We’ve shared some incredible stories of resilience below that we hope will help you on your journey towards building up your resilience.
Mel Howard
I grew up in Christian home where being apart of the LGBT+ wasn’t accepted or welcomed. My parents attempted to beat the sin out of me and did everything from taking my men’s clothes and giving it to my uncle, to remove me from room and place me in a room full of Angel figurines. Read more>>
Melody Denise
Simply put, The drive I have to continue to see my ultimate goals achieved, makes me continue to show up and “Never Quit” even when adversity is present. I am one of the greatest comeback stories you ever want to read. Just when you think I’ve throw the towel in, Not so fast…. Read more>>
Emily James
I feel like resilience is a learned skill. I have met many challenges in my time. In fact I just launched a new business. Not only do I run Spill The Tea Photography but I just launched Spill The Tea Home Swap, an AI driven platform for Home Swapping. Resilience is something that is built up. Read more>>
Rita Saliba
I believe that each experience we go through contribute to the making of our being. My mother struggled for so many years with a very severe case of Lupus. Her fight taught me a lot about resilience and determination. However, her passing left me bitter and angry as I felt this ended abruptly before I tried my best. Read more>>
Kendall Cherry
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned about reconnecting with my own resilient nature is to look for proof from the past that I can use as evidence for the future. I think so many times we as humans tend to doubt our own power or ability to create results for ourselves, so I keep a running list of crazy stories or anecdotes of what I’ve overcome that I can look back on. Read more>>
Bessie LeeCappell
I get my Resilience from the women in my family. Growing up I watched strong black women in my family overcome many obstacles. Seeing them be so strong and resilient inspired me to do the same. Especially my aunt Brenda! She’s one of the strongest women I know in life! I love you . Read more>>
Andres Santandreu
It all goes back fourteen years ago to the summer after my high school graduation in July 2009. As it is for most people, this time was a significant milestone and marked the beginning of an entirely new chapter in my life. Read more>>
Saryh Deadmon
“Mother” is what I call my Best Friend. Not only has this brilliant and powerful woman become such a big part of my upbringing, but she has made me the young woman I am today. Though I grew up in a safe and living household, the darker parts of life lived mainly within my mind. I recently choreographed a piece “ It’s Not Time Yet illustrates my own personal narrative about mental illness and not feeling control of my own emotions, thoughts, and impulses. Read more>>
LaKendra Norman
In the depths of adversity lie the seeds of strength. For me, resilience isn’t just a word; it’s a testament to the battles I’ve fought and conquered in my life. The trials I’ve endured have shaped the unyielding spirit that resides within me, allowing me to rise above even the darkest moments. Read more>>
Kenneth Carter III
I gained my resilience from taking a deep look into my past to discover that feeling that was omnipresent as I overcame adversity. Read more>>
Raquel Reyes
My mother and my Grandmother. Growing up, I saw them living in complete strength no matter what. life circumstances they were facing. My mother taught me the power of a good work ethic, and my Grandmother taught me to never give up on my dreams. Read more>>
Cory Jackson Sr
My resilience comes from my mother, Mrs. Johnnie Jackson, who raised me as a single mother. I have witnessed my mother go thru the setbacks of life and continue to move forward. I have watched my mother endure the loss of her husband, who left her with two kids five years into the marriage, suffer with polio, a limp and poverty and thru it all she continues to persevere. Read more>>
Paola Leon-Garcia
I have had several situations in my life that I can now see they were trials and opportunities for growth. Time and time again throughout my life I have encountered situations that, thanks to good attitude and relentless pursuit of growth, my faith, and my family, have become the catalysts to learn something and develop further. Read more>>
Maria Nguyen
My resilience stems from my upbringing. Darwin’s law of adaptation is applicable to humans just as it is to animals. I have many good attributes passed down from my family, but I was also faced with many of life’s tribulations. In this life the pursuit of happiness is a survival game. My brother and I were privileged enough to be first generation Vietnamese-American, but our lives weren’t anything like the glamorized American dream people depicted. Read more>>
Shelly-Ann Cawley
My resilience comes from building character at an early age. Being Caribbean, the real off script pep talks about life that my classmates and I received from our teachers are key contributors. Reminding us that failure is not an option and the importance of being a good human. Read more>>
Daniel Rucker
My resilience comes from my mother. Being an only child, my mother would do a lot of activities with me such as playing catch or racing. She would never let me win. That stuck with me because I remember the day that I finally beat her. That competitive nature stuck with me my entire life and translated through sports and my career. Read more>>
Rebecca Nguyen
I think my resilience started developing throughout periods of insane hardship. I won’t go into too many details about my past, I’m sure there are other interviews out there where I talk about these struggles. I’m trying to do this thing where I only speak about the future I am creating versus dredging up the ghosts of my past. Read more>>
