Reaching the End of Resilience - June Conversation
Is RESILIENCE an skill to be developed or good PR?
It is not a surprise for many to hear that I hate the word resilience. For many within the military family community, it is a dirty word.
Those who have successfully gotten through a hard situation are often praised for their resilience, hearing phrases like:
“I could never do what you do. I don’t know how you do it!”
We all have heard it because military families are certainly resilient. We move every two to three years, improving how we pack out a little bit with each move. We have to manage our children’s emotions as they say goodbye to friends. We experience hard things and we learn from those hard things, coming out stronger in the end.
But for those in the thick of emotional, logistical and physical hardship, the word resilience can feels like a carrot on a stick that they can never reach.
Register — Reaching the End of Resilience?
In this Conversation, we will examine the word resilience, and discuss how we hear it used, both good and bad so we can truly understand how to take away the positive aspects of resiliency and leave the PR behind.
How would you want leaders to use this word? Is it a genuine compliment or a weaponized word?
Share your stories of how you found resilience and/or if you’ve reached the end of your resilience to help our community rebrand this misused word.
Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Session 1: 12 Noon EST
Session 2: 8 pm EST
Let’s talk about the things we don’t talk about.
Host: Jennifer Barnhill
Guest: Corie Weathers - Author & Licensed Professional Counselor
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All about Corie
Corie Weathers, licensed professional counselor (LPC), is a sought-after speaker, consultant, and award-winning author. Corie has focused her career for the last 20 years as a clinician specializing in marriage, the military culture, special forces, and leadership development. She has traveled internationally to visit troops and report on deployment conditions and has taught service families across the globe. In addition to providing subject matter expertise on military culture, Corie consults organizations and institutions on building trust, creating impactful programming, and working within a multi-generational team. Her advocacy has included being a part of Second Lady Karen Pence’s Military Spouse’s Employment Working Group and contributing to the passing of a Congressional Bill for licensure portability.