Resilience and Overcoming Adversity

Ruth was school captain of her primary school, in the top ten students all through high school and the first person in her family to go to university. But what no one knew was that all through school she had a secret home life, living with a violent father and an alcoholic mother. In year twelve when her mum moved 700 km away, she completed her final year of high school without any parents, cooking and cleaning and paying bills for herself, so no one found out. This is a talk about how to make it through tough times and have our own backs.

Topics covered:
-focusing on the things in your control
-understanding you have the power to change what events mean
-staying hopeful when things feel hopeless
-changing your internal voice from inner critic to inner coach
-breaking big goals down into small achievable actions
-the power of plan B thinking