Brilliantly Resilient

I didn’t know how to live anymore. ~ Taylor Grieger You chase everything you can in this world because you’re alive in it.  ~ Taylor Grieger Hope and despair. While most of us have experienced great sadness or heartache, fortunately, not everyone experiences despair. But we all know hope, which can lift us from the depths, if we can only find it. This episode of the Brilliantly Resilient podcast marks our 100th show, and we couldn’t think of a better way to offer hope and share Brilliance and

**Some audio in this episode is less than perfect, but the content is AWESOME!!** Growth is found in the valleys; it’s not found on the mountains. But being on the mountain allows us to see the beauty so when we have to go back to the valley, we can handle it. ~ Melanie Bradshaw Have you ever experienced a sucker punch and thought, Why me? Melanie Bradshaw did. In fact, in 2021, our Brilliantly Resilient guest this week was treating Covid patients in the E.R. where she worked, lost her father to

If you really want to be kind, you need to be grounded in action and rooted in justice. ~ Kaitlin Johnstone, Founder of Kind Cotton How often have you heard the word “kindness” lately? There’s no doubt that encouraging kindness makes for a gentler, more humane world. But as this week’s guest reminds us, without action and a sense of justice, kindness can devolve into mere pleasantries–when it can be so much more. As a kindergarten teacher, Kaitlin Johnstone realized that many of her students had

When things are going off the rails, that’s when the enrichment occurs. The cracks show up and the light comes in. ~ Cherie Morris How do you feel when you lose control? If you’re like us, you don’t like it. At all. (Like, we really hate it.) But here at Brilliantly Resilient, we’re recovering control freaks because our sucker punches taught us that often, control is a myth. This week’s guest, Certified Divorce Coach Cherie Morris, reminds us that while a crisis can cause grief and anger, the cracks

When we started, it sucked. But once I started noticing small little things shifting, I did not want to go back. ~ Jacob Kenneally How many New Year’s resolutions have you made over the years? And how many resolutions have you stuck with for more than a month?  If you’re like most of us (and admit it, you are), you decide you’re going to do something every New Year that’s going to change your life for the better. You start with energy and swear this year will be different, only to ditch the whole

How can I say what I want to in unconditional love instead of trying to be in control? ~ Kristin Smedley How do you control things when nothing seems to be in your control? As we move into holiday week (or has it been a year? Feels like it….) the To-Do List only seems to get longer. But what really needs to be done? And what can you actually accomplish without losing your mind? (Hint–controlling your adult kids is not an option!) This is the time to take a look at the controllables and come up with

Attitude can “flip the script” and turn a liability into an asset. ~ Andrea Bitner When is a liability not a liability? When we recognize that labeling something as a liability doesn’t make it so. This week’s guest, Andrea Bitner has witnessed first-hand how an “attitude adjustment” can turn a liability into an asset with the many students she’s instructed in learning English. While society, and the students themselves, can initially view their lack of language skills as a problem, Andrea helps her