16. The Path to Resilience: Interview with Severine Desrosiers

Today’s guest is Severine Desrosiers--a Finance employee, University student, and author of the non-fiction 'The Path to Resilience'. Severine shares her story of isolation, shame, issues and tragedies she experienced that inspired her to write a memoir.
🇬🇧 Severine lives in London, UK, studying at university part-time and working full time. 1:38
📚 She wrote a memoir Path to Resilience even though she is only 34. 03:04
🗽Hopes of the American dream and complicated French system. 04:27
🚙 Sandee went to France and experienced a complicated country and a comedy of errors. 08:32
😨 Being separated from her parents and a battle to prove her own citizenship in France. 10:24
🙏🏻 When death happens to someone close to you, a very real emptiness surrounds you. 13:59
🤔 Writing a memoir requires research on yourself but also the people around you. 17:37
👂 Severine reads an excerpt from her book: 18:53
🩺 Cancer diagnosis. 21:59
😇 Severine’s book reflects many different subjects and helps people learn about the path of resilience. 24:26
💪People tend to underestimate their strength. 26:28
🌟 Remember: things that have happened to you, are not who you are. 27:09
Connect with Severine:
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Path-Resilience-Severine-Desrosiers/dp/1838436626/
Site: https://www.severinedesrosiers.com/
https://www.facebook.com/severine.desrosiers
Connect with Sandee
Sandee’s book: https://sandeesgarlata.com/the-book
https://www.facebook.com/coachsandeesgarlata/