Living Resilience

I quit a high powered advertising career to find more balance in my life. Oddly enough that was the one thing I lacked when I crashed flying me over the handlebars of the bicycle, at a speed of 67 km per hour. I broke many bones, including my ribs, drowning half my lungs in blood as well as having a severe brain hemorrhage, I was rushed into brain surgery but remained in coma for three and a half days. My recovery earned me the nickname of 'The Miracle Man' by the rehab doctors. The road to recovery was as hard as it was long. I worked hard and rebuilt my life to the point I am better balanced and more fulfilled than I have ever been. In coming out of coma I referred to my injury as a 'gift'. The gift I had been given was one of insight and discovery into the area of Resilience. I learned a lot through my life experiences. And life can be a tough teacher because you often get the test first and the lesson afterwards. I also used my experience as Strategic Planner to research the work done in the field of Resilience to put together relevant insights that can be a potent resource to increase anyone's resilience. It has become an enormous field of academic research. I wanted to breathe life into the work done in the field and marry it to my 'lived experience'. Which is why I started my Speaking & Coaching business is called 'Living Resilience.' I have gathered 7 actions that anyone can use to become more resilient in their life. It is not a scientific recipe for happiness but living insights that can organically change and cope with the varied and different challenges that life throws at us.