What do you do when the future you imagined for yourself and your family is suddenly taken away? Whether it is from the nightmare of an authoritarian crackdown in your community or the devastation of a climate-fueled ecological catastrophe, such rapid change can be disorienting and lead to panic or psychological shutdown.

I’m psychotherapist and activist Michael Glavin, and I want to offer you a different way forward. This isn’t about simple comfort; it is a distilled survival guide for the soul. We are living through times where anxiety feels like the only rational response, but I’ve spent the last 17 episodes exploring empowerment as a means of resilience. This episode is the culmination of those conversations—a roadmap designed to transform your paralyzing dread into purposeful agency.

"Connection is resilience. The more we're connected to other people, other creatures, other beings, the more resilient we're going to be." —Michael Glavin

In this episode, I will share with you Four Resilience Essentials to keep you functioning and taking purposeful action in the midst of any sociatal breakdown. Moreover, these four principles of resilience are all present in a traditional folktale from Latin America, which I share in the podcast and discuss. Fun stuff.

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Useful Links:

Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

YouTube: “First Follower: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy”

“Harvard study, almost 80 years old, has proved that embracing community helps us live longer, and be happier”

NIH: “The Healing Power of Laughter”

Washington Post: “A psychologist says this exercise can make you more hopeful in 14 days”

FaceBook: Protect RP

“The Hummingbird and the Forest Fire”

Resilience in Dark Times Website

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