Inside Knowledge

Show Notes – Lucy Hone Personal definition of resilience – Professor Karen Reivich – resilience is how we cope and how we steer through challenges and adversity but it's also about learning from them.  She has removed the words bounced back from the definition as she hasn't felt bouncy in the last few years. The capacity for resilience thankfully resides in all of us.  It isn't a fixed trait.  It is a combination of the way we choose to think and act and the way we can use our strengths and skills and relationships to support us in times of need.  Resilience is built by how you deal with what happens to you.  There is an ideal number of events that happen to you before it becomes detrimental.  Talked about the impact of the earthquakes on the Christchurch community. The education sector in Christchurch has changed for the better in many ways.  Part of a MOE funded community of practice with secondary schools in Christchurch at the moment.  This is a yearlong pilot proje