·         Christina has a Phd in Psychology but it not a registered clinical psychologist. 

·         Talked about her interest in resilience stemming from her personal experience of infertility and endometriosis.  She also became interested through her work supporting aid and development workers.  She noticed different people could come back from the same place with totally different views of their experience.  What made those who coped well different from those who did not?

·         Christina gave her favourite definition of resilience.

·         Resilience is a process that can be learned.

·         Your level of resilience varies at different stages in your life.

·         You need to develop your own resiliency practice.

·         It is important to have social support.  You need a variety of friends.  Make it a priority to nurture your relationships.

·         The important of emotional intelligence – learning to express and regulate your emotions.

·         Find ways to have fun – increase your positive experiences.

·         The role of spirituality.  Gives a sense of coherence to your experience.  If you are involved in a spiritual community it provides an access to social support.  It gives you a sense of identity that can be helpful during times of change.  It gives perspective and hope.

·         Your spirituality needs to be big enough to hold your questions as part of your quest to find meaning.

·         Resilience in organisations needs to be modelled by the managers although there are ways that employees can introduce it into the workplace too.

·         Reviewed the seven elements of resilience.

·         Although resilience might not be taught as a subject in schools; threads of resilience are taught such as problem solving and managing feelings. 

·         Talks about some of the first steps on a journey of resilience. 

·         Talked briefly about ACT.

·         Important to build self-confidence – build on your strengths.

·         We live in an information heavy age so we can experience information overload.  Become curious and experimental.  Try out new things and see how they work for you.  The placebo effect is underrated.  If it works for you then it works.

·         Martin Seligman – books.

Christina's website - https://www.breadandpomegranates.com/

Inside Knowledge website - https://insideknowledge.blog/

More about ACT - https://positivepsychologyprogram.com/act-acceptance-and-commitment-therapy/

Martin Seligman's books - https://www.amazon.com/Martin-E.-P.-Seligman/e/B001ILOB78