The Resilience Playbook

The Resilience Playbook (TRP) is a faith-forward, leadership-driven show built for high-performing professionals who carry the weight - at home, at work, and in silence. Hosted by Cole Rodgers, TRP confronts the real battles behind achievement: identity, pressure, adversity, purpose, and the cost of becoming who you’re called to be. Each episode cuts through noise with candid conversations, resilient mindsets, and actionable frameworks for building a life that stands firm when everything else shakes.

The Resilience Playbook is a education podcast hosted by Cole Rodgers, with 21 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Cole Rodgers hosts The Resilience Playbook, a education show with 21 episodes published.

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  Episode #16

  Dr. Grant Dennis: Central Nervous System Overload, Three Miscarriages & Resilience at Rock Bottom

  Oct 3, 20261h 3mS1

  What does resilience look like when the life you built no longer looks the way you planned? In this episode of The Resilience Playbook, Cole Rodgers sits down with Dr. Grant Dennis — chiropractor and bestselling author — for a conversation about burnout, grief, faith, and rebuilding after loss. Grant shares his perspective on chronic stress and the nervous system, then opens up about personal loss, the end of his marriage, and learning to ask for support. Cole and Grant discuss the pressure to appear strong, the temptation to numb difficult emotions, and what it takes to be honest about where you are. Grant reflects on finding community through School of Man and the role of friendship, faith, and accountability in rebuilding his life. This conversation explores why, for him, resilience means learning to adapt. IN THIS EPISODE • Stress, burnout, and the nervous system • The pressure to look strong while struggling privately • Grief, vulnerability, and asking for help • Faith during difficult seasons • Finding community through School of Man • Honest friendships and accountability • Rebuilding after loss and learning to adapt ABOUT DR. GRANT DENNIS Dr. Grant Dennis, DC, is a chiropractor and bestselling author. He joins Cole to share his experience of personal loss, faith, and rebuilding with the support of a community. ABOUT THE RESILIENCE PLAYBOOK The Resilience Playbook is a long-form conversation series hosted by Cole Rodgers, featuring leaders, athletes, entrepreneurs, and high performers who have faced adversity and come out with something meaningful to share. These conversations explore resilience, faith, leadership, family, mental health, and the defining moments that shape who we become. CONNECT WITH THE SHOW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theresilienceplaybook/ X: https://x.com/TheResiliencePB LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-resilience-playbook/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theresilienceplaybook Website: https://theresilienceplaybook.com/ Listen on audio: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ShZgzjhsPCKzCLzfoWApI Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-resilience-playbook/id1861046313

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  Episode #15

  Martin Winchester: Are You Getting By or Getting Better?

  Jul 15, 20261h 16mS1

  Martin Winchester joins The Resilience Playbook to talk about 31 years in education, the leadership lessons that last, and the mindset behind his book, Are You Getting By or Getting Better? Cole and Martin discuss learning from every season and every leader, building resilience through change, and why retirement is not the finish line. Martin shares lessons from his work as a teacher, principal, superintendent, author, speaker, and coach for educators. Learn more about Martin at https://martinwinchester.com.

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  Wani Iris Manly: From Miami Law Firm to Paris, Walking by Faith When Nothing Makes Sense

