In this section I post ideas, articles, books, movies or music that I have found and relate in some aspect to resilience. There is a loose categorisation process, but rather than create an infinite number of categories there will be overlap. If you have suggestions of resources for this section please email me, including enough information for me to locate original sources.

Community

50 Dead - Resilience Reflection #3 - Social Cohesion

We know that relationships are both protective and growth-promoting.

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Community

50 Dead - Resilience Reflection #2 - Leadership

  Leadership and resilience are interconnected. This isn’t a new finding, of course. But rarely do we experience examples of how leadership supports, mediates and builds leadership.

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Meaning and Purpose

50 Dead - Resilience Reflection #1 - Anger

I am a professional humanitarian worker. I am expert in resilience and coping. I have years of experience in extremely complex and distressing humanitarian contexts.

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Meaning and Purpose

Check out the new kid on the block - Thrive Worldwide

Someone wise once said that the cycle of life means things have to die to be reborn.

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Research

The Hunt for the Resilience Gene

Can we find a gene for resilience? What about a gene for Psychological Trauma? Wouldn’t that be great?

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Two+ Minutes Resilience

"Two+ Minutes of Resilience", with John Ehrenreich

In this episode of "Two+ Minutes on Resilience" we draw together some of the key insights that Professor John Ehrenreich discusses in the longer video interview.

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Two+ Minutes Resilience

"Two+ Minutes of Resilience", with Joan Johnson

We have started a new series which we hope you will appreciate.

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Meaning and Purpose

Cultures of Resilience

I sometimes wonder if what we loosely refer to as ‘the arts’ have more to tell us about resilience than ‘the sciences’.

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Meaning and Purpose

Don’t make ‘balance’ your goal - rather choose life

I’ve been involved with the whole Stress and Trauma management field for nearly 30 years now, from the safe streets of New Zealand to the disturbing fields of Cambodia and…

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Research

What can ecosystem studies teach us about resilience?

The term ‘resilience’ is applied so widely across a multitudes of disciplines that it faces its own extinction.

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