Formerly known as @and_lifehappened, our podcast is now part of the Resilience and Wellbeing Network! Join us as we dive into topics that empower resilience and enhance wellbeing, helping you navigate life’s challenges with strength, courage, and authenticity. We’ll explore a wide range of topics, from personal growth to building resilience, and occasionally welcome special guests to share their unique insights and stories. Let’s grow, connect, and thrive together! Follow us on Instagram @resilienceandwellbeingnetwork.
Challenging Internal Bias: Building Awareness, Embracing Diversity, and Choosing Growth
In this episode of The Resilience and Wellbeing Podcast, Dr. Samantha Hayes and Dr. Jessica Griffith-Echito explore how internal bias shapes our perceptions, relationships, and daily decisions—often without us realizing it.
Discover the psychology behind unconscious bias, learn how to catch your own assumptions in real time, and explore how openness to diverse perspectives fuels personal and professional growth. Through real examples and reflective questions, you’ll gain tools to recognize your biases, respond with intention, and lead with empathy.
You’ll also hear about our Internal Bias Self-Assessment and Companion Guide, designed to help you identify patterns, challenge stereotypes, and take meaningful action toward change.
Key Takeaways:
Understand what internal bias is and how it forms.
Learn practical steps to increase self-awareness and reduce judgment.
Explore how diversity and feedback drive authentic growth.
Reflect on how to move from automatic reactions to intentional choices.
👉 Take the Internal Bias Self-Assessment and deepen your growth journey at resilienceandwellbeing.org, and connect with us on Instagram @resilienceandwellbeingnetwork
1 Oct 2025
The Real Reason You Keep Going (or Don’t): Inside Motivation and Resilience
Why do we sometimes feel unstoppable—and other times can’t find the motivation to get off the couch? In this episode, Dr. Jessica Griffith-Echito and Dr. Samantha Hayes unpack the psychology of motivation and the deeper role resilience plays in helping us keep going when life gets hard.
You’ll discover:
The difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation—and why one lasts longer.
The three core drivers of motivation: autonomy, mastery, and purpose.
How to use motivational intelligence to align emotions, goals, and feedback with your values.
Practical tools to build resilience, including a 3-step reframing exercise that helps shift your mindset in real time.
Ways to sustain motivation long-term and even foster it in others, whether at work, in parenting, or in relationships.
This episode isn’t about pushing harder or pretending everything is fine. It’s about learning how to work with your natural motivation, respond with resilience when things get tough, and create sustainable habits that keep you moving forward.
👉 For a deeper dive, explore our Motivation and Resilience Mastery course at resilienceandwellbeing.org
, and connect with us on Instagram @resilienceandwellbeingnetwork
to share your reflections.
3 Sept 2025
Reframing Negative Thoughts: How to Challenge the Story in Your Head
Negative thoughts can feel like undeniable truths, but they’re often just old stories your brain has been repeating for years. In this episode, Dr. Samantha Hayes and Dr. Jessica Griffith-Echito dive deep into the mental patterns that keep us stuck, like catastrophizing, black-and-white thinking, and mind-reading, and show you how to reframe them into something more empowering.
👉 For more support, explore our free resources and 30-day course on reframing negative thoughts at resilienceandwellbeing.org, and connect with us on Instagram @resilienceandwellbeingnetwork.
Reach and audience
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YouTube views
10,333
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
9 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
3 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100
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12
Social presence
0
YouTube
72
Engagement
77
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