We’ve shared some incredible stories of resilience below that we hope will help you on your journey towards building up your resilience.
Yvette Murray
I believe resilience is born through life’s challenges. As a twenty-year old, I lived in a bubble at home with loving parents, going to college, and seemingly finding my way through young adulthood. I lost my mother suddenly later that year which left me devastated, without purpose and my future unclear. Read more>>
Jada Watts
I would say my resilience comes from my family and the experiences I’ve been through. Growing up, I spent a lot of time with my grandparents, who were both blind from childhood. In the 1980s, they were a mixed-race couple raising seven children on their own. My grandpa went to work while my grandma managed the household. Read more>>
Noel Paganotti
I get my resilience from the thoughts that I can always do better. Resilience is not about withstanding an impact or trying to show others that you can do better, but instead of becoming better than yesterday and facing adversities with creative solutions. I received multiple attacks from colleagues back in High School and sometimes college that I didn’t have what it takes. Read more>>
Isabella Koretz
Family. Of course family gives me the motivation to carry on, but Pearl Wellness Center is a business founded by my mother and I. After a decade of working with one another, there is truly no situation or problem we have not been able to overcome together. Our combined resilience is the corner stone of our business. Read more>>
Gene Williams
Learning resilience started when I was young. I grew up on a farm and that life can be tough. In the era before most farms were corporate, my family had a small farm/ranch. We lived in a fairly poor rural area of the Ozark Hills of Missouri. Growing up in that environment you were constantly presented with struggles. Read more>>
Randy Smith
My wife and I get our resilience from each other! We feed off of each others competitiveness and desire to win. We love to win but we also love to recognize our teammates that help us achieve success! Read more>>
Amita Bhakta
All living things inherit some level of resilience powers – life will do its best to survive. Even a tiny seedling falls onto the ground with plans to grow into a giant tree. Similarly, at the age of 14, I was transplanted and brought to the United States from India by my parents. I had to accept and adapt to the huge change of leaving the only home I knew for a different way of life. Read more>>
pauleen chakravorty
My resilience stems from a combination of personal experiences, cultural heritage, and the challenges I’ve faced throughout my journey from India to the USA. Growing up in India, I was surrounded by a rich tapestry of stories and traditions that emphasized perseverance and adaptability. The vibrant culture and diverse array of people taught me the importance of resilience in the face of adversity. Read more>>
Marc Hoberman
This was a long, arduous and emotional journey. I was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 17, and struggled both physically and emotionally. Eventually, I drew strength from that experience as it greatly enhanced my resiliency in later years. Read more>>
Victor Loo
My resilience is deeply rooted in my experiences as an immigrant growing up in poverty. Coming from a background where resources were scarce, I learned to navigate challenges with resilience and perseverance. Additionally, being discriminated against as an Asian individual, compounded by societal expectations surrounding my smaller, more feminine frame, presented further obstacles to overcome. Read more>>
Alicia Wade
Where did I get my Resilience from? Until recently I didn’t realize certain options were not available for me. Resilience is one of those, I didn’t know I didn’t have the option to not quit. Strong has always been expected of me. I recently realized the weight of that. People always assumed things are easy for me. Read more>>
Mike Safadi
I derive my resilience from my Lebanese heritage, a country marked by challenges, wars, and adversity. When asked abroad what we do, we reply, “We are Lebanese!” We hear bombs and wars, then at night we go enjoy or party. Indirectly, Lebanon taught us to be “resilient”. Additionally, my late grandmother, who taught me invaluable lessons about perseverance and never giving up, has been a profound source of my strength. Read more>>
Lezlie Williams Mitchell
I can’t say there is one core memory that developed my resilience. When I reflect on my life now, I see it was developed over time starting in early childhood. I think with the environment that I grew up in, I knew that I had to keep doing my best at everything I could and play my part as the peace-maker. Read more>>
Chema Peral
Art has always helped me, in any of its forms. Music has always been like a balm for my soul, when I was in difficult times. Songs that talk about moving forward, about not giving up, have helped me a lot. Read more>>
Robin Cote’
That’s a great question! I believe my resilience comes from things I experienced in my childhood and early adulthood. Let me explain…From a very young age, I felt like an orphan. I didn’t have the best upbringing so I had to learn to fend for myself when it came to important things. I also became a young mother at the age of 17 and married his father not long after. Read more>>
Kia Osborne
This is an easy question for me. I get my resilience from my mother. No matter what circumstances, adversity or difficulties she faced she always recovered, had a toughness and a bounce back to overcome those situations. She faced a major termination from a major bank, abusive relationship, being a single parent with no child support, low paying wages and more. Read more>>
Adrian Monique (Artic Laelle) Dixion
Oh my gosh! Experience aka Life, Being knocked down so many times or told “no” will either hinder you all together or just make you come harder each and every single time. It’s like I’m going to knock down the doors if you don’t want to open them because the entertainment industry will know just who I am and then once you’re exposed to this talent life has blessed me with you’re going to be glad I did! Read more>>
Erika V Hicks
I believe it’s incredibly important to instill resilience in children from a young age. As an only child, I sometimes got what I wanted, but my parents always encouraged me to pick myself back up when I fell. My biggest lesson in resilience came when I was kicked out of university for drinking alcohol. Read more>>
Alex Duncan
Developing resilience was never optional for me. My mother had always been a relatively high-functioning alcoholic for the majority of my childhood, but when my parents divorced she spiraled. She began drinking heavily and eventually developed an addiction to crack, I quickly had to become the adult of the house while hiding my home life from friends, teachers, even my dad. Read more>>
Giovanna Bartoli
