart into my copywriting work. Losing that was more than just losing a job… It felt like losing a piece of myself. But it wasn’t even the end of that chapter. The very next day, I received my cancer diagnosis. Read more>>
Firstkings Love
Great question. Honestly as cliche as it may sound. I get all my resiliency from the Good Lord. I had such a tumultuous upbringing. Being where I am today, I can’t take credit for any of it besides the fact that I finally just chose to accept Jesus to lead the way. Trusting in His planning and perfect timing. Once I began not leaning on my own understanding I realized that He had a plan for my life to reach lives. I never had a bad heart I just always made bad decisions. Although I believe I made every choice with a heart of the purest intentions. Read more>>
Ivy Sunderji
I get my resilience partly from psychic visions and paying attention to the quiet nudges of my intuition. I grew up in a conservative town in rural Idaho where the common expectation was that girls like me would grow up and get married and have babies instead of a career. For most of my life I couldn’t explain how this was possible, but I have always had a “picture of the future” in my mind’s eye guiding me forward and helping me to make hopeful choices in the face of uncertainty and bet on myself. Read more>>
Brandi Corbello
I haven’t really shared much of my history prior to my cancer diagnosis since launching Melan so I really love this question. I had a pretty rough childhood in which my biological father wasn’t in my life and my Mother’s second husband kicked me out when I was 15 and at that point, I knew I needed to take the path of the most uncertainty because it had to be better than what I knew. I found my way into college through volleyball and academics where I would say, and most of my teammates would say, I was kind of a pain in the ass as I held myself and others to high standards. Fast forward, I ended up being blessed with amazing opportunities in my career and at the age of 30, I remember thinking life was amazing and I felt like I had finally made it out and then I was hit with a stage III cancer diagnosis. Read more>>
Eve Bessier
Resilience is more than just being able to get up after being knocked down by life. It’s also the quality of maintaining your belief in yourself and in the possibility of better things ahead. My resilience comes from a combination of self-discipline, humor, generosity of spirit and interactions with nature. I try to stay positive and focus on the good in each day, no matter what. It’s important to find the humor in life’s unpredictable scenarios and regularly create humor even in the darkest moments. Sometimes getting silly provides the best wisdom. Humor can be a deflector, but it can also bring things into sharp focus, allowing me to see clearly what needs to happen while maintaining a lightness of being. Read more>>
Lynn Ouellette
I think everyone has resilience because this world is not an easy place. Resilience is elastic like a rubber band. Depending on the moment it stretches, springs back, or wraps tightly to hold pieces together. Once in a while we snap our elastic to fly across the room or rest it in the junk drawer until we need it again. I think my type of resilience comes from emotional necessity. I have big feelings and idealism but observe harsh realities. I crave connection but am not naturally good at socializing. These are opposing forces that get confusing. Read more>>
