WE’RE MAKING RESILIENCE A REALITY —
ONE CONNECTION & ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME
We all have tough days. There may even be moments when life feels like more than we can handle. The good news is that science has shown us that with consistent awareness and practice, we can bounce back from hard times.
THIS is resilience. It is the potential in all of us, and something that can be taught, learned, and cultivated over time.
RE·SIL·IENCE | noun
the ability or capacity to adapt, recover and move forward in the face of adversity, trauma, or stress.
Resources For Resilience is a 501(c)3 nonprofit serving western North Carolina and beyond. Since 2017, we have been sharing practical tools and resources for individuals, teams, and communities to manage stress, prevent burnout, and build resilience in themselves and others.
AREAS OF IMPACT
DISASTER RESPONSE & RECOVERY
- Trauma-informed trainings, listening circles, and family-centered programs
- Concrete tools to help responders and communities prepare, stabilize, and function during and after crisis
- Builds readiness, resilience, and the capacity to support recovery under stress
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
- Professional development for leaders, teams, frontline staff, and helping professionals
- Practical strategies to manage stress, prevent burnout, strengthen retention, and navigate uncertainty
- Builds healthier, more resilient workplaces, teams, and organizational culture
YOUTH & FAMILY SUPPORT
- Child, family, and community-based resilience and well-being programming
- Professional development and support for educators, caregivers, and child-services staff
- Builds resilience, connection, and environments where children and adults can thrive
In 2025, Resources For Resilience provided over 650 hours of trauma-informed programming to support nearly 6,000 residents, professionals, and volunteers across the 25 Helene-impacted counties.
WHO WE SERVE
Our trainings and workshops are designed for individuals, families, teams, and groups of all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life. We are proud to serve a wide variety professionals and frontline heroes and helpers, allowing people to better understand how their brains and bodies respond to stress and what to do build resilience in themselves, their loved ones, and in the communities they serve.
OUR SIGNATURE TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS
Our one-of-a-kind personal and professional development curricula help participants thrive amidst adversity and create healthier, more resilient communities over time.
We teach practical, research-based tools designed to help people calm down quickly during times of stress. These tools can be used at work, at home, alone, or with others to help us reset and build our resilience when times are tough.
We invite you to reach out any time to talk about which offerings are right for your team. We are happy to lead one of our evidence-informed workshops for your organization, answer your questions, or offer other resources to promote resilience in your community.
WHAT OUR PARTICIPANTS SAY
“As a leader, I often hear the myriad of reasons that staff seek out a human service profession and, unfortunately, also hear the other side of the story when they decide to leave the profession they love… If we, as a community, offer the tools and connection for those staff to stay resilient through adversity, I strongly believe that our retention of well-qualified and compassionate staff would be better…”
Krista Engles, MSW, LCSWA
Regional Operations Director, RHA Health Services
“RFR’s Reconnect for Resilience has become the core set of intervention skills our counselors, social workers, and psychologists use to help promote emotional regulation in students at all levels. Outside of the student services suite, we have a growing number of teachers who have learned to deploy the ‘Rapid Resets’ to help restore student functioning. Reconnect offers a readily accessible set of skills…“
John Basilice
Student Services Director, Cabarrus County Schools
“Unanimously it was stated that this was the best training our team has received in the last 18 months. All levels found real value from the class. Everyone – our intake team, peer support specialists, case managers, regional coordinators, and assistant directors – felt energized and took an internal pulse on both their own resiliency and how to apply this with the veterans that we serve.”
Brandon Wilson
Managing Director, Veterans of the Carolinas
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OUR PARTNERS
Event Recap: 2026 Resiliency Ambassador Certification
On June 12-13, 2026, a cohort of ten certified Resiliency Champions came together for Resources For Resilience inaugural Resiliency Ambassadors training— an immersive, hands‑on certification program designed to deepen skills, strengthen community, and expand the reach...
FREE Resiliency Education for Rutherford & McDowell Counties
Disaster Relief Grant Recipients Resources for Resilience is excited to announce that we have recieved a generous grant from the North Carolina Community Foundation’s Disaster Relief Fund to expand our FREE educational programming in McDowell and Rutherford counties...
Last Call! WNC Residents Urged To Take Advantage of FREE Trauma-Informed Programming For Helene Recovery
With their large funding stream scheduled to end at the end of June, Resources For Resilience is urging residents to register for this free programming now, while space remains available. Asheville-based nonprofit, Resources For Resilience, is calling on community...
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monthly Resilient Connections (Virtual)
Fourth Thursday of every Month | 12-1 pm EST on Zoom Resilient Connections are drop-in practice groups for past participants of our signature Reconnect training to connect with our Resiliency Educators, ask questions and practice with one another, and share ideas for...
Monthly ‘Reconnect For Better Days’ (Virtual)
First Friday of Every Month | 12 to 1 pm EST on Zoom This 1-hour training offers simple, powerful strategies to help us feel better and experience better days. We’ll explore the science behind what happens to our brains and bodies under stress, learn how to spot...
Monthly Resilient Connections (Virtual)
Fourth Thursday of every Month | 12-1 pm EST on Zoom Resilient Connections are drop-in practice groups for past participants of our signature Reconnect training to connect with our Resiliency Educators, ask questions and practice with one another, and share ideas for...