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3 secrets of resilient people | Lucy Hone

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🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Everyone experiences loss, but how do you cope with the tough moments that follow? Resilience researcher Lucy Hone shares three hard-won strategies for developing the capacity to brave adversity, overcome struggle and face whatever may come head-on with fortitude and grace.



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hi i'm elise hugh You're listening to TED Talks Daily. Today's talk is especially relevant because it's about what we do in the face of crisis. We're all living through this global pandemic this year. It feels like too much adversity to cope with sometimes. And as resilience expert and

0:56.7

trauma survivor, Lucy Hohn reminds us, being alive means having to live through tough times.

1:03.4

In her talk from TEDx Christchurch 2019, she marries her research with her experience to give us a few strategies to grieve and live at the

1:13.9

same time. I feel like it's a talk we all need right now.

1:20.2

So I'd like to start, if I may, by asking you some questions. If you've ever lost someone you truly love, ever had your heart broken,

1:30.9

ever struggled through an acrimonious divorce or being the victim of infidelity, please stand up.

1:39.3

If you've ever lived through a natural disaster, been bullied or been made redundant, stand on up.

1:45.3

If you've ever had a miscarriage, if you've ever had an abortion, or struggle through

1:51.9

infertility, please stand up. Finally, if you or anyone you love has had to cope with

1:59.9

mental illness, dementia,

2:02.3

some form of physical impairment, or cope with suicide, please stand up.

2:08.6

Look around you.

2:10.6

Adversity doesn't discriminate.

2:15.7

If you are alive, you are going to have to, or you've already had to, deal with

2:22.2

some tough times. Thank you, everyone. Take a seat. I started studying resilience research a decade ago

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