112 Sandra Younger: How to Turn Adversity into Opportunity

Published: May 6, 2021, 9 a.m.

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Today\\u2019s guest on the Learning from Smart People Podcast with Rob Oliver is Sandra Younger. She talks about how to turn adversity into opportunity. Her back story is fascinating, she escaped one of the largest wildfires in California history. Drawing from experience, she has learned all about resilience and posttraumatic growth.

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Here are a few of the things Sandra Younger and Rob Oliver talk about during this episode of the Learning from Smart People Podcast:

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\\xb7 Sandra\\u2019s story of the Fire Outside My Window
\\n\\xb7 The Bobcat miracle
\\n\\xb7 Looking for the steps to come back from adversity
\\n\\xb7 Learning from Viktor Frankl (and I was wrong, Jonathan Livingston Seagull was by Richard Bach)
\\n\\xb7 We have control over our attitude even when we can\\u2019t control our circumstances
\\n\\xb7 5 principles of posttraumatic growth
\\n\\xb7 Victims versus survivors
\\n\\xb7 Looking for the fire followers (resilience is in our DNA)
\\n\\xb7 The science of gratitude
\\n\\xb7 The importance of being patient
\\n\\xb7 The power of belief
\\n\\xb7 MJ Callaway episode: https://www.learningfromsmartpeople.com/podcast/mj-callaway/
\\n\\xb7 Survivors to thrivers to givers to changers
\\n\\xb7 Accepting help and ask for help when you need it
\\n\\xb7 You can\\u2019t give help if you can\\u2019t accept help
\\n\\xb7 Creating communities and connections
\\n\\xb7 Choose your story
\\n\\xb7 The need to keep moving forward

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You can connect with Sandra Younger through her website and social media. Be sure to download the guidebook that she mentioned. Check out her book on Amazon as well.

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\\xb7 Website: http://www.SandraYounger.com
\\n\\xb7 Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MJD7D1A/
\\n\\xb7 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/syounger
\\n\\xb7 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandra.m.younger.5
\\n\\xb7 Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/smyounger
\\n\\xb7 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrayounger/

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