Show notes
Pepperdine alumni Kenneth Vargas, RISE Podcast Producer, and Emily Shaw, RISE Program Specialist, sit around the RISE Roundtable to reflect on their resilience journeys at Pepperdine and post-grade and share some tips and insights they learned along the way. We also hear from three more Pepperdine alumni, who each share what has supported their resilience throughout their college career and postgraduate experience: R.J. Wicks, Allie McMullen, and Devin Cooke. Links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PepperdineRISE-fb2vz Website: www.pepperdine.edu/rise/ Instagram: @pepperdinerise Recommend a guest: https://forms.gle/HztkVNgrW85bvvd1A In this episode, we discuss the following: 5:46 Kenny shares how he optimized his limited time as a student at Pepperdine 9:42 Emily talks about how she thought about the time management building block of the life skills dimension while she was a student 11:12 Having a growth mindset and learning mentality when taking on new opportunities as students 12:17 Trying to operate from a mindset of gratitude rather than perfectionism 14:43 Reflecting on our relationships with our parents and loved ones 20:49 Being curious about and having empathy toward our parents and people we've known for a long time 23:06 Research that shows just how important relationships are for one's well-being and resilience 27:30 Prioritizing our physical resilience and why that's important 28:45 How to overcome mood changes when it comes to taking care of our physical resilience 30:56 The importance of time management as a life skill 33:49 Embracing creativity and nature as a resilience practice 39:12 Pepperdine's motto "Freely ye received, freely give"
