Soraya Chemaly) heard her entire life that being resilient is a positive trait. But lately, she’s been questioning the toll resiliency actually takes on us.
*Soraya Chemaly is the author of The Resilience Myth: New thinking on grit, strength, and growth after trauma). You can hear more about her thoughts on resilience in her episode of Terrible, Thanks For Asking). *
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