We’re going to need More than Moola - Let’s Build Resilience

In this episode of the Less House More Resilience podcast, host Laura Lynch explores the concept of resilience in the context of personal growth and societal change. She discusses the importance of questioning long-held beliefs, understanding the cycles of life, and recognizing that resilience extends beyond financial stability to include community care and environmental awareness. The conversation encourages listeners to redefine their understanding of resilience and adapt to the shifting world around them.

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Transcript

Less House More Moola Podcast (00:46)
So why the name change? Hey there, I'm Laura Lynch, your host. This is Less House, More Resilience. We're all feeling it. We all know the things. Things are shifting, shifting in a way that maybe we didn't expect. You know, we grow up with a lot of beliefs

Less House More Resilience ... (01:07)
a lot of beliefs that maybe we don't even really know where they came from and we don't necessarily know why we believe them.

We're not even sure that we chose these beliefs. And then somewhere in our life, we start to question, dig into, tease out those beliefs and ask whether they're true or not.

I think I'm not alone in saying that I grew up with this belief of linear growth.

When I was in the big corporate financial planning world, used to describe linear growth as a yo-yo on an escalator.

This idea of linear growth is a way of thinking about us living in a world in which there's always more possibilities, always more wealth, always more business growth, always more economic growth, that things are on an ever increasing trajectory of getting better and better and better over time.

Less House More Moola Podcast (02:24)
I can't even maybe count how many times I've said yo-yo on an escalator as a way to describe markets. The bouncing up and down, but the always reaching further towards the sky. And I've had reason to ask questions about this recently questions that I think I should have asked probably earlier on in my life.

We live within a system and a setup that we get so normalized and used to because that's all we've ever known and we don't really know what questions to ask. But actually we live in cycles. We live in social cycles. We live in civic cycles. We live in governmental cycles.

And we are living in a cycle of the earth that is far more impactful than we realize when we go between our work and home and our grocery errands and our entertainment or hobbies. We're living in a a big shift in all the ways, lots of shifts all at one time.

And that is just like the seasonal cycles that we are living in that sometimes we get out of touch with. But in the seasonal cycles of autumn, winter, spring and summer, so closing down, going to sleep, waking up and blooming as we have happening.

all throughout our years, there are different things that we need at different times of the cycle in order to take care of ourselves, in order to be resilient.

And as we are living in other broader cycles, there is a wider range of resources that we need beyond just money in order to be prepared and capable of taking care of ourselves, of taking care of our communities, of taking care of the people in our lives that matter, to take care of the earth and the natural environment around us.

It's more than just money. It's more than just savings in the bank or investments that we need in order to be prepared for the dips and curves, uncertainties, crises, the things that are coming up for us. So it's been some time unfolding for me that we are living in cycles that we're not living in the linear yo-yo on an escalator.

And this realization has made me question many things. I've needed a lot of time to digest. I've needed a lot of time to understand what is my purpose here then. And so that's why I'm bringing this new topic for our exploration. How do we in our tiny and alternative lives

create resilience, how do we expand our definitions beyond just the idea of saving enough in our bank accounts or retirement accounts? How do we start to think more broadly about creating resilience? Resilience, is adaptability, ability to weather and come out maybe not stronger.

but maybe with a little bit more knowledge each time we have something that hits us. So join me as we explore these concepts of resilience this year.

and we will continue to consider how less house helps us create what we need in more resilience.