Living Resiliently

When we're sure it's not going to work, when we can't figure out where to turn, when we don't know what to do next... Sometimes, our ability to do the best we can in small ways is enough to start...

These women eloquently describe the combined beauty, strength, and grace of what can live on the other side of hardship. Resilience is evidence of the internal reset button-not a rewind, but a reset. The willingness to move through the world in one's current, altered form.

Psychologists studying post-traumatic growth find that many people come to thrive in the aftermath of adversity.

The question how we can find healing and hope after witnessing senseless violence and experiencing loss, is all the more pertinent. I spoke with Ken Druck who has worked on the front lines with families in the aftermath of 9-11, Columbine, and Sandy Hook.

As a journalist, Michaela Haas often met people soon after they’d experienced a loss, a trauma, a hardship – and while some shattered and fell apart, others, it occurred to her, not only survived by thrived and grew stronger.

Michelle Ryan was at the peak of her dance career when her body began to betray her.