Inside Knowledge

Yanina Purcell – Show Notes Resilience is the ability to bounce back from things and also learn and grow. Yanina talked about her experience of immigrating to New Zealand.  They moved because she felt she had to rather than wanting too.  The culture looked the same but it was not.  She talked about trying to replant herself into the soil of a new country.  It helped to keep reminding herself why she had immigrated.  Making friends and developing a support system is important. Part of resilience is being vulnerable and being prepared to ask for help. It took three years before Yanina felt she belonged.  Everything that is difficult makes you stronger.  Falling to pieces is not an option. Her husband had previously been ill but towards the end of the first year that they were in NZ he was diagnosed with another brain tumour.  18 months after their arrival he died. Even though things around her were falling down she wouldn't let herself fall down. Friends helped during thi