The 5 Pillars of True Resilience with Kelly Green
About this episode
Kelly Green discusses the five pillars of true resilience and the impact of trauma on success and well-being.
What if everything you've been taught about grit, success, and resilience is incomplete? In this powerful episode of The Growth Now Movement, I sit down with Kelly Green—a psychotherapist, resilience researcher, farmer, university lecturer, and one of the most inspiring people I've had on the show. Kelly's story is one of unimaginable adversity, incredible achievement, and profound healing. After surviving childhood sexual abuse and being sold for sex as a child, Kelly spent much of her life doing what so many high achievers do—proving her worth through achievement. She went from working at McDonald's to becoming an attorney, building a successful law practice, earning her Master's degree in Psychology from Harvard, and dedicating her life to helping others heal from trauma. But despite all of her accomplishments, her body began keeping score. Kelly shares how unresolved trauma led to multiple autoimmune diagnoses and forced her to confront an uncomfortable truth: success doesn't automatically equal healing. During our conversation, we dive deep into the difference between grit and true resilience, why so many entrepreneurs and high performers burn themselves out chasing…
People in this episode
Host: Justin Schenck
Guest: Kelly Green
Topics covered
- resilience
- trauma
- achievement
- mental health
- entrepreneurship
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Harvard
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