Resilience is a Muscle

In Resilience is a Muscle, Laurie Carey — CEO, educator, and mother of four — reveals how the science of the brain holds the key to enduring life's hardest moments and emerging stronger. Drawing from neuroscience, psychology, and lived experience, this book breaks down how we process stress, fear, loss, and change — and how we can retrain the mind to stay clear under pressure and lead with strength.

Resilience is a Muscle is a science podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 6 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Resilience is a Muscle, a science show with 6 episodes published.

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  Episode #5

  Four Guests, Four Perspectives & One Muscle Worth Building

  May 7, 20267 minS1

  <p>Resilience Is a Muscle by Laurie Carey is out NOW, purchase on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.</p><p>Laurie brings together the standout moments from her first four interviews and connects each conversation back to the core ideas in her newly released book, Resilience Is a Muscle. Steve Palmer on surviving homelessness through community, Drew Burdick on the high-agency mindset that separates those who thrive in an AI world from those who wait for rescue, Sarah Olin on why the future belongs to deep human relationships and Sheila Maitland on what happens to the brain in crisis and how...

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  Episode #4

  Sheila Maitland on Healing, Estrangement & the Clinical Side of Resilience

  Apr 30, 202656 minS1

  <p>Resilience Is a Muscle by Laurie Carey is out NOW, purchase on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.</p><p>This is the deep one. Sheila Maitland is a licensed clinical mental health counselor, addiction therapist, and CEO of the Relationship Enrichment Center — and she brings the kind of clinical honesty that cuts straight through the noise. In this episode, Sheila and Laurie go to the places most conversations avoid: what addiction really looks like in modern life (yes, including your phone and Netflix), how trauma lives in the body long after the event, why estrangement is becoming more common and ha...

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  Episode #3

  Sarah Olin on Wellness, Working Parents & Human-Centric Leadership

  Apr 23, 202634 minS1

  <p>Resilience Is a Muscle by Laurie Carey is out NOW, purchase on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.</p><p>Most companies say they care about employee wellbeing. Far fewer actually build the culture to back it up. In this episode, Laurie sits down with Sarah Olin, founder of Lumo — a human-centric leadership and coaching firm working with organizations from Calvin Klein to the City of Charlotte. Sarah shares her path from aspiring actress to mindfulness teacher to executive coach, and gets honest about the conversations most workplaces are still too afraid to have: working parent guilt, parental leave culture gaps, wh...

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  Episode #2

  Drew Burdick on Resilience, AI & Staying Relevant

  Apr 16, 202645 minS1

  <p>Resilience Is a Muscle by Laurie Carey launches April 21, 2026 — preorder now on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.</p><p>Will I have a job in five years? It’s the question keeping professionals and leaders up at night — and in this episode, Laurie sits down with Drew Burdick, founder of Stealth X and a builder of AI-native products, to break it down honestly. Drew has a front-row seat to how AI is reshaping roles, skills, and entire organizations. Together, he and Laurie dig into what resilience looks like in a rapidly shifting economy, which jobs are gaining power and which are qu...

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  Steve Palmer on Resilience in Business & Life

  Apr 9, 202643 minS1

  <p>Resilience Is a Muscle by Laurie Carey launches April 21, 2026 — preorder now on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.</p><p>Steve Palmer built Indigo Road Hospitality from one restaurant in 2009 to a nationally recognized group spanning eight states — but the real story starts long before that. In this episode, Steve shares how losing his father and grandfather as a child, surviving addiction, and finding purpose through service shaped both his life and his leadership. He and Laurie dig into recovery, people-first culture, the founding of Ben’s Friends, and why resilience isn’t something you’re born with — it’s something you build.</p>...

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