As a figurative artist, my resilience comes from the deep connection I have with my art. Every brushstroke is a testament to my dedication and passion, a reflection of the emotions and stories I try to convey through my work. The challenges I face, whether technical or personal, are faced with the determination to transform them into creative opportunities. Read more>>
Connie Ricketts
My resilience comes from the many supportive relationships I have in my life starting with my husband, Dennis, of 39 years. My 3 children adopted through foster care encourage me every day to continue my fight for children experiencing foster care because they know their life outcomes will be better. Read more>>
Gandhar Vamburkar
I graduated in May 2023, which was not the best economic phase in USA. Hiring-freeze, lay-offs, budget-cuts were making news rounds. Companies did think twice before spending a dollar. And here I was, bent on starting on my own, because that was the dream I had cherished all through. I decided I would start my freelance practice, but did not quite know how and where to start. Read more>>
Andres (Avi) Avila
Resilience has been a key factor in my professional journey, shaped by various challenges and experiences across different industries. One particular experience that stands out is my time at a startup dental office back in 2013. Read more>>
Maxine Edmonds
When I hear that I did not receive something I have been working towards for multiple months or sometimes my whole life, it only makes me work harder. My name is Maxine and I am a pop artist and songwriter. I am in an industry where the most common word I hear is “no” or the phrase “unfortunately you were not accepted.” While I have been working in this industry professionally for the past 3 years, my resilience started way before this. I performed in musical theater for 15 years. Read more>>
Sayge Jenkins
My resiliency comes from my faith. I know that my purpose and God’s plan will always be greater than anything I can plan for myself. Even in the times where things do not go my way and I don’t seem “good enough” for a certain job I remind myself that God will have another door open and waiting! Read more>>
Joe Taveras
When I was in High School, I was running on a long-distance running team led by my Spanish teacher: Ms. Parodi. She was in her 60s, but had run over 25 marathons in her life. I ran two marathons with her, both LA Marathon, as well as several half marathons. I remember one early morning running with her and she told me ‘If you can run a marathon, you can do anything.’ Read more>>
Gustavo Fonseca
I got it I believe from my Dad! It’s probably my favorite quality from him. I seen him go through a lot of his life and he always continues to persevere and charge forward with a lot of resilience. Even as I grow older, I hear stories from family members of things he went through that I had no idea about, Overcoming many obstacles. Read more>>
Kat Satava
The short answer is the strong women who have been forces of nature, both rocks and breezes, throughout my life. To listen and retell the stories they have shared with me or that I have been fortunate enough to have observed their fortitude. Then there are the unknowing muses. Whenever I have felt like giving up on something or that I am too tired to be a superhero that day, I think of women who have inspired me. Read more>>
PETER KIM
I gained my resilience from my commitment and faith in Jesus Christ and knowing that there is eternal life beyond our time on this earth. I firmly believe that He has a plan for me, and a path for me to follow to so long as I trust in His plan. Read more>>
Felicia Phillips
According to the American Psychological Association, resilience is defined as “the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.” Read more>>
Vanessa Scotto
I love the study of resilience. As someone who has masters degrees and clinical training in both Transpersonal Psychology and Traditional Chinese medicine I always look at resilience through the lenses of mind, body and spirit. In many ways over the years I have viewed myself both resilient and non-resilient. My body has suffered from chronic illness with ebbs and flows and various symptoms that have verged on debilitating. Read more>>
Helen Sheehan
The ability to cope with stress, adversity, and trauma, and to bounce back from challenges and difficulties of daily existence, resilience is not a fixed trait that some people “have” and others don’t. It’s a skill we develop through a dynamic process learned and enhanced over time through life experiences, social interactions, and environmental factors. Read more>>
Richard Marks
I get my resilience from healthy connections, my faith, and my ability to not control the things I can not. Read more>>
Mary Plummer
When I am asked to describe myself I use one word… resilient. Resilience has been ingrained in me since birth. I am one of eight children in my family. Being a middle child demands resilience. I also grew up in poverty. My parents are hardworking people. My father had a white collar job, but in rural Oregon with a big family those dollars don’t go nearly far enough. Read more>>
Cristina Abion
Throughout my life journey, I have always held the unwavering belief that achieving personal growth and conquering challenges necessitates a deep reliance on self. Waiting for external encouragement was never an option; instead, I proactively pursued truth and wisdom. This quest for knowledge served as a beacon, illuminating the path ahead and imparting invaluable lessons essential for my evolution. Read more>>
Dr. Thalia Micah
My resilience flows from various facets of my journey, each phase contributing its unique source. During my formative years, the strength of my grandmother, mother, and village fortifiedfied me. As I matured, the drive to create a more promising future for my children fueled my resilience. Now, navigating my late 30s into my 40s, I find resilience in the profound journey of self-exploration. Read more>>
Betty Toussaint
I believe that God blessed me with the gift of resilience from birth. I believe that it’s a gift that I did not know I had until I hit my mid 30s. I’ve experienced many events in my life that should have left me broken, hopeless, and bitter. I may have felt broken and defeated by those events, but there has always been something inside of me that wanted to be excellent in the work that I produce and finish what I started. Read more>>
Kate Alden
I’ve been a creative person all of my life, but I came into the film industry a bit sideways. Starting as an actor (in theater predominately), I focused my attention to filmmaking in college. From there I had a thirst for knowledge with all things film and it was a natural sidestep to move much more heavily into producing from acting in my twenties. Read more>>
Kimberly Morgan
I believe that there are several factors that has influenced and shaped my resiliency. I didn’t grew up in a poor family and always saw my parents, struggled even to provide our physiological needs (food, clothing, shelter). Having first experience of these, I know I would not be able to just cruise through life but I would need to work twice as hard and push for what I want. Read more>>
