Why are you resilient and able to bounce back from adversity?

Alexi Bracey started us off by that accepting that mistakes will happen is part of being resilient for her. Not expecting perfection makes it easier to move forward when things don’t go as planned. She also recommends doing things to take care of yourself and feed your soul.

 

Mario P. Fields says that there are things in life that you go into knowing they will be a challenge, going into the Marines for example. Other times, things come at you out of left field. He likes to look back at things and ask himself how he came through it and learn from it.

 

For Chelle Shapiro she never questions if or how she will make it through something. Instead, she believes “I will make it.” She takes the insult of people telling her she can’t or won’t make it as fuel to push her forward to prove that not only can she make it, she will. Not just to prove them wrong, but more importantly, to prove herself right.

 

For me what looks like resilience is actually the story of me just doing whatever the next thing was that needed to be done. I wasn’t trying to create some grand plan. I was just trying to live from one day to the next. It is only in retrospect, when I tell the story that it looks like resilience.

 

The last question I asked the panel was what advice they would give someone who is going through something right now who really needs to be resilient. Their answers were inspiring.

 

What has made you resilient and able to bounce back from adversity and what advice do you have for others about being resilient?

 

Connect with the panelists:
Alexi Bracey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexi-bracey-34935a7/

Mission Happiness. Promoting happiness for no reason. Bouncing back after cancer and dementia prevention specialist.

 

Chelle Shapiro: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelleshapiro/

Marketing Strategist for Wellness Coaches & Consultants and recognized as one of the top 15 LinkedIn experts in New York city as well as the author of the book, Loving Yourself isn’t Selfish.

 

Mario P. Fields: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariopfields/

Marine core veteran. Small business owner. Host and producer of the podcast, Unarmored Talk

 

Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

AKA Mental MacGyver. My doctorate is in organizational business psychology with a concentration in sport and performance. I provide luxury level, high performance support and coaching to executives, founders, celebrities and athletes.

 

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