Resilience isn’t about bouncing back, but bouncing forward. Living Strong: The Flip Side of Adversity brings powerful stories and fearless conversations from experts in the field of business, relationships, emotional, physical and mental health, and faith-based communities together to give practical insight on how there is always a flip side to every story. Each episode creates a brave space that combines proven lessons from neuroscience, powerful tools from authentic connection, key principles from life lessons, and practical promises from faith-based insights. Trauma, toxic stress, broken habits and hurting hearts don’t define destiny, but peace isn’t passive. It requires an exchange. To create a flip and access peace in the middle of the pieces, you are challenged to make an exchange of the lies that have kept you mentally hostage in basement moments for a Steps of Growth framework, which cultivates a shift toward growth planning and forward movement.
STILL RISE: From Breast Cancer Awareness to Action, Wellness & Legacy
We’ve raised awareness. Now it’s time for action.
In this powerful episode of The Flip Side of Adversity, Dr. Veirdre Jackson sits down with breast surgeon, physician-scientist, C-suite executive, and Founder of Still Rise Farms, Dr. Monique “Dr. Mo” Gary, to challenge how we think about breast health, leadership, prevention, and whole-person wellness.
Dr. Mo takes us beyond the pink ribbon to explore the 4 M’s—Meals, Movement, Mindset, and Medicine—and why caring for our health must become part of how we live, lead, and build legacy.
And for the high-performing leaders who keep pushing through, postponing appointments, ignoring their bodies, and caring for everyone except themselves, this conversation carries an important reminder: your health deserves the same intentionality you give your leadership.
This isn’t simply a conversation about surviving breast cancer. It’s about taking action, creating agency, pursuing wellness, and choosing to STILL RISE.
15 Oct 2026
Optimism Is a Leadership Strategy: From Cancer Survivor to Culture Transformer
Optimism isn’t pretending that difficult things aren’t happening. It’s deciding that difficulty doesn’t get the final word.
In this episode of The Flip Side of Adversity, Dr. Veirdre Jackson sits down with Kimberly S. Reed, Founder and Chief Transformation Officer of Reed Development Group, bestselling author of Optimists Always Win!, Culture Transformation Executive, and Stage IV breast cancer survivor.
Kimberly shares how facing one of life’s greatest adversities deepened her commitment to optimism, purpose, service, and human-centered leadership—and how those principles now shape her work with executives and organizations.
This is a conversation about moving beyond simply surviving change to asking: How can we use adversity to transform the way we lead?
8 Oct 2026
Who Holds the Strong Woman? The Friendships That Help Us Lead, Live & Last
We talk often about the mentors, coaches, and professional networks women need to succeed—but what about the friendships that help us stay whole along the way?
In this personal episode of The Flip Side of Adversity, Dr. Veirdre Jackson sits down with her friend Aida Gonzalez, a Wealth Management Advisor with more than 25 years of experience, to explore the often-overlooked connection between friendship, resilience, leadership, joy, and wellbeing.
From their unexpected first meeting to the importance of having relationships where strong women can put down the titles and simply be themselves, this conversation celebrates the women who listen, laugh, tell us the truth, sit with us through hard seasons, and remind us that we don’t have to navigate life alone.
Who holds you when you’re tired of holding everything else?
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