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Building Up: Resilience
Episode 23 - Interview with Terry LePage
In this episode we're honored to interview Terry LePage, MDiv, PhD, wrote Eye of the Storm: Facing climate and social chaos with calm and courage. The book is meant to help people find stories, inner resources, and practical tools for living with compassion, courage and even joy in the face of collapse. It comes from her small group work with collapse-aware people in the international Deep Adaptation Forum (deepadaptation.info/events, search for her name.) She has worked as a research chemist, transitional minister, and hospice chaplain. She lives in Southern California and facilitates Nonviolent Communication practice groups, grief circles, and community circles both locally and for the international Deep Adaptation Forum. She would like you to have access to the book - note that PDF and audio versions are free.
Where to find "Eye of the Storm: Facing climate and social chaos with calm and courage":
https://opendoorcommunication.org/eye/get-the-book
Free audio version:
https://soundcloud.com/michael-dowd-grace-limits/sets/eye-of-the-storm-by-terry-lepage-audiobook
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04:56The co-hosts of the successful podcast "Breaking Down: Collapse" now introduce you to their newest series: "Building Up: Resilience".While the former details society's current struggles and the direction the world is headed, this installment explores our potential response to it. What can I, as an average individual, do to help prepare myself and my family for the situations we're increasingly finding ourselves in?Like Breaking Down: Collapse, Building Up: Resilience takes a methodical approach to learning about individual and community resilience. Our step-by-step framework can help anyone, in any situation, build and carry out a plan for themselves on their pathway to resilience.Join us as we teach what we learn along the way!1. Episode 1 - Introduction
27:47Kory and Kellan share their excitement to begin this new podcast and provide a meaningful introduction of what to expect. They highlight what it is and what it is not, in addition to the purpose and structure of the content. If what they describe aligns with what you're looking for, please join them on this journey toward greater resilience!View on YouTubeJoin us on Patreon2. Episode 2 - Why We Need Resilience
01:19:51You're at the beginning of an entire podcast based on how to build resilience, but why is resilience needed in the first place? In this episode, Kory and Kellan give an impactful explanation (including a condensed summary of over 130 episodes from "Breaking Down: Collapse") in only a brief 80 minutes.View on YouTubeJoin us on Patreon3. Episode 3 - Principles
41:23What drives our co-hosts to come at the topic of resilience in this particular way? A deliberate approach to resilience is shaped by a well-defined set of assumptions and principles. Kory and Kellan use this episode to give that critical context in a way that appropriately sets the stage for every episode from here on out.View on YouTubeJoin us on Patreon4. Episode 4 - The Framework
26:36Resilience doesn't happen by accident. Rather, the biggest gains in resilience come from an approach that is deliberate and includes purposeful steps and milestones. Kory and Kellan given an overview of their resilience framework, which is structured enough to provide guidance but open enough to be tailored to each individual who chooses to use it.*Apologies for the low-quality audio. We had the wrong settings on our mics :SView on YouTubeJoin us on Patreon5. Episode 5 - Establish Your Desired Outcome
36:36In this episode we address the first step in the framework: Establish Your Desired Outcome. If you don't know where you want to end up, how will you know what path to take to get there? It may seem like a simple step, but you may be surprised how much you don't know about what you're really hoping to get out of life.View on YouTubeJoin us on Patreon6. Episode 6: Consider the Pillars
39:34While your resiliency desired outcome may be different than that of someone else, everybody has the same general needs, or "pillars", that are necessary to their well-being. Kory and Kellan highlight the pillar categories that will need to be considered when creating a meaningful plan for personal resiliency.Join us on PatreonView on YouTube7. Episode 7 - Consider Your Variables
33:56This is where resilience becomes very personalized! The specifics of your situation help determine WHAT you should prepare for as well as HOW you should prepare for those things. In this episode, Kory and Kellan discuss the ways to navigate variables like your income, time, health, age, family size, location, etc. to make sure your resilience plan makes the most sense for you.Join us on PatreonView on YouTube8. Episode 8 - Threat Modeling
34:31Being truly resilient requires preparing for the future, but how do you know what to prepare for? Just as your variables are unique to you, so are the potential threats that could come your way. Kory and Kellan discussing "threat modeling", and the essential part it plays in building up resilience.