Nurturing Resilience: Personal Fortitude for the Common Struggles

Building Resilience will offer space to explore core ideas around cultivating resilience at the personal, organsational, and community levels. This session will discuss resilience as a concept, including the challenges it presents when responsibility is placed on individuals rather than on systems. The focus will be on learning how to nurture resilience through practices that support well-being, emotional awareness, rest and recovery, and foster a sense of connection to self and others. Foundational strategies in stress management and self-efficacy will also be discussed to help strengthen a resilient mindset. With a few interactive components, the session will allow for reflection on resilience and offer practical skills that can be integrated into both work and community efforts over time.

Speaker:

Ilze Jece, Trainer and Facilitator

Ilze Jece brings over 20 years of experience in non-formal education, facilitation, and training, with a dedicated focus on well-being for people and the planet. Throughout her career, she has lived and worked across the globe, collaborating with numerous international NGOs and agencies to advance sustainable, community-centered initiatives. Originally from Latvia, Ilze is currently pursuing psychology studies at the University of Latvia, with a research focus on climate emotions. Alongside her academic journey, she manages farmland where she lives with her partner and rescued animals and serves as a mental health coordinator for medical personnel at Liepaja Regional Hospital.