Mon 11 Aug 2025. Risk & Responsibility: Building Resilience for Tough Times

Andrew Urquhart asks today's guests about managing stressors in their respective fields of finance, mental health and parenting - how to build resilience by planning for the worst while hoping for the best.   Christian Savings CEO Dan Mazengarb looks at the increasing cost of insurance, and how we balance risk with sensible stewardship. Does it show a lack of faith to be well insured, or has this become a regulatory requirement of modern life?   How do we maintain resilience and a positive outlook when everyone in our community is struggling? Julia Grace brings some practical wisdom from self-care to collective-care, in situations from natural disaster to financial hardship. Are smart phones and social media the real culprits behind today's anxiety-ridden youth?  John Cowan suggests that parental anxiety could be a factor - that by striving to keep children safe, parents are depriving them of risk that helps to develop resilience.   Text your thoughts to 8168, starting with the keyword 'Comments'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.