Dr. Tara Narula

So it's these micro small changes that we can make and all of us can do it every single day.

It is an investment, you know, and I tell people resilience training and the skills we're talking about, it's work.

It's work.

Just like exercising.

I hate getting up at five in the morning and exercising during the week.

You know, I don't- I knew I liked you.

I don't like, you know, looking at the nutrition labels to figure out how much saturated fat it is.

Do I want this one or this one?

But like,

Every single thing we do in life, everything, whether it is for our career, our family, our health, it's an investment and it's hard.

And no one is going to say that becoming more resilient is easy, but the investment, the payoff that will come by building this toolbox of skills is so important because the next time something happens, you will reach back in and say, I can do this.

That's right.

That's right.

Just those small, little, tiny changes.

And speaking to what you said about a diagnosis, that's a whole nother topic.

But for patients who've been diagnosed with something, joining a group of other survivors can be really a powerful way to build connection.

I volunteer for the American Heart Association and Go Red for Women.

And

you know, seeing a community of other female cardiac patients and connecting with them and learning that you're not alone and sharing your struggles, those kinds of, you know, community advocacy groups for whatever your concern or health issue is can be really helpful as well.

I had a patient in my office, again, I told you, a wife and a husband.