What does resilience really mean?

For many of us, the word has become associated with pushing through, staying strong and simply carrying on, whatever life throws at us.

In this Quick Spoon, chartered coaching psychologist Dr Rose Aghdami offers a different perspective.

Rather than seeing resilience as suppressing difficult emotions, Rose suggests that resilience starts with acknowledging them. Feeling worried, overwhelmed or vulnerable doesn't mean you've failed—it means you're human.

This Quick Spoon is taken from my full conversation with Dr Rose Aghdami, author of How to FUEL Your Resilience.

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• Resilience starts with staying human – People Soup – Apple Podcasts
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[00:00:18] Ross: I'm Ross McIntosh, and here's [00:00:20] your Quick Spoon in this clip, Dr. Rose Agdami challenges one of the biggest misunderstandings about resilience When we hear the word resilience, [00:00:30] many of us picture someone who never struggles, someone who keeps going, never complains, and always copes But that's not the version of resilience Rose is talking [00:00:40] about.

[00:01:04] So here's something to try this week Notice one difficult moment, and [00:01:10] instead of asking yourself, "How do I stop feeling like this?" Try asking, " How can I acknowledge how I'm feeling whilst also taking one small [00:01:20] step forward?"

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