An update to our original “Professional Resilience’ briefing paper, which was published in the midst of the Covid epidemic. Five years on we can admit that we have been challenged to practice ‘professional resilience’ to an ever deeper, more embodied understanding as we are forced to navigate the wider challenges of dwindling resources and an even more hostile social/political climate, whilst sustaining ourselves in our social justice work. This paper offers a summary overview of key areas previously covered. To support and strengthen your understanding whilst avoiding repetition, we recommend reading it alongside the earlier document, as complementary best-practice guidance. Our intention is that this paper offers additional areas we consider pertinent to the practice of professional resilience and self-care. 

The rise of the ‘manosphere’, the ongoing ‘pandemic’ of VAWG, and high-profile cases such as the ‘Epstein crimes’ all underscore a broader context: a persistent and blatant disregard of women’s rights and a lack of accountability and justice for perpetrators who continue to violate us. Together, these realities point to a deeper reckoning with political, social, moral, and ethical failures among those in positions of power. 

Read the briefing here