  Jul 1, 202659 min

  What does it take to walk away from a thriving legal career, sell almost everything you own, and move to Paris with $500 in your bank account In this episode of The Resilience Playbook, Cole Rodgers sits down with Wani Iris Manly — attorney, TEDx speaker, and bestselling author — to talk about faith, identity, transformation, and what happens when the life that looks successful on the outside no longer fits who you are becoming. Wani shares how she went from a high-powered international law firm in Miami, a waterfront condo, a Porsche, and 14-hour workdays to waking up on New Year's Eve 2010 and realizing she was done living by performance, pressure, and other people's expectations. She opens up about the prayer, journaling, signs, and spiritual awakening that eventually led her to Paris — even though she did not speak French, did not have a perfect plan, and lost major clients almost immediately after arriving. What looked irrational from the outside became the beginning of a completely different life. This conversation covers the hidden cost of high achievement, the courage to trust God when nothing makes sense, and why transformation often feels like purification before it feels like freedom. IN THIS EPISODE • Leaving a high-performing legal career in Miami • The New Year's Eve ritual that changed Wani's life • Selling her condo, Porsche, and belongings before moving to Paris • Walking by faith without a perfect plan • Health scares, burnout, and performance-based identity • The signs that kept pointing her toward Paris • What Paris taught her about rest, purpose, and identity • Why resilience often requires surrender • The TEDx talk that grew out of her transformation story • How disruption can become a doorway to reinvention ABOUT WANI IRIS MANLY Wani Iris Manly is an attorney, TEDx speaker, and bestselling author based in Paris, France. Her work explores faith, reinvention, disruption, and the courage to follow the path you are being called toward — even when it does not make sense on paper. Connect with Wani: Instagram: @thelovelyWani LinkedIn: Wani Iris Manly, Esquire ABOUT THE RESILIENCE PLAYBOOK The Resilience Playbook is a long-form conversation series hosted by Cole Rodgers, featuring leaders, athletes, entrepreneurs, and high performers who have faced adversity and come out with something meaningful to share. These conversations explore resilience, faith, leadership, family, mental health, and the defining moments that shape who we become. CONNECT WITH THE SHOW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theresilienceplaybook/ X: https://x.com/TheResiliencePB LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-resilience-playbook/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theresilienceplaybook Website: https://theresilienceplaybook.com/ Listen on audio: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ShZgzjhsPCKzCLzfoWApI Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-resilience-playbook/id1861046313?

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  Dr. Amy Beard: Breaking Free from Big Pharma & Reclaiming Your Health

  Jun 15, 20261h 29m

  What does it take to step away from a system that manages symptoms and build a practice focused on helping people get to the root of what is going on? In this episode of The Resilience Playbook, Cole Rodgers sits down with Dr. Amy Beard, a physician and functional medicine practitioner whose own health crisis changed the way she thinks about medicine, resilience, and personal responsibility. Dr. Beard shares her journey from chronic childhood infections to IBS, neuropathy, muscle spasms, an MS diagnosis, and eventually losing most of her colon. After years of specialists and conventional answers that did not lead to healing, she discovered functional medicine and began asking different questions about gut health, toxins, inflammation, food, sleep, movement, and root causes. Cole and Dr. Beard also discuss what she learned inside the traditional medical system, why she left the insurance model, what functional medicine actually looks like in practice, and why she believes patients need to take ownership of their health instead of outsourcing every decision. IN THIS EPISODE • Dr. Beard's personal health story and what changed her perspective • Why symptom management often misses the root cause • Gut health, inflammation, autoimmune issues, and chronic disease • The difference between conventional medicine and functional medicine • Why she moved toward a concierge and virtual care model • Standing up during COVID and the professional cost of speaking out • How food, sleep, sunlight, movement, and stress shape long-term health • What people can do when they feel stuck, dismissed, or out of options ABOUT DR. AMY BEARD Dr. Amy Beard is a physician and functional medicine practitioner. Through her virtual practice, she helps patients and families look beyond symptoms and explore root causes, with a focus on gut health, autoimmune disease, lifestyle, and whole-person care. ABOUT THE RESILIENCE PLAYBOOK The Resilience Playbook is a long-form conversation series hosted by Cole Rodgers, featuring leaders, athletes, entrepreneurs, physicians, and high performers who have faced adversity and come out with something meaningful to share. Medical note: This conversation is for educational purposes only and is not personal medical advice. Talk with a qualified healthcare professional before making medical decisions. Subscribe for more conversations on resilience, faith, leadership, family, health, and the moments that shape who we become.

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  Simon Smith: Healthcare in England, Building a 30-Year Practice, and the Power of Doing Hard Things

  Jun 1, 20261h 18mS0

  <p >What does it take to build a 30-year practice in a system that once called you a quack? And what happens when you choose the harder path, every single day, for three decades?</p><p >In this episode of The Resilience Playbook, Cole Rodgers sits down with Simon Smith, a doctor of chiropractic from England who has spent 31 years caring for patients, challenging conventional medicine, and proving that alternative care isn't alternative at all when it works.</p><p >Simon shares his journey from losing both parents by age 23, stumbling into chiropractic through a note slipped under his door...

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