What we get wrong about resilience
Small business owners are resilient by nature.
Adaptability is our middle name.
We adapt a lot.
Think about the past two and a half years:
You have to close, now you can open, you can open, but we don't have extra funding to help you do it safely.
We have money for you but we don't have people to help you figure out how to access it. Now that money is gone and you have to figure out on your own how to pay it back.
You are now responsible for your customers safety, but still you won't have guidance or support, you just have to do it but that's OK because you're resilient, right?
No, there is no funding for cleaning supplies, masks or upgraded HVAC systems, but here's some YouTube videos on how to build your own air filtration box.
We've resiliented (my made up word) our way through it, and its been a lot.
My dear friend Lisa interviewed me for the third (!) time on her Joy is Now Podcast and we spent some time sitting with the idea of resilience - who it is expected from, why we praise people for doing so much while under-resourced, and what would happen if we, you know, just gave people what they need to thrive.
We also spend some time unpacking how the idea of resilience is used as a way of bypassing being appropriately affected by stress and trauma.
And we are in full agreement that community is vital to your feelings of resilience.
We curse, we laugh, I cry internally, we solve some of the problems of the world - it's a good time and I hope that you give it a listen.
Check out Lisa’s other episodes
A few resources that have informed my thinking :
The Nap Ministry - https://thenapministry.com/
