From Tragedy To Triumph: Habits For Unbreakable Resilience With Dr. Peter Neiman

There's a Japanese tradition that if a piece of pottery breaks instead of throwing it out, Japanese people glue it together with golden glue and it looks beautiful. The name for that is kintsugi. I think if I were to do an elevator talk about about the book sustained that I wrote it would be just that. Our life got broken when my wife and I discovered our son's body. And yet the pieces have been glued together. And I've learned so much, Adam. I've learned about resilience, about gratitud. I've learned about the importance of morning rituals, the importance of eating healthy, exercising, having role models, having mentors, constantly looking for opportunities to grow and improve. We all know as a medical doctor I see teenagers who have ptsd, post traumatic stress syndrome. But there's also what we call post traumatic growth. And when tough things happen, you know, there's a saying it can make you better or it can make you better.