Creative Resilience: Thriving When the Ground Shifts Beneath You
With Creative Resilience, you stop seeing change as something that happens to you — and start using it as a force you can work with. Instead of being knocked off your path, you learn to adapt quickly, create resourceful options, and keep moving toward what matters most.
CREATIVE RESILIENCE
Liz Stubbs
8/8/20251 min read


When life throws you into uncertainty, it’s tempting to cling to what’s familiar — but that’s rarely where the best solutions live.
Creative Resilience is about meeting change not with fear, but with adaptability, curiosity, and ingenuity. It’s the muscle that lets you turn disruption into a launching pad.
The transformation promise:
With Creative Resilience, you stop seeing change as something that happens to you — and start using it as a force you can work with. Instead of being knocked off your path, you learn to adapt quickly, create resourceful options, and keep moving toward what matters most.
One tactical shift you can try today:
The “Three Ways Forward” Rule — When faced with a setback or sudden change, don’t stop at your first solution. Challenge yourself to list three different ways you could move forward. This forces your brain out of panic mode and into creative problem-solving mode.
Often, your third option is the one that holds the most unexpected and effective path forward.
Watch it in action:
I share more on the power of Creative Resilience (plus exercises to build it fast) in my Resilience Reboot series on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-xkjD3d-uWVL7CEue8oxHC6UzGuffMdz
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