Dr. Lise Deguire knows a thing or two about resilience, she created a roadmap that would empower her to help others develop their resiliency muscles. Dr. Lise is a clinical psychologist, burn survivor, and author of her memoir, “Flashback Girl: Lessons on Resilience from a Burn Survivor”. She believes that in sharing her own incredibly traumatic life story as a vehicle to talk about recovery from trauma, resilience and living a beautiful life that she can help others see that if she was able to overcome then they too could overcome. In this episode, Dr. Lise shares her resiliency roadmap that consists of 6 areas using the acronym GOALS + MnM. She breaks down each step of her roadmap in this episode using practical examples to help listeners really understand how resiliency can be built. While she acknowledges that everyone comes to the table with different levels of resiliency and different levels of trauma, her resiliency roadmap is designed to empower everyone who uses it to heal, shift, and overcome whatever has previously been a roadblock for them. Dr. Lise knows that we all have the capacity to develop resiliency, to establish strong human connections and to live a life that is full of beauty. So grab a cuppa something wonderful and a good friend then join us to learn about resiliency. http://www.feminineroadmap.com/episode198/

SHOW NOTES:

4:25 Gaining perspective on your life

“I think that can be a path that especially women can take- the path of being under stress but finding a connection that can ground people again.”

12:26 The 6 steps for building your resiliency roadmap

“Thinking grateful thoughts immediately changes our brain and how it’s working, it almost immediately changes our mood.”

17:30 Hope and optimism – keys to look ahead and see something good can happen

“There are, in almost any problem, at least some small things that you can do to help yourself. And if you can focus on those you will improve your circumstances at least to some degree… Active coping is definitely a characteristic of people who are resilient.”

25:18 The role of loving relationships in building resilience

“Resilient people do tend to feel they have loving relationships… you don’t necessarily need to have love from everybody- you just need somebody to love you.”

34:29 The impact of social skills on resilience

41:24 How she made meaning out of her suffering

48:04 Dr. Lise’s key anchor points

RESOURCES:

Lisedeguire.com

“Flashback Girl: Lessons on Resilience From a Burn Survivor”  Dr. Lise Deguire

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