
Stories of Resilience: Lani Hankins
“Follow your gut. It often recognizes the red flags that your heart chooses to make excuses for.” I escaped an abusive relationship. When it happened,

Stories of Resilience: Kelly Hill
“Facing the death of my daughter, I had to be very kind to myself and extremely gentle. The need to people-please is no longer an

Stories of Resilience: Karen Diaz
“You have the power to choose your mindset. Let yourself choose you. It’s ok to want better.“ Being born with a disability is tough. I

Stories of Resilience: Kaelin Vu
“Have trust in yourself and your future. There is hope! You are limitless.” The day that I wanted to kill myself was a challenging day.

Stories of Resilience: Justine Kendall
“I have learned through this journey that community and knowledge are key to working through fear of the unknown.” Both my children were born with

Stories of Resilience: Julie Barr Smith
“Life doesn’t end when you become an amputee; it just becomes your new normal. I’m back doing everything I did before, like running 5k races

Stories of Resilience: Juanita Cummings
“My advice is this: believe in yourself, be selfish and take time for yourself, ground yourself daily, eat well and be forgiving. Cancer is not

Stories of Resilience: Jeff Ber
“If you want to believe in miracles or luck or whatever you want to call it, just look at me. Even when the odds are

Stories of Resilience: Jas Rawlinson
“It sounds cliche, but remember that this too shall pass. Healing is not an overnight journey but you can go on to rediscover purpose and

Stories of Resilience: Jaqi G
“You may not always get what you want in life but you have to remember to be patient, be grateful, and allow God to work

Stories of Resilience: Janelle Brunton-Rennie
“It’s hard to believe it now, but one day you’ll wake up and the day won’t feel quite as heavy, and those days will slowly

Stories of Resilience: Jana Kapp
“I learned the process of resilience because I stuck to the goal of recovery versus trying to fall into the trap of ignoring it and