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October 15, 2025 62 mins

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Resilience is more than just bouncing back from a challenge. Join us for a conversation about building resilience in ourselves and our kids, understanding coping tools, and caring well for ourselves while raising kids who may have significant gaps in their resilience. We talk with Kathleen Harnish McKune and her sister, Karen Dickson from Remarkably Resilient, Inc., a non-profit organization committed to partnering to empower healing from trauma. 

In this episode, we cover:

  • How do you define resilience? What does it look like in real life, not just in theory?
  • What are resilience cups? Why do we need a full cup?
  • How can parents and caregivers fill their cups while raising kids impacted by trauma, prenatal exposure, etc?
  • What are your “5 Rs” of resilience?
  1. Regulation
  2. Relationships
  3. Response
  4. Recovery
  5. Reflection
  • What are some typical challenges – or symptoms – we might see in a child whose resilience is undeveloped or lacking? 
  • When a child is struggling with challenging behaviors that show some gaps in their resilience, how can parents/caregivers practically implement these 5 Rs in the moment?
  • What are the coping tools you’ve identified to help people implement resilience-building strategies – the 4 Cs: 
  1. Calm
  2. Care
  3. Courage
  4. Connect 
  • Strengthening resilience at the individual level ripples out to families, communities, and beyond. What gives you hope as you do this work?

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