Season 5, Episode 1: Finding Perspective - Resilience Stories from Around the World with Heidi Siefkas

About this episode

Heidi Siefkas shares her journey of resilience and the importance of perspective in overcoming life's challenges.

Life has a way of delivering unexpected curveballs — moments that force us to stop, reassess, and decide how we’ll move forward. In this powerful episode of The Starfish Storytellers , we welcome Heidi Siefkas, Speaker, Storyteller, Four-Time Author, and Creator of the 'Look Up' Mantra. Heidi shares her extraordinary personal journey - from surviving a life-altering accident to rebuilding her world after profound loss - and how those experiences shaped her belief that perspective is a survival skill . What began as a personal promise to “look up” has since evolved into a global movement, bringing together resilience stories from people across cultures, continents, and lived experiences. Together, we explore: ·How resilience doesn’t erase hardship, but helps us keep moving forward ·Why perspective is something we return to again and again — not something we “find” once ·The common threads that unite global stories of survival, healing, and reinvention ·How community, mindfulness, and choice play a role in overcoming life’s hardest moments This conversation is an honest, deeply human reminder that even in our darkest seasons, one breath, one shift in perspective, and one story can…

People in this episode

Host: Liana Henry

Guest: Heidi Siefkas

Topics covered

• resilience
• perspective
• personal journey
• community
• mindfulness
• survival stories

Keywords

• resilience
• perspective
• Heidi Siefkas
• Look Up mantra
• survival stories
• community
• mindfulness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon, heidisiefkas.com

Products: Look Up

Books & works: Heidi’s book

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