The Wellness Compass Podcast

"Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others."― Sharon Salzberg. This quote introduces the topic of this show which is about how "the seeds of resilience can only take root in the soil of compassion."

Resilience is defined here not so much as "bouncing back," but as "bouncing forward" because sometimes there is no going back, no bouncing back. When loss happens, when our "normal" is disrupted in profound ways, there is no going back to "normal." There is only going forward as we slowly create a new normal.

Holly Hughes Stoner joins Scott on this episode and talks about how the Wellness Compass Model for Well-Being can help us think about and respond to stress in a holistic way. Stress Resilience is one of the 8 areas of wellness in the Compass and this show talks about how all eight areas are interconnected, each affecting the other.

The show concludes with three "Making It Personal" questions that invite the listener to apply what they have heard to their own life.

This is the premiere episode of the Wellness Compass Podcast. Scott introduces the podcast and the larger Wellness Compass Initiative. He also introduces the concept of whole-person wellness and what it means to put "your whole self in."

Scott also plays his guitar and then used it as a metaphor to learn about whole-person wellness. He intentionally makes one string on the guitar out of tune, and then lets the listener hear how cringe-worthy that sounds. The metaphor is that our lives are always going in and out of tune. That's not a problem. The problem is when we don't or when we refuse to hear that our lives are out of tune and thus are unwilling or unable to make the changes necessary to get them back in tune.

This podcast, along with the overall Wellness Compass Initiative is all about providing the resources and support to both hear when our lives are out of tune and then figure out the steps necessary to get our lives back on key. Together, let's support one another as we dance and sing on this lifelong journey of wellness.