Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

So we all have it.

And it's that ability that you have to adapt, recover, and grow when life throws you a curve ball or you have a challenge.

And it's that ability that you have to adapt, recover, and grow when life throws you a curve ball or you have a challenge.

Now, resilience doesn't function in a vacuum.

Now, resilience doesn't function in a vacuum.

You need a little bit of stress, that healthy, positive stress for resilience to show itself.

You need a little bit of stress, that healthy, positive stress for resilience to show itself.

What happens, though, is that that word resilience, you and I hear it and others who are listening to this conversation may hear the word and have a visceral response because it's gotten a really bad rap over the past several years.

What happens, though, is that that word resilience, you and I hear it and others who are listening to this conversation may hear the word and have a visceral response because it's gotten a really bad rap over the past several years.

The word resilience is a positive connotation, but it feels very negative when you hear it.

The word resilience is a positive connotation, but it feels very negative when you hear it.

And the reason it feels negative now, you're like, oh, don't tell me to be resilient.

And the reason it feels negative now, you're like, oh, don't tell me to be resilient.

It's because that definition has changed and morphed societally.

It's because that definition has changed and morphed societally.

We've moved away from true resilience towards toxic resilience.

We've moved away from true resilience towards toxic resilience.

And so what is true resilience?

And so what is true resilience?

True resilience, it's like, like I said, it's your innate biology.