Becoming Wildly Resilient

Becoming Wildly Resilient

Join us as we explore tools, practices, meditations and conversations with members of the UK community. Together we will discover how we can thrive at work, home and beyond. Becoming Wildly Resilient is brought to you by University of Kentucky HR Health & Wellness.

Episodes

February 24, 2026 6 mins

Listen as Jackie Carroll, health coach with University of Kentucky Health and Wellness invites listeners to explore how acts of volunteering can replenish our energy, reveal our purpose and strengthen our sense of belonging within our communities.


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In this Becoming Wildly Resilient practice episode, Amy Rodquist-Kodet, health coach with UK Health and Wellness as she explores how volunteering strengthens well‑being through the themes of giving, growing and connecting.  

 

She highlights that volunteering is not only an act of generosity but also a neurologically regulating practice that boosts purpose and resilience.

Backed by research, Amy explains how even small acts of servic...

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Discover how volunteering does far more than support good causes—it strengthens your well‑being. In this inspiring episode, we explore the powerful ways that giving back helps us feel better, grow personally and connect more deeply with others.

Through practical insights and uplifting reflections, you’ll learn how small acts of service can:

  • Boost emotional and mental health
  • Build confidence, skills and a renewed sense of purpose
  • Cr...
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Listen as Jackie Carroll, health coach with University of Kentucky HR Health and Wellness invites listeners to slow down and create a sense of calm around financial stress in this guided meditation.

The practice encourages compassion, clarity, and steadiness—supporting a more open, resilient approach to financial wellness.


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In this Becoming Wildly Resilient practice episode, Amy Rodquist-Kodet explores how financial stress affects relationships and offers a simple tool—the Money Check-In—to help navigate tense money conversations with more understanding and less reactivity.

Amy explains that financial strain often triggers the nervous system, making people feel threatened. For many, this leads to a sense of urgency and a desire to make quick decisions ...

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Listen as host Sebastian Calmes, Wellness Specialist with UK HR Health and Wellness, speaks with Jennifer Godbey, Assistant Professor and therapist in UK Psychiatry as they explore the powerful connection between financial wellness and healthy relationships. Learn why money conversations matter, how financial stress impacts emotional well-being, and practical strategies for building trust and shared goals around finances. This disc...

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Listen as Jackie Carroll, health coach with UK HR Health and Wellness, guides listeners through a calming winter meditation designed to support emotional well‑being during the darker months. Through gentle reflection, you’ll explore what nourishes your energy when sunlight is scarce and how small joys can bring warmth into the season.

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Listen as host Amy Rodquist-Kodet, Health Coach with UK HR Health and Wellness, shares simple, research-backed practices to help steady your mood during the dark Winter months. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) impacts millions each year, but small actions—light exposure, gentle movement and self-compassion—can make a meaningful difference. Amy says, “These practices aren’t about fixing everything at once; they’re about shifting yo...

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Listen as host Sebastian Calmes, Wellness Specialist with UKHR Health & Wellness, speaks with Lee Anne Walmsley, Assistant Dean ofWellness and Well-Being at the College of Nursing, about Seasonal AffectiveDisorder (SAD)—what it is, why reduced sunlight can impact mood and practicalstrategies to support yourself and others through the winter months—it's timeto become more Wildly Resilient!

 

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Listen as Jackie Carroll, health coach with UK HRHealth and Wellness, guides listeners through a calming resilience meditationdesigned to help you reconnect with your inner strength. As you settle intostillness, you’ll reflect on past challenges, uncover the qualities that helpedyou rise above them and embrace the wisdom and growth those experiences brought!

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Listen as host Amy Rodquist-Kodet, health coachwith UK HR Health and Wellness, shares “Hope Mapping,” a tool for cultivating resilienceand self-efficacy when life feels hard. Hope Mapping is grounded in Hope Theory,the idea that hope is not wishful thinking, but a mindset that cooperativelyuses agency and strategy!

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Listen as host Sebastian Calmes, Wellness Specialist, speaks with Tony Lynn and Jamie Brown, both UK employees, about their personal resilience stories. In this episode, we discover how our understanding of personal resilience can change over time, and how oftentimes resilience is a daily choice—it's time to become more Wildly Resilient! 

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Listen as Jackie Carroll, health coach with UK HRHealth and Wellness, guides you through a meditation aimed at emotionalwell-being and the arts. Jackie invites you to explore your emotions and awakenyour creative spirit in a space free of judgment, encouraging healing throughartistic expression. Thank you for listening, and as always, be well.

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Listen as host Amy Rodquist-Kodet, health coachwith UK HR Health and Wellness, shares a joyful and science-backed approach toemotional regulation through music!

Learn how to create three intentional playlists—Soothe,Move and Lift—that help you navigate stress, reconnect withmeaning, and build resilience. Drawing on neuroscience and personal stories,Amy explains how music can regulate mood, reduce stress hormones and evokepowerful me...

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Listen as host Sebastian Calmes, Wellness Specialist, and Dr. Beth Arnold, Associate Dean and Professor of Music Performance and Voice, explore the deep relationship between our emotional well-being and the arts. Dr. Beth Arnold and her colleague, Dieter Yeomans, also perform Monteverdi's Laudate Dominum from Selva morale e spirituale (SV 287). 

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Listen as host Sebastian Calmes, Wellness Specialist, and Dr. Beth Arnold, Associate Dean and Professor of Music Performance and Voice, explore the deep relationship between our emotional well-being and the arts. Dr. Beth Arnold and her colleague, Dieter Yeomans, also perform Monteverdi's Laudate Dominum from Selva morale e spirituale (SV 287).

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Listen as Jackie Carroll, health coach with UK HRHealth and Wellness, guides you through a reflective journey centered on spiritual well-being. Building on Amy Rodquist-Kodet’s practice of Transcendent Reframing, Jackie invites you to explore what spiritual connection means to you—whether through mindfulness, prayer, sacred texts or simply a sense of belonging. Thank you for listening, and as always, be well!

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Listen as host Amy Rodquist-Kodet, health coachwith UK HR Health and Wellness, shares a powerful tool for navigating hardship with greater meaning and compassion.

In this episode, Amy introduces TranscendentReframing, a practice rooted in psychological research and personal experience that helps us shift how we carry suffering. Rather than bypassing pain, this approach invites us to name our stressors, reframe them with intention a...

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In this episode of Becoming Wildly Resilient, Wellness Specialist Sebastian Calmes meets with Justin Sadle, Director of Religious and Spiritual Life at the University of Kentucky, to explore spiritual well-being—one of UK HR Health and Wellness’s eight aspects of well-being. Justin shares insights on what spiritual well-being means, how it differs from religion and universal practices that can help deepen your connection to self an...

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Listen as Jackie Carroll, a health coach withUK HR Health and Wellness, leads you through a unique mediation powered by ArtificialIntelligence. This meditation showcases how we can use AI as a collaborativeresilience tool to deepen our well-being—as something that doesn’t replace intentionalwell-being practice, but as another tool to face life’s diverse resiliencechallenges. Each month, Jackie will deepen the ideas presented by Amy...

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