How To Be Resilient & Set Boundaries

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Kate Garlinge

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4.7 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

This holiday season is different. For many of you, it is family traditions that make this time of year significant and memorable. But in 2020, reuniting with extended family is not possible for everyone. It feels sad and lonely. Jessica Rolph is joined today by Dr. Zelana Montminy to help propel us into the holidays with a little more cheer.

Dr. Zelana is a renowned behavioral scientist and positive psychologist, delivering a fresh perspective rooted in science. She is the author of 21 Days to Resilience: How to Transcend the Daily Grind, Deal with the Tough Stuff, and Discover Your Strongest Self.

Key Takeaways:

[1:17] Dr. Zelana defines resilience.

[3:07] Zelana shares the top things resilient people do to get through hard times.

[4:50] How can we cultivate gratitude in our children?

[5:18] Modeling resilience for our toddlers.

[9:02] Strategies to help our children when they feel frustrated without solving their struggle for them.

[11:14] Helping your child deal with discomfort.

[14:19] How best to deal with judgement from parents and in-laws who might not agree with your parenting style.

[17:50] Zelana talks about the impact of the pandemic on babies and toddlers in the longer term.

[21:11] Consider ways to create meaningful memories this holiday season that cost nothing.

[22:30] Zelana shares one pandemic practice that will serve her in the long term.

[25:39] Jessica offers 3 takeaways from her conversation with Dr. Zelana.

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21 Days to Resilience: How to Transcend the Daily Grind, Deal with the Tough Stuff, and Discover Your Strongest Self, Dr. Zelana Montminy

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0:00.0	Parenthood is a time of so much change for you and your baby.
0:12.8	A little reliable information can go a long way towards making this new life a good life.
0:18.6	I'm Jessica Rolfe, and this is my new life, a love every podcast.
0:28.5	I've spent the last 45 Christmases in Minnesota with my parents. My husband, Decker,
0:35.0	is a good sport. And while the homemade eggnog and spice pecans are
0:39.4	still happening this year, we aren't traveling. Being with my parents and family is what makes
0:44.8	the holidays so special to me, and it just isn't happening. It feels sad and lonely. Joining me
0:52.6	today to help propel us into the holidays with a little more
0:55.9	cheer is Dr. Zilana Momini, a behavioral scientist and positive psychologist. She is the author
1:03.9	of 21 Days to Resilience, How to Transcend the Daily Grind, Deal with the Tough Stuff,
1:10.4	and Discover Your Strongest Self. Okay, so give me like the How to transcend the daily grind, deal with the tough stuff, and discover your strongest self.
1:13.7	Okay. So give me like the, we're the top five things that resilient people do to get them through these hard times.
1:20.5	I think before even going through tips, I think it's really important that people understand what resilience really is.
1:25.9	Because I think there's a misconception in our culture that resilience is, you know, about the hustle and it's about
1:32.2	kind of people who are able to push through and persevere. And, you know, I think it's important
1:37.9	to understand that what resilient people do really, really well is they're able to take their
1:42.4	challenges and their pain and actually use them, use the
1:47.1	challenge to their advantage and to grow and to strengthen from something learned, something
1:53.8	gained in a very sort of, sometimes it's unintentional, but most of the time it's purposeful.
2:01.6	So that's what resilience is.
2:04.6	It's our, really, it's our ability to grow from our challenges.
2:08.6	And so when you think about it that way, it's not just about our ability to hustle and persevere and to keep going.
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