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EPISODE · May 30, 2026 · 37 MIN

The Resilience You Build Before You Need It

from The Dr. Johnna Show · host Dr. Johnna

Resilience isn't something you find in a crisis. It's something you've already built by the time the crisis arrives.Mickie Murphy spent 40 years in retirement planning and rose to president of her firm. Then a head-on collision cost her part of her leg and six months in the hospital. She left finance to speak on resilience, and in this conversation she shares what actually carried her through: not toughness, but the small practices she'd been living all along.We talk about building community before you need it, why hope is a practice instead of a wish, the muscle memory of change, and the daily mindset choice that holds it all together. Mickie also shares why she changed careers at 64, and her advice for any woman who feels a pull toward something greater but doesn't have proof yet. The answer: action builds confidence, and clarity lives on the other side of the step you haven't taken.A conversation about resilience, reinvention, and building a life rooted in who you already are.Chapters- 01:20 Forty years in finance, then a head-on collision- 03:07 The pull toward speaking, years before she knew what to say- 06:11 Kindness in the hospital and an unexpected community- 09:44 The research on community and longevity (Blue Zones)- 15:46 Active hope and the hope chest- 21:50 The muscle memory of change- 26:41 Mindset as a daily choice- 31:22 For the woman who feels the pull but has no proof yet- 34:12 Find your people- 36:42 ClosingConnect with Mickie Murphy- Website: mickiemurphyspeaks.com- Instagram: instagram.com/mickie.murphy- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickiemurphy/ Connect with Dr. Johnna- Website: doctorjohnna.com- Instagram: instagram.com/dr.johnnabrynn- Facebook: facebook.com/drjohnnabrynn- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnnabrynn- Identity Brand Studio (free community): brandstudio.drjohnna.co- Video episodes: youtube.com/@dr.johnna- All audio platforms: pod.drjohnna.coKeywordsresilience, how to build resilience, resilience after trauma, active hope, embracing change, mindset shift, career change at any age, women in business, identity first, finding community, keynote speaker resilience, personal growth for women

Resilience isn't something you find in a crisis. It's something you've already built by the time the crisis arrives.Mickie Murphy spent 40 years in retirement planning and rose to president of her firm. Then a head-on collision cost her part of her leg and six months in the hospital. She left finance to speak on resilience, and in this conversation she shares what actually carried her through: not toughness, but the small practices she'd been living all along.We talk about building community before you need it, why hope is a practice instead of a wish, the muscle memory of change, and the daily mindset choice that holds it all together. Mickie also shares why she changed careers at 64, and her advice for any woman who feels a pull toward something greater but doesn't have proof yet. The answer: action builds confidence, and clarity lives on the other side of the step you haven't taken.A conversation about resilience, reinvention, and building a life rooted in who you already are.Chapters- 01:20 Forty years in finance, then a head-on collision- 03:07 The pull toward speaking, years before she knew what to say- 06:11 Kindness in the hospital and an unexpected community- 09:44 The research on community and longevity (Blue Zones)- 15:46 Active hope and the hope chest- 21:50 The muscle memory of change- 26:41 Mindset as a daily choice- 31:22 For the woman who feels the pull but has no proof yet- 34:12 Find your people- 36:42 ClosingConnect with Mickie Murphy- Website: mickiemurphyspeaks.com- Instagram: instagram.com/mickie.murphy- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickiemurphy/ Connect with Dr. Johnna- Website: doctorjohnna.com- Instagram: instagram.com/dr.johnnabrynn- Facebook: facebook.com/drjohnnabrynn- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnnabrynn- Identity Brand Studio (free community): brandstudio.drjohnna.co- Video episodes: youtube.com/@dr.johnna- All audio platforms: pod.drjohnna.coKeywordsresilience, how to build resilience, resilience after trauma, active hope, embracing change, mindset shift, career change at any age, women in business, identity first, finding community, keynote speaker resilience, personal growth for women

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