
Resilience Isn’t Who You Are, It’s What You Do
Rethinking resilience as not a trait but a set of interlocking skills
Illustration by Natasha Remarchuk from Icons8
After living in San Francisco for many years, my friend and her husband decided to relocate to New York City. Jessica (not her real name) is an Asian American woman in her early 30s. She began her first shift as a nurse practitioner at the psychiatric ward of an NYC hospital in March of 2020, just as the COVID-19 crisis was intensifying.
It was a rocky start: During her occupational health clearance the week before her first official day, Jessica was rattled to see that no one was wearing personal protective equipment. In fact, … Read the rest