Mount Sinai Health System has released the second episode of the monthly podcast series Road To Resilience. In the latest episode, “The Prescription to My Recovery,” Dennis S. Charney, MD, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, takes us further into his emotional recovery after he became the target of an attempted murder.
Dr. Charney talks about facing the man who tried to kill him during the highly publicized trial. Listen as he takes that courageous step and explains the different resilient factors he used to stay strong during this challenging time. Learn how reframing stressful thoughts, a support system, and letting go over anger helped him move forward.These are steps anyone can apply to build resilience and bounce back from adversity.
“Keep looking forward. There will be bumps in the road, there will be reminders that will give you some anxiety and fear, but if you keep moving forward with your life and aspirations you can get past that,” Dr. Charney says.
This latest podcast picks up where Dr. Charney left off in the inaugural episode, where he takes us back to the traumatic day when a disgruntled former employee shot him more than a dozen times outside of a popular deli on his way to work. Dr. Charney, a scientist known around the world for his research on resilience, explains how he used simple steps to overcome the greatest obstacle of his life. These include setting goals, having role models, and the power of optimism.
The Road to Resilience podcast series is based on the well-received book Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenges, co-authored by Dr. Charney and Steven Southwick, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University.
In the book they present 10 resilience factors to help anyone become stronger when facing life’s greatest challenges, and they explain how these can be learned at any stage of life. Each podcast episode focuses on different factors including facing your fears and having realistic optimism, a moral compass, and role models, along with physical and brain fitness.The monthly series features insight from different Mount Sinai experts as they explain the science behind resilience while sharing their personal stories and experiences.
Road to Resilience is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Play (link works best in Chrome). New episodes of the series are released on the last Wednesday of each month. You can find more information on the Icahn School of Medicine website or on the Road to Resilience website.