Episode 20: Resilience Will Help

Between the rapid fire news cycle and the pandemic of 2020, we are square in the middle of collective resilience training. Buffy reframes the idea of resilience from “bouncing back” into a new picture of “bouncing forward.” Resilience isn’t really possible if we get too nostalgic about the way things were - we have to stick in the present tense, and to build and bounce forward from challenge and difficulty.

She invites space for the fits, the tantrums, and the grieving spaces before we bounce forward. In order practice resilience, we have to feel and acknowledge the weight of the loss and disruption. You’ll hear stories of interrupted music ritual, cow hearts, and more. 

“Resilience is a newer, stronger place. It’s a repurposed place. It’s a place that is smartly designed to go with a new world or perspective that’s being offered. The world you didn't want, or expect to plan for, but the one that was handed to you anyway. We are building a new thing, and somehow, we must find the deep down trust in this process.”

Buffy references Andrew Zolli, co-author of “Resilience.”

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Contributors: Buffy Barfoot (Host and Producer). Alex Ammons (Producer and Editor). Matthew Cooper (Original music). Cover art by Ritual Made.