Depending on your situation you may be experiencing the stresses of isolation, worry about your health, or that of family and friends. You may be facing economic hardships. If you are lucky you might only be struggling with working from home and keeping your household running despite the constraints. All of these situations can cause us to demonstrate and, in the longer term, develop resilience.
It is critical to manage your expectations at this time. You must reconsider your expectations of yourself and others. If you are feeling highly anxious and are somewhat numb from the changes you are facing, this is not the time when we get to pull resilience out of thin air and start to use it. On the day of the marathon, for instance, you can use the endurance you developed during all those months or years of training. You don’t develop your strength during the struggle of the run but you get to use what you laid down in training. We only have access to the resilience we have already developed, through our past efforts and experiences. So expect, at least in the short term, to just “get through it”. You need to hang on tight and do what seems to make sense in the moment. Be kind to yourself. ~ Kelly Ann McKnight
In this episode, Kelly Ann McKnight talks about The Resilience Way of living.
Kelly Ann McKnight was left a widow at forty-five with four children to raise. Her journey is one of courage love, hope and learning. In her recently published book, The Resilience WayTM she shares her story, and the story of her late husband as they navigated through cancer diagnosis, treatment, end of life, and moving forward. In the book, Kelly Ann also shares the experience of the people she met along her journey.
Her research into resilience has become a model that helps others to learn about the skills they need to develop, to be truly resilient. These are people just like you and me… overcoming adversity and finding their way though life.
Kelly Ann has also run a successful consulting business for over twenty years. Her work has involved training and coaching in the leadership development field. She now includes workshops on resilience as part of her practice.
