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Take a seat at the RISE Roundtable, a podcast from Pepperdine University’s Resilience-Informed Skills Education (RISE) Program, where we share and discuss what it means to build and live a life of resilience. On this first episode, we hear the origin story of RISE from the program’s founders: Connie Horton, Vice President for Student Affairs, and La Shonda Coleman, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs. Three RISE student employees: senior Liza Esquibias, junior Emily Luong, and senior Kenneth Vargas also joined us, sharing what resilience means to them and how it shows up in their lives. Here’s what we learned from our conversations: How the RISE Program began and its vision for a resilient Pepperdine community How to consider the six dimensions of RISE resilience in your life: physical, social, cognitive, service, life skills, spiritual How one intentionally and unintentionally develops and strengthens their resilience, or their capacity to move through challenges How sharing stories of resilience can foster compassion How strengthening relationships and being present play a role in one’s resilience In this episode, we discuss… 02:30 RISE’s origin and vision for the Pepperdine community 06:09 The six dimensions of resilience 10:54 Definitions of resilience 14:56 The power of storytelling 17:40 Connie and La Shonda’s advice to their younger selves 22:22 Resilience from a student point of view 24:29 Navigating adversities as a student 28:30 The importance of making connections, being present, and having balance 32:38 How to reach out to others 38:50 How to stay connected with us Connect with us: [email protected] Instagram Website Recommend a guest
