Join psychologist Alia Bojilova and keen tramper and writer Victoria Bruce as they explore resilience and their respective understanding of the mind-body connection. Chaired by Liz Price.

When she was kidnapped in Syria during a stint with the NZ Army, Alia Bojilova managed to talk her way out of captivity and has gone on to become a top performance coach. She has turned what she has learnt into a new book, The Resilience Toolkit.   

Victoria Bruce walked the 3,000 kilometre Te Araroa with her daughter Emilie to test the limits of her own resilience and reckon with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In Adventures with Emilie, she reveals how spending an extended period connecting with nature not only helped her connect with herself and her daughter, but it also released long-repressed memories, bringing them into the light to be acknowledged, grieved, processed, and healed.

They discuss two very different approaches to achieving wellbeing, united by their respective understanding of the mind-body connection.