Casey Grover, MD, FACEP
Casey Grover, MD, FACEP, FASAM
How to Build Emotional Resilience
How to Build Emotional Resilience
How to Build Emotional Resilience
Monday 22nd December 2025
Learn how to build emotional resilience with Dr. Casey Grover and Coach Kay in this insightful episode.
47 minutes
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Casey Grover, MD, FACEP
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Episode Overview
- Emotional resilience can be developed through practical steps like accurate emotion labelling.
- High-stress professions benefit significantly from proactive mental health strategies.
- Understanding the brain's role in stress response is key to managing emotions effectively.
- Teaching emotional resilience early can prevent long-term mental health issues.
- Collaboration and social support are crucial components of building resilience.
"Emotions drive decision-making behaviours. If you cannot regulate your own emotions, you are always going to look for an upper, a downer, or something that can control that emotion for you."
What are the keys to building emotional resilience, especially in high-stress professions? In this enlightening episode of 'Addiction Medicine Made Easy,' Dr. Casey Grover sits down with Dr. Kaylin Switzer, known as Coach Kay, to explore this question. Coach Kay brings her expertise in holistic health and wellness, focusing on first responders, ER teams, and other high-pressure roles.
The conversation reveals a practical roadmap for fostering emotional resilience that anyone can use, from labelling emotions accurately to leveraging the brain's prefrontal cortex for better decision-making. The episode unpacks the connection between addiction, stress, and the brain's survival mechanisms. Coach Kay explains how proactive mental health strategies can prevent burnout and turnover in high-stress jobs. She shares her unique approach, which involves understanding emotional landscapes and responding thoughtfully rather than impulsively. Dr.
Grover and Coach Kay also touch on the importance of teaching emotional resilience early in life, comparing it to learning how to run correctly. They discuss the potential benefits of starting resilience training during key developmental stages, such as high school. This episode offers valuable insights into how emotional resilience can be developed at any stage of life, whether you're just starting your career or dealing with the aftermath of trauma.
So, are you ready to enhance your emotional resilience and improve your mental well-being?