Resilience
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity and thrive despite challenges. Our contributors provide strategies and techniques to build and strengthen your resilience. Learn how to cultivate a growth mindset, develop coping mechanisms, and maintain a positive outlook during tough times. Through expert advice, discover how resilience can transform setbacks into opportunities for growth and personal development.
The Art of Starting Over and Why Letting Go Is the Real Mastery
We often talk about beginnings as bold and brave, spotlighting the leap as the moment of transformation. But if we’re honest, the real mastery is in the ending. The hardest part of reinvention is not...
Resilience vs. Survival – How Do They Differ?
Resilience and survival are terms that are often used interchangeably and although they are similar and overlap, they are distinct in terms of what motivates our decision-making and ultimate response...
What If Resilience Isn't About Bouncing Back But Learning to Soften?
We live in a world that glorifies the hustle, praises perfectionism, and quietly celebrates burnout as a badge of honor. But beneath this culture of constant doing, many of us are running on fumes...
Shining a Light on Goodness – The Mission Behind Little Give and FORCE Magazine
In a world where newsfeeds are often flooded with negativity, I have made it my mission to focus on something different: the good. The Little Give TV Show was born out of a deep desire to shine a spotlight...
Talent Gets You Noticed and Consistency Makes You Legendary
In the worlds of music, business, and sports, talent is often the spark that ignites a career. But talent alone is never enough. What truly separates the average from the great, the one-hit wonders from...
9 Signs You Need a Retreat
It’s kind of ironic that the people who most need a retreat are often the first ones to dismiss the invitation to attend one. Why? A retreat is like an intervention with ourselves. It requires a deep...
42 Healing Questions to Dissolve Conflict From Within
Let’s get this straight: most conflict isn’t about the other person. Not really. It’s about the inner storm no one sees, the judgment we hold, the story we spin, the wound that gets touched before a...
Resilience for the Resistance
Resilience takes many forms. From a business perspective, we must have cybersecurity and risk management to be resilient. From our survival perspective, we must have food, fire/heat, water, and shelter.
The Joy of Getting It Wrong – Why Mistakes Matter in SEND Youth Arts and Education
In SEND youth arts, there's an unspoken rule that mistakes aren't something to fear—they're something to embrace. Most schools teach us to get things right the first time and avoid making errors.
Neuroloops of Nowhere Part 2 – Hack Your Way Out of Stuck
In Part 1, we explored why you’re not lazy, broken, or doomed; you’re simply human, and your brain is wired for survival, not bold moves. Now, let’s talk about how to actually get unstuck. Because while...
Stillness is the Strategy and the Leadership Power of Doing Less
In a world that worships hustle, it’s radical to pause. We are surrounded by metrics, movement, and momentum, but what happens when a leader chooses stillness? When they stop performing and start listening?
The Hidden Strengths of Highly Sensitive Athletes
As a mental performance coach, I’ve come to appreciate the unique wiring of those who fall under the category of Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs)-or High Sensory Intelligence. These are the athletes...
How Resilience Shapes Our Journey Through Life's Toughest Moments
Life, for all its beauty and wonder, has a way of throwing curveballs. My journey has been a series of exhilarating highs and devastating lows: resounding successes, crushing defeats.
What We’ve Gotten Wrong About Resilience
As part of my wellness practice, I explore the topic of resilience cultivation on my podcast, The Stumbling Spirit. I’ve also delivered talks on this complex topic. What I’ve learned over the past three years of hosting...
Neuroloops of Nowhere – Understanding the Neuroscience of Stuckness
You stare at the job listing, the business plan, the half-written breakup text, or that unopened Canva template for your "personal brand." You want to move. You mean to move. But instead, you scroll.
High Achiever Burnout and The Hidden Cost of Perfectionism at Work
In today's achievement-driven culture, perfectionism is often worn like a badge of honour, a sign of ambition, responsibility, and grit. But behind the polished CVs, pristine presentations, and packed schedules...
How Life’s Struggles Forge Unbreakable Strength
Life has a way of testing our mettle. I mean we all face heated moments, the kind that make you melt or form you into something completely unrecognizable. The kind of fire that can burn a house down in minutes and demolish everything...
Resilient by Design – Emotional Architecture & the Neuroscience of Mental Strength
In today’s world of uncertainty, chronic stress, and rapid change, resilience is no longer a luxury or a personality trait. It is a critical life skill. But more than that, it is a structure...
Burn Out, or Burn Bright?
The brain is the most expensive organ in the body, not in terms of pounds or pence, but in terms of calories. It burns through more energy than anything else we carry around. At 5ft 6 (and a half), I was always acutely...