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EPISODE · Aug 26, 2025 · 26 MIN

I Don't Want To be Known as Resilient - Are we using the term Resilience wrong?

from If You Know You Grow · host Chantel Brayley

When was the last time someone called you resilient? On the surface, it sounds like a compliment—proof of your strength and ability to withstand whatever life throws your way. But in today’s episode, I’m asking the uncomfortable question: Are we getting resilience wrong?Through a deeply personal story from my own life, I share why I’ve started to resist being labelled as “resilient.” While the word is often meant to empower, it can sometimes feel like a backhanded compliment, a subtle way of saying, “You’ve suffered, you’ve endured”

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