Resilience Rising Podcast

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Michael O'Brien is a beacon of resilience and mindfulness in today's fast-paced world. As a qualified meditation teacher, executive coach, and endurance athlete, he embodies the transformative power of pausing, breathing, and reflecting.

Michael's journey is marked by a pivotal moment he calls his "Last Bad Day" - a near-de...

This episode explores resilience surrounding childlessness not by choice. 

We discuss disenfranchised grief, the complex emotions of childlessness, as well how to support friends who may be on this journey.

Bindi talks about the importance of community, finding small moments of joy and how she began to process her feelings.

Bindi Shah is a meditation guide and writer. She worked in the corporate sector ...

If you were creating a practical and actionable guide to resilience what would you write? What would you leave out?

Sukhvinder Pabial has tacked just that with his book 'The Resilience Handbook'.

Sukh is a senior learning and development professional, with a masters degree in occupational psychology. He is a positive psychology practitioner, and ...

Grab a notebook and pen, and listen to Dr Robyne, the Resiliency Expert talk about what makes a resilient person, how we have to fall apart sometimes, and why stress is good.

Described as one of the most sought-after, engaging, thought-provoking and truly transformative international speakers and scholars in her field, Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe is a multi-award-winning educati...

"I wrote a blog post, a few years ago, called two fingers up narcissistic sociopath. And then I rewrote it a few years later, with a thank you narcissistic sociopaths, because I was like, I wouldn't be here if I hadn't been through those experiences, and I love where I am now."

What does our breath rate have to do with resilience? What does working with our natural energies ...

When we can we use action, and even activism, as resilience?

What are the parallels between Helen's own experiences to the subject of her latest biography, Ethel Haythornthwaite? 

Helen Mort is award-winning author based in Sheffield. She has published three poetry collections and the novel Black Car Burning, as well as a short story collection and her new book, Ethel, is out now with Vertebrate Publish...

When we feel at rock bottom, how do we pull ourselves back up?    Jo Moseley, 59, is a single Mum of two grown up sons living on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales.    Alongside a lovely day job, Jo is a bestselling author, podcaster and award winning tiny filmmaker.    Jo talks about some of the difficult moments in her life, when she has been forced to be brave, and how she has overcome stereotypes about what women her age should b...

How did James Wythe go from years bed bound with ME/CFS to sharing his recipes, to full time food blogger? What has his journey taught him about resilience?

James Wythe, better known as Healthy Living James, is a qualified health coach, cookbook author and full time food blogger with over 1 million followers.

Growing up James was incredibly sport...

When life gives us a traumatic brain injury and cancer diagnosis can we find the positives in it? Clare Rutter believes we can and share's her incredible story.

Clare Rutter is a micro adventurer and explorer, a paddlesports & outdoors enthusiast. Clare was British Canoeing #ShePaddles Ambassador for Canoe Wales and paddles in South Wales & South West England

Clare i...

Warning: just over 30 minutes into the podcast we briefly mention a suicide and miscarriage in passing.

What can we learn from the animal world about resilience? Where do rituals fit in with grief and resilience? 

Leonie Charlton is a writer, and is passionate about our relationship as the human animal with the rest of the natural world. She is author of Marram, a travel memoir of a trip riding with Hig...

How do you even start to get over the brutal murder of your husband? It seems completely insurmountable... but this is something Jen Zwinck talks us through on this incredible episode. 

Jen's advice on how we rebuild our lives after a devastating bereavements is also something we can draw from for getting through any tough times, break ups, or changes such as retirement.

Jen Zwinck will never forget the...

Natasha Carthew is a working-class writer from Cornwall. We discuss resilience around poverty. How can cultivating positivity and creativity build resilience?

Her book Undercurrent: A Cornish Memoir of Poverty, Nature and Resilience, is out now in hardback, with the paperback out on 11 April 2024. She has written ten books, including poetry, three novels for young adults, an...

Content warning: This episode contains discussions around suicide, self harm and eating disorders.

'Resilience is Growth'

Abbie Barnes is an award-winning presenter, filmmaker, and mountain leader with a passion for tying wellbeing to expeditions and adventures. They are also the founder of the organisation Spend More Time In The WILD and host one of the longest-running adventure YouTube Channels under ...

Nick Jonsson's story of overcoming adversity is an inspiration to all.

Nick candidly shares how redundancy, personal health decline, and turning to alcohol led to a divorce and separation from his son, marking his lowest point. This period, along with the tragic loss of a friend who died by suicide, however, was a turning point for Nick, propelling him towards a transformati...

How does an adventurer deal with not going on adventures anymore? We talk about resilience for expeditions, resilience for the tough times in life we haven't chosen, social media envy, and Alastair's tip for dealing with negative book reviews in a very public manner...

Alastair Humphreys is a British Adventurer and Author of 15 books. He spent over 4 years cycling round the world, a journey of 46,000 miles through 60 countries and...

How would you feel if I told you to go and do nothing for a morning? No phones, no distractions, just you? 

In the episode Fabrice Desmarescaux tells us the benefits of taking time out, and why stopping can be the key to our resilience.

Fabrice Desmarescaux works with CEOs and their teams to help them reach higher levels of performance and consciousness. A partner at McKinsey & Company, Fabrice has practiced meditation, taught ...

What did the youngest public company CEO in the UK learn about resilience? How did he survive when war broke out in the street he was working? How do we develop resilience each day?

Aziz Musa was the youngest public company CEO in the UK, and he had already made significant strides in the corporate world. However, it was his venture into Sudan in 2017 that sets him apart. Am...

'Resilience is the willingness to be stretched'

How do we process tough times, how do we embrace being uncomfortable, and where does forgiveness fit into resilience?

Lunden Souza is host of the Self Love & Sweat, former personal trainer turned International Online Life Coach and Master NLP Practitioner. Self Love & Sweat The Podcast is the place where you will get inspired to live YOUR life unapologetically, embrace your pe...

How do show resilience in the midst of chaos? How can we rebuild our lives after adversity?

John Spender is a 36-time International Best Selling co-author, who didn't learn how to read and write at a basic level until he was ten-years-old. He has since traveled to more than 65 countries, territories and started many businesses leading him to create the best-selling book series A Journey Of Ric...