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Quote ““Resilience is more available to people curious about their own line of thinking and behaving,” Brene Brown
Resilience is such an important area right now. In the midst of our global pandemic, global tensions, or even holiday stress, our resilience is so very important. On this podcast we had a very special guest with us, Dr Jenny Liu.
Jenny (Jing Wen) Liu, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychiatry at the Toronto Western Hospital-Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, and a Postdoctoral Fellow within Urban Health Equity Research at the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University. She is also an elected board member of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture, an international organisation devoted to fostering cultural aspects of mental health and illness. Dr. Liu’s background is in psychological science, and her scholarship activities bridge research in stress and resilience with community-based applications. She has collaborated with industry partners, community agencies, and mental health organizations, serving in the roles of Director of Research, Consultant, and Fellow. She is the creator and lead author of the Multi-System Model of Resilience (MSMR), which was developed into a mobile application (https://www.msmrtool.com/). The model and tool are currently used in several multi-year projects around the world.
On this episode:
- Dr. Liu shared how her interest in resilience developed, sharing her experience with workplace harassment and the impact it had on her. It was after sharing and getting support, she realised that her resilience manifested in the way she interacted with the supports around her
- Resilience is not just rooted within the person - more than just the individual / mindset
- Definition of Resilience: “An evolving capacity to respond to emerging challenges”
- The capacity evolves because we can source that capacity not just within ourselves
- The inequity in our society may results in differences in options to support staff with resilience
- The good news – because resilience comes from different places it is not restricted to just within your workplace
- We can reduce absenteeism and presenteeism by improving resilience
- Resilient people can be more productive but that doesn’t always connect to productivity
- The Multi-System Model of Resilience was explained (MSMR)
- There are 3 systems: Internal (Health behaviours - managing emotions, healthy eating etc) resilience, coping (values, goals, skills and strategies) pursuits and external ( access to services / connection to community) resilience
- It is a multi – system approach to resilience because we have different needs:
- Essential (safety and security – health and wellness, life satisfaction, social security)
- Situational (unexpected challenges and adversities – your supports, how you deal with emotions and self-perception)
- Full potential living (achieving our full potential e.g. growth capacity, healthy reserves and social connectedness)
- MSMR has 9 domains (see below for a complete overview). An assessment can provide information on your strengths and opportunities across the essential, situational and actualisation areas
- What you might do as you explore your resilience
- Actions that can increase a sense of connection during covid
- What actions support so
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