Quick Spoon: What resilience really means

Quick Spoon: What resilience really means

July 3, 2026 · 2 min · Season 7 · Episode 44

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Dr. Rose Aghdami discusses a new perspective on resilience, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging difficult emotions.

What does resilience really mean? For many of us, the word has become associated with pushing through, staying strong and simply carrying on, whatever life throws at us. In this Quick Spoon , chartered coaching psychologist Dr Rose Aghdami offers a different perspective. Rather than seeing resilience as suppressing difficult emotions, Rose suggests that resilience starts with acknowledging them. Feeling worried, overwhelmed or vulnerable doesn't mean you've failed—it means you're human. This Quick Spoon is taken from my full conversation with Dr Rose Aghdami, author of How to FUEL Your Resilience . If you'd like to hear the complete conversation, you'll find it wherever you listen to People Soup. People Soup: Real conversations about work, leadership, and being human — grounded in behavioural science, with practical ideas you can actually use. If this episode resonated with you, please consider following People Soup, leaving a rating or review, or sharing it with someone who might find it useful. Every recommendation helps more people discover practical, evidence-based conversations about work, leadership and being human. Resilience starts with staying human – People Soup – Apple…

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