Bad things happen to everyone. Conventional wisdom tells us the people who are able to overcome challenges and maintain optimism in the face of adversity are mentally tough and have a special superpower; resilience.
Those ideas are sexist and wrong writer, journalist and activist Soraya Chemaly.
She argues that resilience is a team sport, and not something you develop with self sufficiency, but rather something that requires community, solidarity and knowing our limits.
Her new book offers a new definition of resilience and what we can do to cultivate it. The book is called The Resilience Myth :New Thinking On Grit After Trauma.
The Resilience Myth book cover Photo: supplied
