The goal of this community initiative is to provide visibility to stories of academic challenge and resilience so that we can begin shifting the conversation around struggle from something to be ashamed of to something that is human. Struggling is not only part of the human experience, but it is often the result of tackling difficult challenges and learning experiences. We hope that watching peers talk about their challenges and hearing about the productive and healthy strategies they used to cope will help other students discover their own path toward resilience and self-acceptance.
“The irony is that we disown our difficult stories to appear whole or more acceptable but our wholeness – even our wholeheartedness – actually depends on the integration of all of our experiences including the falls.”
Brené Brown