Resilience Comes With Side Effects, Too

Can we avoid these pitfalls and just keep the good stuff?

Angela Yurchenko
Nov 4 · 4 min read

I’ve always prided myself on being a resilient young woman who achieves everything on her own. Having nearly eight years ago moved to another country, started just about everything from scratch and taken a 360-degree career turn, life taught me to cherish the power of resilience.

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Bilingual pianist & business journalist. Personal essays | Psychology | Arts & Culture| More of the things I do: https://linktr.ee/anielay

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