Toni DeBiasi
My art resilience definitely comes from college. I went through the illustration/animation program at San Jose State University that was referred to as art boot camp because of how difficult it was. The tight deadlines which had to be met along with brutal critiques and the possibility of being tossed out of the program if we couldn’t cut it kept us all on edge. Read more>>
Sherina Mikasa
I get my resilience from watching my mother strive for a better life since I was a little girl. Watching her I saw someone who had big dreams and aspirations to be great but also struggled with tons of obstacles and challenges to achieve them. Read more>>
Lily Pham
Both my resilience and work ethic definitely comes mainly from my mother. Having lost my father at a young age, my mom became both rolls as mother and father for my brother and I. She had dreams and aspirations that she still wanted to fulfill. She didn’t let her hardships get in the way of that. Read more>>
Elizabeth Hunt
The resilience of our company came through the way we confronted the issues since the inception of our company. Read more>>
Leanna DeBellevue
Resilience is the super power I believe all great Entrepreneurs possess. It is definitely a muscle that grows as it is worked. I think for me resilience is that quiet voice that at the end of a really hard day whispers, tomorrow will be better, don’t give up with the inner knowing that the voice is right. Read more>>
Justin Toland
My resilience has always been driven by my need to feel passionate about things. When something terrible happens to my life or in my musical journey, I really feel like I have no option but to keep going. I can’t explain why, but it’s always been there like a religion. There are times when I was younger where I could so clearly see my purpose, and I cling to those moments forever. Read more>>
Thomas White
My resilience most certainly comes from my time accumulating nineteen deployments overseas. During that time while in the military, and working as a civilian defense contractor, I have been to countless remote locations while embedded with many of the top tier units that our proud nation has to offer. Read more>>
Leah Lynch
There are so many directions I could take this…. But the short answer is when I question myself on whether or not I have the strength to get back up, I look back at all the hard things I have gone through before. And remind myself that I have been through things that were just as hard and it didn’t last forever. So even if I don’t know the end date of this level of hard. Am I willing to keep going until I see the end for the result I want? Read more>>
Dylan Demery
I met the love of my life when I was 12 years old in 7th grade. His name was Tony and we started “going out” when we were 13, dated off and on throughout high school and college until he moved in with me when we were 22. We bought our house at 26 and got married the next year at 27. Read more>>
David Andras
My journey as an entrepreneur has been paved with financial struggles, market turbulence, failures, criticism, and work-life balance challenges. Each hurdle presented an opportunity for growth and learning, enabling me to cultivate an unyielding spirit in the face of adversity. I now understand that resilience is not about avoiding obstacles but rather about embracing them, drawing valuable lessons, and emerging stronger and more determined on the other side. As I continue to navigate the uncertain waters of business, I carry with me the lessons from these challenges as the foundation of my enduring resilience. Read more>>
Indigo Ikemba
My resilience comes from faith. My faith that things will get better and if not, I know that I am equipped with the tools to figure it out/work through my hardship. My godfather David always told me, “You are Love. Read more>>
Emily Barth Isler
Any kind of art is going to involve rejections. It was something I experienced as a kid when I worked as an actor in theater– I learned that you don’t get every part you audition for, and somehow, as a child, that felt easier to take. Often, it boiled down to “you’re not tall enough” or “you’re too young for this role” and I internalized the idea that often, rejection is due to factors outside of your control, and not personal. (Notice I said “often” and not “always” of course!). Read more>>
Lisa L. Baker
My inner strength comes from my faith and the inherent belief that everything that happens works for my good. Failure is not an option for me. This mindset reinforces my resilience and drives me to remain steadfast in the face of resistance. Read more>>
Kimberly Willis
Oh this is a great question! By definition, to be resilient means to recover quickly from difficulties or the capacity to withstand. I believe we all have some level of resilience built in us. Read more>>
FR35H
The road to success in the music industry has been long and challenging. Somehow I kept pushing forward, even when progress seemed slow. Me having persistence in the face of adversity is a hallmark of resilient rappers. I surround myself with people who genuinely believe in my talent and support my aspirations. Read more>>
Jessica Formicola
I would say that my resilience comes from moving around a lot as a kid. My father was transferred for his job and this forced my sister and I to learn how to make new friends, be adaptable, learn on-the-fly and be resilient. As a kid. and even more so as a teenager, I hated these moves. But as an adult I can see how it positively morphed me into the adult I am now. I am not scared of challenge- I face it head on. I like new things and often seek new opportunities even if they might seem a little out of my league or wheelhouse. Read more>>
Hannah Hutcheson
