The 2024 United States’ election results left a lot of people grappling with a big question: “How do I find the resilience to face my fears and continue fighting for a better world?” Fortunately, my work as an applied neuroscience practitioner, coach, and trainer offers research-based guidance on the subject.

If you are simultaneously struggling to bear the weight of your fear and unwilling to give up on something as vital as preserving human rights - here are some concrete steps, tools, and resources you can use to build the resilience needed to stay in this fight. 

Self-compassion ≠ making excuses. This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the concept. Instead, self-compassion is what allows us to get enough perspective to accurately identify the problem. This matters because correctly identifying a problem is the only real chance you have of solving that problem. Read more for an excellent example of what this looks like, and why self-compassion is so critical to our ability to make meaningful progress in any area of our lives.