Pam Ressler and Brian Stork discuss how we can help mitigate the fall out from the stress healthcare workers and others are under, as well as how we can continue to socially connect while we are physically distancing ourselves. What lessons can we learn from this massive social experiment of navigating a pandemic together.

Pam discusses our individual and collective increased stress, fear and worry surrounding the current global outbreak of COVID-19 with retired Harvard instructor and risk perception expert David Ropeik. Pam and David discuss what we can each do to reduce our fear and stress and maintain our resilience during challenging times.

Imagine that “grit” is the backbone and “resilience” is the the set of muscles that help that backbone maintain its ability to bend and be flexible when confronted with adversity. In this episode Pam explains the synergistic relationship between grit, resilience and stress hardiness and how we can build them all.

Raising Resilience is my new podcast. Expect short, focused podcasts, perfect for commuting, pick up time, over lunch, at the gym, running errands, anytime at all. I will keep all podcasts to less than 20 minutes to make them easy to listen to when your time is limited during the day. I will be interviewing guests, talking about current research in resilience and mindfulness, and sharing thoughts with listeners. I hope you will consider Raising Resilience like having coffee with a friend…let’s chat and build resilience together.

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