Resilience is created from living a life of grit and grace. When life hands you some tough times, do you have the courage to move through them? While the courage is a main component, the biggest energy of all is the grace. Can you give yourSelf grace for how you showed up in that moment of courage and tough times? No one is born with resilience. Maybe grit. Maybe grace. But not resilience. It is something that we have co-created with this wild journey of life. Read more>>
RIIIVER JORDAN
My Resilience started with my Mother. I came into this world just her and I, though I had a father in my life always, it was the drive and passion for better from my Mother that began to create a resilience that would continue to grow. At 3 months old I was in a car accident that killed me. Read more>>
Bob Bradley
Growing up, my father worked in sales in a niche industry (cryogenics/piping) and I saw how he was an excellent listener and creative with his work in business. Despite the picture most see painted of sales people being fast talking and motivated by money, I saw an art in selling yourself and your passion by being authentic, being a good listener and taking a genuine interest in other people and their needs. Read more>>
Carol Berger
Resilience is a trait that develops and strengthens throughout our lives. My dad was a freelance aerial photographer so we had to adapt to new places and people each time we moved with his job. Dad died when I was 10, my mom suffered from depression, so my grandparents became a huge influence using work and positive attitude to help us through this stressful time. Read more>>
Monnie DaDoll
At a young age, I developed resilience through experiencing hardship and trauma. When I was 10 years old, my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer and lived with us until she passed away. Witnessing her decline on a daily basis was a traumatic experience for me, as I was not familiar with coping with such intense emotions. However, this situation ultimately compelled me to cultivate resilience. Read more>>
Cory McCaskey
My entire life has been based on having to be resilient. I was an absolutely horrible kid. I was in trouble by 9. IN juvenile corrections by 11 and a father by 14. However, my greatest test was 20 years ago, I had a very bad motorcycle accident where I shattered 5 vertebrae in my neck, collapsed both lungs, fractured my skull, threw my heart into A-fib and spent a month in a coma. My family was told to come say goodbye. Read more>>
Jai Duque
I get my resilience from family particularly my mom, grandma, sister and from people I see that never lost hope in springing back up with a smile while facing adversities. Read more>>
Destiny Monique
My resilience come from growing and learning from the different challenges that I’ve been through in my life. Instead of allowing these challenges to break me as a person, I allowed them to mold me and grow from them to make me a better person. I took them as a learning experience, to never give up in life. Read more>>
Jalisa Hardy
You know, the resilience I carry around? It’s been a bit of a journey. From a young age, I was thrown into situations where giving up just wasn’t an option. I’ve had experiences that have been super tough and traumatic, the kind that have driven others to unimaginable extremes. For me, it was pretty much do or die. Read more>>
Shannon Kenney
It’s funny – I’ve never considered myself resilient until recently, and now I hear myself described by others as resilient frequently. I was dealing with a mystery illness for over 2 years until I finally got diagnosed with Lyme Disease and a few other conditions about a year ago. The diagnosis helped my peace of mind, but I wasn’t prepared for how hard and taxing (both physically and mentally) the healing process would be. Read more>>
Mimi Cerutti
I think one of the main things that has kept me resilient is always having a strong connection to a purpose that’s bigger than myself and my own life. Read more>>
Takisha “Kemi” Miller
Drawing my resilience from the Word of God is a transformative process that strengthens and empowers me in remarkable ways. As I immerse myself in the scriptures, I find wisdom, guidance, and profound truths that shape my perspective and enable me to face life’s challenges with unwavering strength. The promises of God, expressed through His Word, provide me with comfort and hope during difficult times, reminding me that I am never alone and that His love and faithfulness endure. Read more>>
Debbie Cordero
I have had numerous humbling life experiences, situations that have opened my eyes for the better and rather than letting these events control my life, I have chosen to put my mental health first & set boundaries. I do things that have a positive impact and fuel my soul ,as well as surround myself with people who generate positivity. I always choose to persevere even when it seems like the road to do so can be so far away, each day is a day for progress. Read more>>
Archelle
I believe my resilience comes from life experiences, but most importantly my faith in God. When life throws curve balls at me. I know that with God by my side there’s nothing I can’t overcome. As well as, not sitting in my pity. You have to have a mind frame of, am I going to sink or swim when things happen. At least that’s how I feel about it and for me sinking is not an option! Read more>>
Melissa V Neal
My Resilience was found through trial and error. Many ups and downs. I felt like many times in my life, I have found the strength to find motivation when I’m not feeling the best or doing the best. During those times, I can come with many different concepts for writing songs and music. I believe this is what helps me be resilient is working through hard times but that is when my best work is made. Read more>>
