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.
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.
First Responders & Emergency Service Personnel
Educators & Caregivers
Healthcare Practitioners & Public Health Workers
Youth & Families
Corporate, Small Business or Civic Leaders
Community Volunteers & Advocates
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.
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
FEATURED ON
OUR PARTNERS
Staying Calm Through the Storm: Practical Tools to Manage Weather-Related Stress & Anxiety
Extreme weather doesn’t just affect homes, roads, and power lines — it affects our nervous systems. For people who have lived through hurricanes, floods, wildfires, or prolonged outages, the body often remembers long after the storm has passed. Emergency alerts,...
When The Storm Doesn’t End: Understanding Weather-Related Trauma
For a long time, trauma had a different name. It was once called shell shock, a term used to describe soldiers who returned from war changed by what they had seen and survived. Today, we understand this experience more clearly as Post-traumatic Stress Disorder...
Scared, But Not Alone: Helping Kids Feel Safe & Connected During Extreme Weather Events
Parents and caregivers play a powerful role in shaping how children experience stressful or unpredictable weather events like hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, or other natural disasters. When adults stay grounded and regulated, kids naturally take their cues from that...
UPCOMING EVENTS
*Weekly ‘Reconnecting Through Hard Times’ (Virtual) *
Every Thursday | 12 to 1 pm EST on Zoom Turn good intentions into real support with this 1-hour training that offers simple, powerful strategies to help others after a crisis. You’ll gain an understanding of how hard times affect us all and learn what to do and say...
‘Reconnect’ Refresher
This quick 2-hour virtual program is for individuals and teams who have already taken our flagship 2-day training, Reconnect for Resilience. This is an opportunity to review core tools and concepts, continuing to practice our Resiliency Tools, and freshen up your...
Resiliency Champions (Asheville)
Passionate about building resilience for yourself and others? In this dynamic 7-hour workshop for past participants of Reconnect, you’ll gain tools to inspire meaningful change in your organization or community and foster a more resilient future for all. FREE and open...