Resilience & You

How does resilience manifest when we embrace radical acceptance of the challenging or uncertain circumstances we find ourselves in? Find out in episode 4 when Dr. Julie Chesley, President, Chesley Group and Associate of SyncUp Leadership Group joins Beth in the resilience conversation! In this episode Julie will share her resilience transformation in radically accepting the beauty within each moment from lived experience in the Military, Academia & as a Parent navigating the mental health system!

Even on the best of days, challenges exist, and they can come in all shapes and sizes. As challenges magnified this past year with COVID-19 they didn’t stop Teara Fraser, founder of Iskwew Air, the first airline founded by an Indigenous woman in Canada. A trailblazing, Indigenous Entrepreneur who does not shy away from barriers that are put in front of her! In this week’s episode Teara joins the resilience conversation with Beth to share how she uses challenges to cultivate resilience as she works on the world’s to-do list!

The gender pay gap. Lack of representation in leadership. The Covid-19 Shecession. This week, Joanna Jagger, President and Founder of the Women of Recreation, Tourism & Hospitality (WORTH) Association, joins Beth in the resilience conversation. Joanna will share how she leverages the resilience she’s needed throughout her career as a woman in this industry to advocate for all the women who make up 54% of this industry that will see men 15x more likely to be promoted to an executive leadership role. By connecting and bringing forward the voices of women within this sector, something that had never been done before, WORTH Association has created a community that educates, elevates and empowers members to be in the driver seat of their leadership acceleration. With recreation, tourism & hospitality being the hardest hit by the pandemic, Joanna and the 2000 strong & growing WORTH community across Canada, are focused on getting women back to work and keeping them working. Drawing on their resilience, they are advocating and collaborating as a collective to reshape this industry with a path forward that is in service to all within it. In episode 13 of Resilience & You listen in to learn how you might connect to build resilience within your own community and collaborate for change!

To disclose is to make secret or new information known. Many of us do not disclose our true, whole self to the world, for fear of judgement, not being accepted and not having our voice heard. This week's special guest is Shawn Y. Holmes, DMD, PhD, the Founder & Co-Owner of The YOU in you Consulting. Shawn joins Beth in the resilience conversation to share the resilience she has found on her disclosure journey this past year. From avoidance tactics for decades to joining the National Stuttering Association (NSA) as part of her disclosure journey. The NSA is changing the narrative about stuttering to be a different way of speaking and Shawn is adding her voice to bring awareness and advocacy for #WeStutter and she is a true example of the resilience within embracing our true, whole selves. She is on a journey transitioning from a lifetime of endless energy exerted to hide her different way of speaking to disclose it and be in the moment with it. Shawn will share about the uniqueness of this speech disorder and the realities of a society who do not understand what stuttering is and in turn uphold the fun being made of this unique disability. In episode 12 of Resilience & You listen in to learn how powerfully resilient it is to adjust the energy you may be using to hide who you are and infuse that energy into YOU to embrace and love the uniqueness you bring into this world!

Life can feel tumultuous when we are experiencing a lot of change. It can make us feel uncertain and disconnected from our abilities to navigate forward in a good way. In this episode Cary-Lee Calder, a Gusgimukw woman from Quatsino Nation, joins Beth in the resilience conversation to share how her daily practice to ground herself contributes to strengthening her resilience. A mother, a grandmother, a friend. This protector of others, is on a journey to embrace who she is and her worthiness as a woman. Cary-Lee will share how her grounding practice to acknowledge with all her being what is happening, saying it out loud, letting it all go and giving space to reflect on all of it has supported her wellness. Cary-Lee's niece, Angeline Pete, went missing in 2011. Having a missing person in her life is an unfathomable challenge. Cary-Lee shares how grounding herself as an act of self care is in service to her commitment to bring light to Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls (MMIWG), creating opportunity for healing to happen for families impacted by MMIWG. Cary-Lee walks with her Ancestors with her energy aligned to her purpose of contributing to the resiliency of young Indigenous women & men. She offers an invitation for each of us to contribute to the acknowledgement of MMIWG, by familiarizing ourselves with the calls to action, to understand the history & educate ourselves. Begin your learning by watching this powerfully beautiful video Cary-Lee dedicates to all Kwakwak’wakw families impacted by MMIWG. https://vimeo.com/551654903 (Copy the link and paste in your browser to view). In episode 11 of Resilience & You listen in to learn what steps you may take to build daily practices that support grounding yourself in service of strengthening your resilience.

