65. How to build resilience in stressful times

Resilience is usually understood as the process and the outcome
of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life
experiences (American Psychological Association (APA)).


In the information era, being exposed to all types of stressors
is the norm and not the exception. We may struggle to learn how
to deal with a world that moves fast, pressures us in many
different directions, and a world in which hundreds of things are
outside of our control.


In this podcast episode, I discuss with Dennis Relojo-Howell the
ways in which he became resilient and the different ways to
nourish resilient practices.


Dennis is a social entrepreneur, speaker, and resilience
researcher, originally born in the Philippines. In 2014, he
founded Psychreg, an award-winning media project dedicated to
keeping everyone informed about psychology, mental health, and
wellness.


In this conversation, Dennis shared:


- How he overcame growing up in a stressful environment


- How he learned to pursue what matters in the midst of social
stressors


- How he uses creative writing as a resilient practice


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