Episode 23: The Resilience Reset: Transforming Stress into Strength

2025-03-14

Episode 23: The Resilience Reset: Transforming Stress into Strength In this captivating episode of "Positively Altered," Dr. Cindy Howard welcomes resilience expert Anne Grady for an insightful conversation about cultivating strength during life's challenges. Anne shares her remarkable journey navigating her son's mental health struggles while facing her own health crises, including tumor removal and spinal surgery. With scientific backing and practical wisdom, she explains how our brain processes stress and offers actionable strategies to build resilience—from signaling safety to our nervous system to practicing in...

Episode 23: The Resilience Reset: Transforming Stress into Strength

In this captivating episode of "Positively Altered," Dr. Cindy Howard welcomes resilience expert Anne Grady for an insightful conversation about cultivating strength during life's challenges. Anne shares her remarkable journey navigating her son's mental health struggles while facing her own health crises, including tumor removal and spinal surgery. With scientific backing and practical wisdom, she explains how our brain processes stress and offers actionable strategies to build resilience—from signaling safety to our nervous system to practicing intentional rest. Between discussions of donkey ownership and the science of mindset, Anne delivers profound insights on reframing difficulties and finding balance in an increasingly demanding world.

In this episode, we cover:

(4:07) Dogs, cows, and donkeys, oh my!
(7:00) Organizational communication
(8:15) Anne’s story
(12:33) Mind over moment
(18:48) Sit in the “suck.”
(24:01) Training resilience
(36:02) Sitting is worse than smoking.
(37:45) Resilience reset
(40:37) Rapid-fire questions

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About Anne Grady:

Anne Grady is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, and an expert in building resilient teams, leaders, and organizations.

She is also a two-time TEDx speaker, trainer, survivor, optimist, and inspirer. Anne has a master’s degree in organizational communication and has spent the last twenty years working with some of the largest organizations around the globe, including Microsoft, Dell, Lockheed Martin, Johnson & Johnson, ADP, and Google.

Anne is featured in the press and media and contributes to Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Forbes, and more.

In her first two books, Anne provides practical strategies to improve relationships, increase productivity, and reduce stress. Her latest book, Mind Over Moment: Harness the Power of Resilience, outlines a science-based approach to building a resilient mindset, skill set, and the ability to reset.

Anne is a mental health advocate and donates a portion of all book proceeds to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

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