Many of us have experienced a challenge that has left us feeling alone in understanding how to solve it. The fear of disappointing others if we share what’s happening amplifies feelings of isolation and blocks our ability to see a solution that can help us move forward. This week, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Practitioner, Sweta Rajan joins Beth to share how her resilience learnings brought light to the fact that we are never alone in our challenges. Her resilience journey has taught Sweta that asking for help and a willingness to receive can create miracles. By opening herself up to receive from others and graciously accepting the wisdom and support offered, Sweta will share how she’s been able to navigate challenges she has faced with traditional cultural expectations, with immigration, and with systemic racism. In episode 10 of Resilience & You listen in to learn how the power of asking for help and letting others help you can strengthen your resilience in navigating challenges you may be faced with.

Learning to live in the moment, to be present. Listening. Trusting. Respecting. Honouring. These are the resilience learnings my special guest, Louise McDonald, brings into the Resilience & You conversation this week. Louise will share with us about the journey she is on, which is not her own journey, but a journey of a daughter accompanying her father on his journey. A journey many of us have been on, may currently be on, or may find ourselves on in the future. From core care teams and extended care teams, Louise will share insights to how they have found an approach that centres her father and allows all involved to come from a place of love, transparency and trust. In episode 9 of Resilience & You listen in to learn how decentering ourselves, and holding spaces for others could be the exact opportunity we need to strengthen our own resilience.

Have you ever felt like you might be allergic to your vulnerability? An Executive Coach who was raised to not show vulnerability, Jenna Forster, founder of JF & Associates, joins Beth in the resilience conversation this week to share how her journey with lyme disease was the path that helped transform her vulnerability allergy into her resilience strength. Jenna will share lived experience on navigating the unexpected impacts on her health, relationships and business from this illness and how it helped her embrace the unknowns of being vulnerable. Jenna highlights her resilience lesson on how she came to understand that when we allow ourselves to be vulnerable, we are not only giving permission for others to engage with us differently, we are giving ourselves permission to ask for help. In episode 8 of Resilience & You listen in to learn how embracing your vulnerability may be the key to strengthening your own resilience.

Learning from resilience that it is more powerful to focus her energy in a world full of possibilities Dr. Catherine Carr joins Beth in the resilience conversation this week to share how this lesson impacted her path forward! Dr. Carr will share how her journey with resilience has come through discovery, nurturing and creating during difficult periods. An Executive & Team Coach who is developing resilient leaders & teams, Dr. Carr brings forward her resilience learnings to support people to be well, live well and meaningfully contribute in our world. In episode 7 of Resilience & You listen in to learn how you can use your resilience as a guide on your path forward.

How does resilience show up when you lead racial equity work in the non-profit, philanthropic and private sector as a Black woman? Listen in this week when Organizational Change Luminary Maegan Scott joins Beth in the resilience conversation. Maegan shares how her resilience journey identified the triggers that were causing her to re-experience racial trauma in the workplace leading her to create an affirming space for Black, Indigenous, and other people of color wishing to dismantle systems of oppression and make way for a reimagined, liberated society. In Episode 6 of Resilience & You we will learn more about Wayfinding Partners, and how Maegan leans in to her resilience to fuel racial justice work!

This Health Leader designed a resilience self-care plan as they navigated the pandemic, being disconnected from family in Atlantic Canada and community members in Nunavut, and while becoming a patient of the system they serve. Listen in, as Charleen Austin shares her resilience learnings with Beth Page and how she became reunited with the values of dignity, community, and humanity within healthcare as an outcome of a microscopic virus that impacted the entire globe!

When the going gets tough how you respond is how your resilience shows up! In this episode, Kathryn McEwen, Global Lead of Working With Resilience, joins Beth to talk about how we can use our learnings from adversity to lead with resilience!

As we celebrate International Women’s Day we see the headlines of how the pandemic continues to have exacerbated impacts on marginalized communities. Hear how resilience shows up for this womanist whose life work is focused on amplifying the voices of marginalized communities, women and children. Sharon Floyd joins Beth to share her resilience observations. Sharon’s leadership, passion, and caring for women and children of marginalized communities serves as an inspiration for us all.