Discovering True Resilience

By Sue Prentice

Before the internet and before mobiles were available, this girl lived on a farm, her country was at war. One day aged seven, she found herself alone at home at her sandbag clad farmhouse, surrounded by a six-foot security fence offering a false sense of security. As it began to get dark, she nervously ran to lock the farmgate, her rifle in her hand, soon after she slid into a dark place where she felt safe to hide, outside, it seemed a wise choice then. Life and death for her growing up were commonplace, self-protection and self-defence mode were second nature.

Always looking for opportunities, this girl knows to find the lessons in life’s experiences. She lives expecting adversity in its many forms, emotional, spiritual, physical, or financial, rising up against all odds, not looking over her shoulder. She has immigrated three times, married, has a family of her own and is a proud mum of two very resilient children.

Finding solace in the beauty of nature, practising gratitude for the life we have been given, she knows to slow the pace when it all goes too crazy. Appreciating that life is a process of learning, and that failure is as important as success to grow, she maintains perspective drawing back on what she’s lived, evaluating every situation, appreciating the small things in life and kindness in good people.

This person is me.

It’s a common observation that in life some people are just weirdly lucky, successful, have an abundance of friends while others just can’t get out of their life’s emotional overwhelm. So, what separates these two types of people from each other?

The Oxford definition of resilience leaves me a little unsatisfied now, with my own observation of truly resilient people. It is ‘The ability of people or things to recover quickly after something unpleasant, such as shock, injury, etc.’

The art of being truly resilient over time is what matters.

Sue Prentice

I help empower brands to reach their potential by defining and executing successful online strategies offering creative solutions to drive their growth.

Over the last 25 years I have helped ignite brands with purpose and a great story, to communicate their message and stand out above their competition both on and offline.

I’m grateful for people, for family, for outdoors, for my dog and for the knowledge gained to be able to create solutions that take on the toughest challenges that drive profit and freedom.

Read the complete article in the new issue of Mumpreneur Movement Magazine, Building Resilience: A Must For Successful Women.