Lisa’s Story

“I think when we know better, we do better. As a parent and a professional, The Resilience Project changed everything for me.”

As a parent, I struggle with the same things a lot of the families who turn to us are facing.

These approaches took away a lot of shame and guilt from me that I wasn’t a good enough parent or I wasn’t doing the right things. As a professional, I’m beginning to see the families I support in a completely different way. It has given me a different lens to look through.

In the past, I would have said the families who struggle the most are not trying, or they don’t want help. Or we have to wait until they’re ready. Now I think those families were just tired of not being heard.

“Back then, we weren’t treating the trauma - we were treating labels”

A lot of the families we support don’t know how they’re getting through tomorrow, so sitting down with a team to figure out long term solutions has been difficult in the past. But back then, we weren’t treating the trauma - we were treating labels. We weren’t getting through to what was actually going on.

For some families, what they needed was a level of healing and depth, more than just getting out of the crisis to get through tomorrow. And we didn’t have support for that. Now we do.

With this project, it’s really helped us be a program that’s holistic. Families are being given tools that work and they’re seeing their children respond to them. It has completely changed the dynamic within the families. Now I see new hope for them, and I’m excited to bring this knowledge to them because I know it can be helpful.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity