#532 The Resilient Mind: Why Adaptability is True Security
Happiness Podcast
Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D.
4.4 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
The Resilient Mind: Why Adaptability is True Security
We spend so much energy trying to build external safety nets with money, status, or control, hoping to shield ourselves from life's unpredictability. This podcast explores why true resilience lies not in those shifting circumstances, but in trusting and developing our innate power to adapt to whatever comes next.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. We really like security. We like to know that |
| 0:14.3 | things are going to be safe. With all the uncertainty in the world, we want to know that our |
| 0:19.4 | lives are going to turn out well, |
| 0:21.3 | and that things are going to go well, and we're going to live happily ever after. So how do we |
| 0:26.3 | do this? Well, some of us study really hard when we're in school, and we get excellent grades, |
| 0:32.7 | and then we get into a great university, and then we choose a degree that we're sure will keep us safe and make sure that we can |
| 0:39.8 | provide for ourselves and for our family. |
| 0:42.7 | And then you know what happens? |
| 0:44.1 | We get that job that we're sure will keep us safe. |
| 0:47.9 | It may not be our dream job, but it's a secure job that we can count on. |
| 0:53.0 | And then life comes along and says, no, we don't need you |
| 0:57.4 | anymore. And the foundation that we built around ourselves to keep ourselves safe failed. Do you know |
| 1:05.3 | this story? Have you heard this story recently? Is this perhaps your story? Maybe you can't relate to that story, |
| 1:14.7 | but what about this one? A wonderful spouse, children, and then grandchildren, they'll keep us safe, |
| 1:22.4 | and for a while they do. But then life comes along and says, no, this isn't your life plan. Yours is going to be |
| 1:31.5 | very different. Your first spouse, who you have children with, isn't with you anymore. One of your |
| 1:38.0 | children did not do well in life and is struggling, and you feel that struggle. Another of your children won't talk to you, |
| 1:47.8 | doesn't visit you. You rarely see them. So that castle that you were hoping would keep you safe |
| 1:54.5 | called your family isn't working anymore. Do you know someone who's experienced this? Is this your story right now? |
| 2:03.4 | In truth, there is a universal drive for security. We naturally crave safety, stability, |
| 2:13.1 | control. It's a fundamental human need. But no matter what you come up with, there will always be a potential |
| 2:20.9 | threat. When we look externally for security, the problem with it is things change. All things |
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