92. Bouncing Back: 4 Strategies for Becoming More Resilient
Spiritually Hungry
Monica Berg and Michael Berg
4.8 • 617 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Things won’t always go our way. We know this. Yet, equanimity may not come naturally as we experience adversity. Resilience isn’t necessarily something we are all born with, though it is certainly something we can learn. Kabbalah teaches that the goal is not to be unbothered by difficulties but to work towards a peaceful acceptance of hardship, even as we strive to create significant change in our lives. Join us as Monica and Michael discuss how we can foster resilience in ourselves so we may push through to the other side of each challenge we encounter and emerge stronger than we started.
“We are aiming to find that perfect balance of equanimity—being able to take the strong winds of life and bend with them, while at the same time, not being too rigid. The goal is to flow with life.” – Michael Berg
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| 0:00.0 | one of the reasons why children are inherently more resilient is because they have not become |
| 0:05.0 | rigid for the most part. And as we look, those of us who are adults, we're looking at our lives |
| 0:09.7 | and asking the question, how can I become more resilient? The question is, how do I become less rigid? |
| 0:27.2 | Welcome to the spiritually hungry podcast, episode 92. |
| 0:29.7 | This week we're going to talk about resilience. |
| 0:33.6 | But first I like to start by dispelling an age-old adage. |
| 0:35.1 | It's one we've all heard. |
| 0:36.5 | Do you know it? |
| 0:39.8 | An age... Somebody wrote a song. |
| 0:46.5 | But resilience? Same title. But resilience? You tell me. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. While some challenges do make us stronger, that's not a universal truth. |
| 0:53.1 | But if it was true, everybody would be strong. |
| 0:56.4 | In some cases, people even become emotionally crippled by their experiences. |
| 1:00.8 | Whether we emerge stronger or weaker depends on our consciousness when we're met with |
| 1:04.9 | challenges. |
| 1:06.0 | And that's why resilience is so important. |
| 1:09.0 | I have another story, Michael. |
| 1:10.2 | Oh, I love your stories. |
| 1:11.4 | This one's a true story. |
| 1:13.0 | Really? |
| 1:13.6 | Is it about you? |
| 1:14.8 | No. |
| 1:15.3 | I really actually found this very interesting. |
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