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EPISODE · Oct 31, 2025 · 37 MIN

S4E13 Reclaiming Resilience with Blair Kaplan Venables

from Sol Rising · host Amanda McKoy Flanagan

How strong is your resilience muscle? Have you considered that strengthening your resilience now might make future losses slightly less painful?  And how does reframing the meaning of resilience from strong to soft change how you move through grief? Join Amanda and special guest Blair Kaplan Venables, grief and resilience expert and coach, motivational speaker and the Founder of The Global Resilience Project, for a good look at what resilience is, how to cultivate it, and its place in your grieving process.  The ladies also talk about:  🔥Blair's story of compounded loss and her incredible resilience that drives her passion as the founder of The Global Resilience Project and the Resilient AF book series. 🔥How building your resilience muscle results in a calmer nervous system while in the throes of trauma and loss.   🔥Blair's miscarriage and the hopeful meaning she assigns to it that supports her mission.  🔥Blair's original neuroscientific-proven "Navigating Grief Framework: G-R-I-E-F" for grievers and those who support grievers in a professional setting.   🔥Reclaiming the word resilient as a positive attribute where we bounce forward instead of one which people often associate with pity and struggle.   🔥Blair's experience with Spirit and dream visitations from her mother. Blair's expertise has been featured on media platforms like Psychology Today, Forbes, TEDx, CBC Radio, Entrepreneur, and Thrive Global. She is named the Top Grief and Resilience Expert of the Year 2024 by IAOTP. USA Today listed Blair as one of the top 10 conscious female leaders to watch, and she empowers others to be resilient from stages around the world. 'MyStory,' which is a television show available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+ and Google Play, showcases Blair's life story. She is the cohost of the RESILIENT A.F. with Blair and Alana podcast and specializes in helping people strengthen their resilience muscle using scientifically proven methods and guides grieving high performers with her Navigating Grief Framework. The Global Resilience Project's award-winning books are international bestsellers. In her free time, you can find Blair writing, in nature, traveling the world and helping people to strengthen their resilience muscles.   Follow Blair on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.   Follow The Global Resilience Project on Linked In, Facebook and Instagram.   Visit Blair's website and The Global Resilience Project website.   Feel free to connect with Blair via email at [email protected] *Email your thoughts about this show or if you have an idea for another show to [email protected]. *Please follow, share, and leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. Sol Rising is now also on YouTube. Check it out! Follow Sol Rising on Instagram Follow Amanda on Instagram Get Amanda's book, Trust Yourself to Be All In on Amazon or amandamckoyflanagan.com. Sign up for Amanda's monthly newsletter to receive your free guide, 5 Pillars for an Empowered Life After Loss on her website.

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